MSW students interested in environmental justice and project development, consider this opportunity with the Foster Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Begin forwarded message:

Hello Environmental Change Makers!

I am pleased to announce that the application for the 2025 Environmental Innovation Challenge is open! By starting now you will have plenty of time to ask questions and perfect your entry in advance of the deadline on February 10.

The annual Environmental Innovation Challenge is an exciting extracurricular experience that gives students the opportunity to come up with meaningful solutions to big problems the world faces related to climate and the environment. The competition is open to undergrad and graduate students at accredited colleges and universities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and British Columbia.

We have a variety of resources and events available to help student teams prepare their EIC application:

1. Info Sessions

·       Virtual | Thursday, January 16, 12:30 – 1:15 pm
Register for Zoom link: https://washington.startuptree.co/event/s/3vowPGSqqTPJTr88Z2z3Js/Info-Session%253A-Environmental-Innovation-Challenge

·       Virtual | Friday, January 24, 12 – 12:45 pm
Register for Zoom link: https://washington.startuptree.co/event/s/VHkTTA4NWLoLzASHi5teUV/Info-Session%253A-Environmental-Innovation-Challenge

·       In-Person | Tuesday, February 4, 11 am – 12:00 pm (stay for Team Tuesday directly after!)
Register: https://washington.startuptree.co/event/s/SNfFrXtJ9iUTSgWBNtd7ww/Info-Session%253A-Environmental-Innovation-Challenge

2. Find inspiration for an EIC idea:

·       Climate + Sustainability Idea Jam

Wednesday, January 22 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

3. Form a Team, Find a Team

o   Attend Startup Squad Builder, Friday, January 17 at 2 pm – 3:30 pm

o   Attend Team Building and Networking Night, Tuesday, January 21 at 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us for the largest team building and networking event of the year directly following the Science and Technology Showcase!

o   Connect with potential team members or find a team to join by attending our weekly Team Tuesday lunch meetups. Past EIC entries will be available to view during these in-person events.

o   Check this EIC “Form a Team” page for students looking for team members and/or teams to join

4. Submit EIC Application
   Deadline Monday, February 10, by 12 noon PT
   Application: https://platform.younoodle.com/competition/2025_environmental_innovation_challenge

Competition Resources HUB

·       Learn about Past Participants and Prize Winners

View the EIC “yearbook” page all the way back to 2018 for full lists of participating teams and a snapshot of what they were working on. Read about the winning projects from the 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 Challenges on our blog.

·       Office Hours with Lauren

Unclear about the logistics of the competition or the eligibility of your idea? Schedule time during my office hours to get your questions answered!

·       Buerk Center Resource Lab

The Buerk Center has vetted countless startup resources and pulled out what we consider to be the best materials to help you achieve your startup goals.

For questions and/or inquiries, please contact Lauren, brohal@uw.edu.

Sound is hosting a hiring event on October 10 from 11:00am-6:00pm in Tukwila, WA! This event is an opportunity to network, learn more about career opportunities, and meet directly with a hiring manager.
Whether you’re an experienced behavioral health professional or are considering a career change, we’d love to meet you!

Current openings: Case managers, clinicians (Adult, Child and Family, SUD, WISe, ECS, IDD, Supportive Housing, ect.), peer support specialists, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Registered Nurses (RN), client services assistants, residential support staff members, and care coordinators.

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d_QqW4jR or RSVP by emailing your resume to Recruitment@Sound.Health

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers scholarships of up to $5,000 to Pell Grant recipients participating in credit-bearing study abroad programs. Students studying critical need languages may receive up to $3000 more, and those conducting STEM-research abroad may receive up to $1000 more.  National deadline: Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

Gilman Scholarship Information Session: Tuesday, September 24 | 4 – 5 p.m. | Zoom: RSVP here 

Gilman Application/Feedback Workshop: Wednesday, October 2 | 3 – 4:30 p.m. | in-person in MGH 171: RSVP here 

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, the foundation invests in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture or their academic field. Each Fellow receives up to $90,000 in financial support over two years, and they join a lifelong community of New American Fellows.

