Highlighted News  Reminder:   Please send your Newsletter contributions to Tasha Murphy (tbmurphy@uw.edu).

 

New Publications: Brown, E. C., Montero-Zamora, P., Cardozo-Macías, F., Reyes-Rodríguez, M. F., Briney, J. S., Mejía-Trujillo, J., & Pérez-Gómez, A. (2021). A comparison of cut points for measuring risk factors for adolescent substance use and antisocial behaviors in the U.S. and Colombia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 470.Olson, J.R., Lucy, M., Kellogg, M.A., Schmitz, K., Berntson, T., Stuber, J.,&  Bruns, E.J. (2021) What happens when training goes virtual? Adapting training and technical assistance for the school mental health workforce in response to COVID=19  School Mental Health Published Online First: 4 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401- Goldhaber, D., Strunk, K.O., Hoptkins, B., Brown, N., Harbatkin, E., & Kilbride, T. (2020). To what extent does in-person schooling contribute to the spread of COVID-19? Evidence from Michigan and Washington. CEDR Working Paper No. 12232020-1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. * This work was featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Gratz, T., Goldhaber, D., Willgerodt, M., & Brown, N. (2020). The front-line health care workers in schools: Health equity, the distribution of school nurses, and student access. CEDR Working Paper No. 12072020-1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. * This work was featured in the Seattle Times. Current Research Funding Opportunities List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1st round, Major and Officers’ grants) May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2nd round, Major grants only) August 4, 2021 (3rd round, Major and Officers’ grants *Newly Added* Conducting Research to Inform Pandemic Response and Recovery of Emergency-Affected Populations by Determining Public Health Needs, Improving Methods, and Integrating Services to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality LOI Deadline: January 14, 2021 Submission Deadline: February 18, 2021 The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity is to understand the needs of emergency-affected and displaced populations by improving epidemiological methods, estimating morbidity and mortality of these populations during COVID-19, as well as understand the specific health sector needs of persons affected by humanitarian/public health emergencies and best practices for improving health outcomes. *NOTE: Only one applicant from UW will be selected. If interested, please send a 1-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach and the PI’s CV to research@uw.edu by 5:00pm Thursday, January 14, 2021.  Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program Deadline: January 29, 2021 This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply. Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants Deadline: February 01, 2021 Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students. Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant Deadline: February 1, 2021 Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology. APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant Deadline: February 15, 2021 Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape. Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative Deadline: February 16, 2021 The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders *Newly Added* Data Science for Global Good summer program Deadlines: Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23 Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15 This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If yo uwould like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu). *Newly Added* Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program Due March 1, 2021 Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST. Wayne F. Placek Grants Due March 1, 2021 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021. Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: March 02, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars Deadline: March 17, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities. Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021 The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations. *Newly Added* NIDA Diversity Supplement Program Deadline: May 11, 2021 This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply.

Research Opportunity at Crisis Connections

Crisis Connections is looking to connect with a university graduate department to offer mutually beneficial research opportunities. They have several curricula that they use for training that would benefit from quantitative and qualitative data for program improvement. Please contact Melissa Tucker, Training Department Supervisor, at mtucker@crisisconnections.org or (206) 204-9521.

Research Training Opportunities

*Newly Added* NIDA Diversity Scholars Grant Writing Program Deadline: January 15, 2021 This is a competitive, rigorous, and comprehensive program aimed at enhancing the funding success of outstanding underrrepresented early-stage inveestigators conducting substance use and addiction research.*Newly Added* NIDA Summer Research Internship Program Deadline: February 12, 2021 This program supports undergraduate students with a focus on increasing underrepresented scholars interested in substance abuse and addiction research. Students participate in research internships (virtual or in-person) with NIDA funded scientists at universities across the US for 8 weeks during the summer and receive a stipend.

Research Events 

Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity? Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session. Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill. January 14, 3:00pm. Register at  https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. .The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse. Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm. Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families. Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW. Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals Deadline: January 21, 2021 The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops

Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences Deadline: Tuesday January 19, 2021, 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021.Team Science Boot Camp, February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free. *Newly Added* Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS) This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here. 39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

Fellowship Applications UWRA Scholarship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns. Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships Deadline: February 1, 2021 These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.

