News from the PRI Library and Data Archive http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 12 May 2008 19:14:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en NICHD/NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of Wisconsin,Madison http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nichdnih-postdoctoral-fellowship-university-of-wisconsinmadison/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nichdnih-postdoctoral-fellowship-university-of-wisconsinmadison/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 19:14:21 +0000 Ruth Kozar http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nichdnih-postdoctoral-fellowship-university-of-wisconsinmadison/ The PRI Library has received notice of an NICHD/NIH postdoctoral fellowship position with Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison beginning in September 2008.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nichdnih-postdoctoral-fellowship-university-of-wisconsinmadison/feed/ New Funding Announcements: Week of May 12, 2008 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-12-2008/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-12-2008/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 14:08:17 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-12-2008/ The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Expanding Research on Volunteerism and National Service - Corporation for National and Community Service

2008 Housing Initiative - National Council on Disability (NCD)

Collaborative HIV/AIDS Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (R21) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - Fogarty International Center (FIC) - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Dissemination, Implementation, and Operational Research for HIV Prevention Interventions (R01) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants (DDRG) Program - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Early Researcher Awards - American Psychological Association (APA)

PK-3 Research and Evaluation Small Grants Program - Foundation for Child Development

Sociological Initiatives Foundation Grants - Sociological Initiatives Foundation

Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Policy Relevant Mental Health Services Research (R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-12-2008/feed/ NIH to issue announcement for projects using systems science methodologies to protect and improve population health http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nih-to-issue-announcement-for-projects-using-systems-science-methodologies-to-protect-and-improve-population-health/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nih-to-issue-announcement-for-projects-using-systems-science-methodologies-to-protect-and-improve-population-health/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 14:02:39 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nih-to-issue-announcement-for-projects-using-systems-science-methodologies-to-protect-and-improve-population-health/ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to issue a program announcement for projects using systems science methodologies to protect and improve population health.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/nih-to-issue-announcement-for-projects-using-systems-science-methodologies-to-protect-and-improve-population-health/feed/ Hispanic women in the US http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 12:55:40 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new fact sheet, Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007, containing statistics from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/feed/ EndNote webinars http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/09/endnote-webinars/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/09/endnote-webinars/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 14:33:01 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/09/endnote-webinars/ EndNote offers free live webinars on building libraries, using EndNote with Word, and advanced topics. The webinars give attendees the opportunity to ask questions just as they would in a traditional class setting.

PRI affiliates may request additional EndNote assistance from the Information Core.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/09/endnote-webinars/feed/ New Journals and Newsletters at the PRI Library: April 2008 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/new-journals-and-newsletters-at-the-pri-library-april-2008/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/new-journals-and-newsletters-at-the-pri-library-april-2008/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 18:43:43 +0000 Ruth Kozar http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/new-journals-and-newsletters-at-the-pri-library-april-2008/ American Journal of Public Health, volume98 issue 4, April 2008

Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, volume 10 number 1, 2008: Policy Issues and Assisted Housing

Family Relations, volume 57 number 2, April 2008: Special Issue: Enduring Couples

Office for Research Protection Newsletter, issue 19, April-August 2008

Population Studies: A Journal of Demography, volume 62 number 1, March 2008

The Stata Journal, volume 8 number 1, 1st Quarter 2008

U.S. Housing Market Conditions, 4th Quarter 2007, February 2008

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/new-journals-and-newsletters-at-the-pri-library-april-2008/feed/ National Center for Education Statistics Seminar on National Household Education Surveys Program http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/national-center-for-education-statistics-seminar-on-national-household-education-surveys-program/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/national-center-for-education-statistics-seminar-on-national-household-education-surveys-program/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 18:43:15 +0000 Ruth Kozar http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/national-center-for-education-statistics-seminar-on-national-household-education-surveys-program/ The PRI Library has received announcement of a 3-day seminar offered by the National Center for Education Statistics on the use of the NHES database on August 12-14, 2008 in Washington, DC.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/08/national-center-for-education-statistics-seminar-on-national-household-education-surveys-program/feed/ New Funding Announcements: Week of May 5, 2008 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-5-2008/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-5-2008/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 20:40:15 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-5-2008/ The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Examining the Effects of Public Reporting and Pay-for-Performance on Health Care Quality - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Indo-US Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research (MCHDR) (R03) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Methods for Prevention Packages Program (MP3) (R01) - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R01) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) - Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R21) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) - Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/new-funding-announcements-week-of-may-5-2008/feed/ Research funding webinars from the Institute for Education Sciences http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/research-funding-webinars-from-the-institute-for-education-sciences/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/research-funding-webinars-from-the-institute-for-education-sciences/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 19:59:46 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/research-funding-webinars-from-the-institute-for-education-sciences/ The Institute for Education Sciences (US Department of Education) is hosting a series of webinars on research funding at the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and the National Center for Education Research (NCER). They will cover a basic overview, grantwriting, and the application process.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/06/research-funding-webinars-from-the-institute-for-education-sciences/feed/ Education researchers see opportunities and challenges in state databases http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/05/education-researchers-see-opportunities-and-challenges-in-state-databases/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/05/education-researchers-see-opportunities-and-challenges-in-state-databases/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 12:34:52 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/05/education-researchers-see-opportunities-and-challenges-in-state-databases/ Comprehensive state education data warehouses, such as Florida’s, are a gold mine for education researchers, but ensuring student privacy will be a major challenge. The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the issues.

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