UW undergrads and alumni planning for future graduate study, and current graduate students, in all fields who meet the eligibility criteria should learn about this program, and join us for the UW information session, hosted by the Soros Foundation team and featuring 2024 Soros Fellows Michael Yusov (UW alum), Leslie Ponce-Diaz and Michael Xie.

Soros Fellowship for New Americans Information Session for the UW community

Who: UW undergrads, graduate/professional students and alumni in all fields are encouraged to attend this information, hosted specifically for the UW community by Soros Foundation

When: Sep 23, 2024, 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this zoom session: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5JMoyt96ShyHb0LebJfDrQ

The application for the Soros Fellowship is open now at https://pdsoros.org/application-process/. The deadline for applications this year is Oct. 31, 2024 (2pm ET).

The UW Women’s Center formally invites you to the 2024 International Conference: Ending Human Trafficking in an Era of Globalization: Problems, Perspectives, and Progress.

Date & Time: September 5th, 2024, from 9 AM – 7PM

Location: The wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – UW Intellectual House (4249 Little Canoe Channel NE, Seattle, WA 98105)

Register Below:

Click Here for the New $125 Registration Fee

Click Here for the $25 Student Fee

For more information please see enclosed flyer below! 🙂

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Join the UW Libraries this summer for the annual Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI)!

Registration: https://sites.uw.edu/libid/register/  

The Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI) is a free and asynchronous multi-day online workshop offered by the UW Libraries with the goal of motivating new and returning UW graduate students to explore tools and strategies to research smarter, not harder. 

GSRI can help you to:

• Learn skills and strategies for effective academic research
• Become familiar with core tools and resources for research productivity
• Connect with relevant support units across the UW campuses
• Build community with other UW students and campus support staff

Students receive five days of online guidance and support from a team of Libraries volunteers as they work through key content and activities from the openly available Graduate Student Research Institute site. There are no required meeting times and learning can take place anytime within the span of the workshop session.

Additional benefits for registered students include access to:

• A GSRI-specific Slack space
• Optional special topics webinars (Zoom, live or recorded)
• Campus library tours
• Post-workshop tips about Libraries services, events, and opportunities in Autumn 2024
• Opportunity for BIPOC students to connect with one another

There are two sessions of GSRI being offered in Summer 2024:Session A: August 19-23, 2024 (online)

Session B: September 9-14, 2024 (online)

All incoming or current UW graduate students are welcome to register for GSRI. 

For questions, email: uwlibidteam@uw.edu

Hello DAY/AS students! Interested in being a licensed social worker? Are you curious about the steps to get there? Join us for our SSW Spring Career Series: Social Work Licensure Workshops- which aim to inform and train you for your ventures into becoming officially licensed.

There are TWO events- one open to the public, and one specific for the UW SSW community. See below for event logistics and registration details.

1.) “What Students Need To Know About Licensure”, a NASW Social Work Licensure Workshop — hosted by the Washington Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers 

Join the NASW-WA Membership Engagement Committee to learn more about the social work licensure in Washington and beyond!  This event is open to anyone–read more information here.

• Thursday, May 9th at 6:30pm
• Virtual via Zoom – Register for the event here!

2.) Social Work Licensure Workshop for UW SSW — Presented by Jeremy Arp, Executive Director of the Washington Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers 

This session is specifically for our UW SSW community and will cover similar information as their session on 5/9 and will also allow opportunity for follow-up questions.   This session will be recorded and available after.

• Thursday, May 16th from 12:30-1:30pm
• Log in: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92400491153Links to an external site.

Ready to RSVP? Let us know which events you’re interested in attending so we can send you a reminder the day before: https://forms.office.com/r/sKrj8RbCXg

The Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH) Conference is a day-long program conference on Saturday, May 18^th from 10AM-4PM in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. ARCH works to facilitate a collaborative environment to identify and prioritize needs, barriers, and solutions in confronting how racism and white supremacy have caused detrimental health outcomes in our communities.

The conference will feature a range of public health professionals as speakers, workshop leaders, and panelists. As a collective, speakers and attendees will critically examine their own identities and lived experiences to question how our health has been impacted by racism. The cost of attendance for this year’s conference is $5 for UW Community members, and fee waivers are available. Food, drink, dessert & coffee are included in the ticket. You are welcome to check-in at any time before 3pm the day of the conference. More information is available on our Instagram, @scphuw! We hope to see you there!

