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Research Fellow - IPUMS with the University of Minnesota

Posted May 16th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Job Announcements

The PRI Library has received announcement of a research fellow position with IPUMS project USA at the University of Minnesota.

National Center for Health Statistics 2008 Data Users Conference

Posted May 15th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Conference Announcements

The PRI Library has received announcement of a NCHS user conference scheduled for August 11-13 in Washington, DC.

NICHD/NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship - University of Wisconsin,Madison

Posted May 12th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Job Announcements

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.

New Funding Announcements: Week of May 12, 2008

Posted May 12th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Funding News

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)

NIH to issue announcement for projects using systems science methodologies to protect and improve population health

Posted May 12th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Funding News

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to issue a program announcement for projects using systems science methodologies to protect and improve population health.

Hispanic women in the US

Posted May 12th, 2008 by Tara Murray in ACS, CPS, Race & Ethnicity, US Demography, Women's Issues

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.

EndNote webinars

Posted May 9th, 2008 by Tara Murray in PRI Library News

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.

New Journals and Newsletters at the PRI Library: April 2008

Posted May 8th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in New Acquisitions

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

National Center for Education Statistics Seminar on National Household Education Surveys Program

Posted May 8th, 2008 by Ruth Kozar in Conference Announcements

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.

New Funding Announcements: Week of May 5, 2008

Posted May 6th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Funding News

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)

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