This program is designed to help college and graduate students explore career opportunities in mental health. See below for flyer and more details.

“Transformed Lives, Restoring Communities”
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES CAREER SYMPOSIUM AND JOB FAIR

Unlocking & Advancing your Career in the Behavioral, Mental Health, & Human Services Industry

Date: Friday June 28th 2024
Time: 10am-3pm
Opens at 9:30am

Location: To Be Announced but in the Seattle Area

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SSW community, we would like to invite you to attend our doctoral student, Andrea G. Perez Portillo who will holding their dissertation on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 9AM PST on Zoom. Read more on the abstract below.

Time:

Wednesday, May 1 at 9AM PST.

Title:

Yo Aquí y Vos Allá: Connection, Support, and Well-Being Among Immigrants from Central America

Zoom Link:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/98412151275

Meeting ID: 984 1215 1275

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Join us for the Spring Complex Needs Training Series!

Join the UW Haring Center team in learning how to support and meaningfully include all children in your early learning setting. Thanks to our partnership with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), registration for our spring series is open! These interactive virtual workshops focus on concrete strategies for teaching and including ALL children in early care settings, focusing on social-emotional support and individualization. This year, we have additional workshops focusing on Infants and Toddlers. Trainings are completely free and held remotely via Zoom. In-Service STARS hours are offered for all trainings. Training Languages: All training topics will be offered in English, and many topics are offered in Spanish and Somali.

Register Here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTPO_xxTGdkmWOIszPhdRu4M2rtLBcQ4LeI_WBe-b_v7nKrQ/viewform

Join Forefront Suicide Prevention for this free one-hour virtual event where we hear from Paige Gaines of 911 Sane Jane. A powerful storyteller and advocate, Paige will share her own mental health challenges, her experience with suicide, and her journey to educate on the uniqueness of these challenges within black communities.

This event, and the entire Suicide Prevention &… series, is presented in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health. Please find the date and speaker bio below.

Date: March 28th, 2024

Time: 12p-1p

Speaker Bio:
At just 33, Paige Gaines has already made a name for herself nationwide as a sought-after speaker and prominent mental health activist. In 2021, she received NAMI Georgia’s Young Leader Award for her work as a mental health advocate and pioneer. Paige has been featured in several well-known publications, including People Digital, Black Enterprise, Stigma Fighters, and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic Journal. With a bachelor’s degree in public relations, she understands the importance of community education and awareness. She’s a two-time suicide attempt survivor diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 22, and a Certified Peer Specialist and Mental Health Coach – making her life’s journey full of adversity, strength, and impact. After feeling invisible and without a purpose for the first 24 years of her life, Paige is now the founder and CEO of 911 Sane Jane, an organization dedicated to providing a voice for the voiceless through education and storytelling.

The Department of Global Health is sponsoring a webinar on The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Public Health Responses on Monday, February 26 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST. It is open to others across the UW campus and the community. 

The goal of this webinar panel will be to provide a more detailed understanding to the UW community of the public health aspects of the crisis and the role of global health professionals addressing current and anticipated health needs of the population.

Registration is required. **Once you register, you will be sent a link for the Zoom webinar.

Issue No. 167                                                                                  May 2, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Zipline downtime on June 5
On Monday, June 5, Zipline will be down for an upgrade. Please plan ahead, as the system is expected to be down for 48 hours. During this downtime, researchers will not be able to submit applications, respond to requests from HSD or the IRB, or access documents.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

New Publications

Crosby, S. D., Day, A., Somers, C., Baroni, B., Patterson, D., Jones, K., & Hong, J. S. (2023) Exploring trauma-informed teaching through the voices of female youth. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, 2(1), 62–78.

Kniffley, S., Crosby, S. D., Jones, K. V., Middleton, J., & Caine, A. (2023, April 3). Bridging the Gap: Evaluating the Efficacy of Racial Trauma Therapy Training for Community Mental Health Clinicians. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

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Issue No. 166                                                                               April 25, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Resilience Lab Seed Grants
In partnership with the Campus Sustainability Fund, the Resilience Lab is awarding seed grants that support efforts to promote resilience, compassion and sustainability and to foster connection and community at the UW. These grants, ranging from $500 to $5,000, support impactful activities, programs, projects, and/or applied research. The application period will close on April 30.

NIH Resource for Applications
The Center for Scientific Review at NIH has developed a new resource to clarify the process of submitting an NIH grant application for both investigators and institutions.

NIMH James S. Jackson Award Nominations
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is seeking nominations for the 2023 James S. Jackson Award. Nominees should include exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach.

New Resources for Meaningfully Engated Lived Expertise in Child Welfare Research
For the past several years, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and the William T. Grant Foundation have developed a 21st Century Research Agenda for a Child and Family Well-Being System. A new brief and checklist describe the partnership and provide recommendations from lived experience experts on how they experience research, and recommendations for researchers and funders about how to proceed with respect and rigor.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

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Issue No. 165                                                                               April 18, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

UW Neurodiversity Employment Center Opportunity
Dr. Hala Annabi, Associate Professor in the Information School, is leading an initiative to create a UW center focused on improving employment outcomes for neurodivergent people. Dr. Annabi is interested in creating a transdisciplinary proposal for private funders. If you are interested in participating in this effort, please email Dr. Annabi at hpannabi@uw.edu or Tasha Murphy (tbmurphy@uw.edu) for more information.

Margaret Kuklinski, John Briney, and J. David Hawkins News Brief
In last week’s newsletter, we shared a recent paper co-authored by Margaret Kuklinski, John Briney, and J. David Hawkins at SDRG about a gun violence prevention program. This study is making national news! Click here to read about the study, reported by ABC News. Congratulations to all co-authors!

Resilience Lab Seed Grants
In partnership with the Campus Sustainability Fund, the Resilience Lab is awarding seed grants that support efforts to promote resilience, compassion and sustainability and to foster connection and community at the UW. These grants, ranging from $500 to $5,000, support impactful activities, programs, projects, and/or applied research. The application period will close on April 30.

SSWR Needs Volunteer Abstract Reviewers
The Society for Social Work and Research seeks volunteer abstract reviewers for the 28th Annual conference. If you are interested in applying, click here for additional information.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

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Issue No. 158                                                                      February 28, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Latino Center for Health research study highlighted
The Latino Center for Health’s research study on long COVID was recently profiled in Tacoma’s News Tribune. The study aims to better understand the extent and impact of long COVID on Washington state’s Latino communities.

NIH Seeking Input 
The NIH is seeking input about potential or existing primary or secondary preventive intervention strategies addressing social determinants of health to prevent mental health problems in populations experiencing health disparities. Responses must be submitted by March 1.

NIH Request for Information: Peer Review Scoring
NIH is soliciting public input on a proposed revised framework for evaluating and scoring peer review criteria for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grant (RPG) applications. NIH is proposing to revise its policy of how peer reviewers score the criteria, and how NIH organizes the criteria for review purposes. Responses must be submitted by March 10.

NIH Request for Information: Violence Against Women Research
This RFI is intended to gather public input on priority scientific directions in violence against women (VAW) research. This includes cisgender, transgender, and gender-diverse persons who identify as a woman or girl, as well as other individuals assigned female at birth but who may not identify as a woman or girl. VAW includes: domestic or intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault and rape, dating violence and abuse, peer violence, physical and mental abuse, sexual coercion, stalking, homicide, and elder mistreatment. Responses must be submitted by March 31.

PCORI Seeking Advisory Panel Members
PCORI is looking for individuals to join its five advisory panels: 1. Clinical effectiveness and decision science; 2. Clinical Trials; 3. Healthcare delivery and disparities research; 4. Patient engagement, and 5. Rare disease. Application deadline is March 31, 2023.

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Issue No. 157                                                                      February 21, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

$25 Million Grants: Racism is a Public Health Crisis
The Gathering Collaborative along with King County government invites you, our community and business partners across the region to join us in continuing the critical work to undo the harms of systemic racism, which was declared a public health crisis by King County in 2020. We encourage all applicants to read over the Grant Program Overview and the Invitational Document in order to get grounded in this work.

NIH Grants Conference Videos Available
The NIH has published session recordings and resources from the Virtual NIH Grants Conference that was held February 1-2.

NIH Request for Information: Violence Against Women Research
This RFI is intended to gather public input on priority scientific directions in violence against women (VAW) research. This includes cisgender, transgender, and gender-diverse persons who identify as a woman or girl, as well as other individuals assigned female at birth but who may not identify as a woman or girl. VAW includes: domestic or intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault and rape, dating violence and abuse, peer violence, physical and mental abuse, sexual coercion, stalking, homicide, and elder mistreatment. Responses must be submitted by March 31.

NIH Request for Information: Peer Review Scoring
NIH is soliciting public input on a proposed revised framework for evaluating and scoring peer review criteria for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grant (RPG) applications. NIH is proposing to revise its policy of how peer reviewers score the criteria, and how NIH organizes the criteria for review purposes. Responses must be submitted by March 10.

NIH Seeking Input 
The NIH is seeking input about potential or existing primary or secondary preventive intervention strategies addressing social determinants of health to prevent mental health problems in populations experiencing health disparities. Responses must be submitted by March 1.

PCORI Seeking Advisory Panel Members
PCORI is looking for individuals to join its five advisory panels: 1. Clinical effectiveness and decision science; 2. Clinical Trials; 3. Healthcare delivery and disparities research; 4. Patient engagement, and 5. Rare disease. Application deadline is March 31, 2023.

Contact the Editor
The mission of the OFFER newsletter is to inform members of our social work community about a broad range of research-related events and opportunities with the goals of both encouraging and informing social work research activities. To assist us in providing this information, email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu (please put “OFFER eNews” in the subject line) with details about your publications or awarded grants, research funding opportunities, and upcoming research events. Thank you!

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Issue No. 156                                                                         February 14, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

NIH Grants Conference: Recordings and Transcripts Available
If you weren’t able to attend the NIH Grants Conference last week, there is good news! Recordings from over 25 sessions are now available.

NIH Request for Information: Violence Against Women Research
This RFI is intended to gather public input on priority scientific directions in violence against women (VAW) research. This includes cisgender, transgender, and gender-diverse persons who identify as a woman or girl, as well as other individuals assigned female at birth but who may not identify as a woman or girl. VAW includes: domestic or intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault and rape, dating violence and abuse, peer violence, physical and mental abuse, sexual coercion, stalking, homicide, and elder mistreatment. Responses must be submitted by March 31.

NIH Request for Information: Peer Review Scoring
NIH is soliciting public input on a proposed revised framework for evaluating and scoring peer review criteria for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grant (RPG) applications. NIH is proposing to revise its policy of how peer reviewers score the criteria, and how NIH organizes the criteria for review purposes. Responses must be submitted by March 10.

NIH Seeking Input 
The NIH is seeking input about potential or existing primary or secondary preventive intervention strategies addressing social determinants of health to prevent mental health problems in populations experiencing health disparities. Responses must be submitted by March 1.

PCORI Seeking Advisory Panel Members
PCORI is looking for individuals to join its five advisory panels: 1. Clinical effectiveness and decision science; 2. Clinical Trials; 3. Healthcare delivery and disparities research; 4. Patient engagement, and 5. Rare disease. Application deadline is March 31, 2023.

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Issue No. 151                                                                         January 10, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Reminder: SSWR Annual Conference 
The Society for Social Work and Research is hosting their annual conference next week from January 11-15. If you are not attending in person, you can attend virtually.

NIH Request for Information
NIH is soliciting public input on a proposed revised framework for evaluating and scoring peer review criteria for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grant (RPG) applications. NIH is proposing to revise its policy of how peer reviewers score the criteria, and how NIH organizes the criteria for review purposes. Responses must be submitted by March 10, 2023.

NIH Seeking Input 
The NIH is seeking input about potential or existing primary or secondary preventive intervention strategies addressing social determinants of health to prevent mental health problems in populations experiencing health disparities. Responses must be submitted by March 1, 2023.

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