Call for Papers

Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education Deadline: January 15, 2021 this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure Deadline: January 21, 2021 AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism. Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration” Deadline April 30, 2021 Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work Deadline: June 01, 2021 The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism

To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.

This quarter, First-Year Programs and UAA Advising are continuing our collaboration to help support our first generation students in offering our new event, the “First-Gen Winter Welcome”. Our agenda will be centered around how to be successful during Winter quarter, focusing on topics regarding students’ self-care and wellness.

This event will be held in two identical sessions to accommodate student schedules on Wednesday, January 27th at either 12:30-2:00pm or 5:00-6:30pm.

Sign up here, and for more information, go to this website .

If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to reach out to me (mvdorn@uw.edu), Joslin Boroughs (joslinb@uw.edu) or Matt Skirven (mskirven@uw.edu).

 

This upcoming lecture series features five experts on the Horn of Africa and its Diaspora communities.

All the lectures are free and open to the public. Please see below for details.

The first session takes place at 12:00 PM on Wednesday January 20^th.

Kudos to the UW’s African Studies Program, which put together the series, extending and enriching the University of Washington’s Horn of Africa Initiative  launched last year to promote teaching and research about the Horn.

The Annual Ethics Lecture of the Program on Ethics, Department of Philosophy, will be by Prof. Ruth Faden, Founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Her talk is entitled “Social Injustice and COVID-19 Vaccines”. It will take place via Zoom, on Jan. 29 from 3.30-5.30pm.

To register, please use this link: Annual Ethics Lecture – Registration.

For additional information visit our website.   

Apply now – Foreign Languages & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship 

Fellowships include tuition and a monthly living stipend | FLAS Fellowships support undergraduate, graduate and professional students in acquiring modern foreign languages and area/global studies knowledge. Students from all programs and departments are encouraged to apply. FLAS Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

To learn more about the FLAS program, click HERE

Application Deadline: January 31, 2021

NOTE TO MSW and BASW students – because your program is cohort-based with classes only happening once/year AND that you have practicum requirements that take you off campus for 2-3 days/week, the SUMMER FLAS awards tend to work much better for social work students.

Our next SWAPI Meeting will be Thursday, January 14, 3-4pm by zoom. Our meetings will be every second Thursday of the month from 3-4pm this quarter.

RSVP for the zoom link: https://forms.gle/3Gvo5oRgVs9TqgVH8

Student Leaders: Lizzy Chao and Daisy Wong

Faculty Leaders: Saul Tran Cornwall and Jennifer Brower

RSVP for link: HTTPS://FORMS.GLE/UZOHWEBK6BAVK2MHR

The FIUTS Discussion Series on Race & Racism in the U.S. is starting up again next week and registration is now open! This is a space for international and U.S. students, as well as others in the UW community, to learn from and with each other to make sense of current events and experiences in the U.S. The winter quarter series will run on Wednesday evenings from 4:30-6:00pm Seattle time January 13^th through February 10th. In order to create a safe learning space, participants are expected to be able to attend the entire 5-part series. Registration is open on the FIUTS website at www.fiuts.org/talk-about-race.

The Evans School of Public Policy & Governance is offering a new 4-credit topics course in winter quarter, PUBPOL 537 A: Development Policy and Politics (SLN 22186) with Professor Stephen Kosack. The course meets on Tuesdays from 2:30-5:20pm. Please see the attached flyer for additional information that can be shared with students who may be interested in the course

Other elective courses at the Evans School with space available include:

– PUBPOL 504: Leadership Ethics in the Public Interest

– PUBPOL 520: Intergovernmental Relations

– PUBPOL 541: The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Development

– PUBPOL 555: Funding the Social Sector

– PUPBOL 578: Asset Building for Low Income Families

– PUBPOL 598 A /B /C: Professional Skills Workshops (1-credit, see Time Schedule for topics)

 

Highlighted News  Important addition to OFFER team and support services for you! The OFFER team is now greatly enriched by the addition of Dr. Tasha Murphy to our team! In addition to assuming the role of newsletter editor, Tasha will be a support resource  for a variety of questions SSW community members may have during the grant submission process, from topics such as IRB, budget preparation, etc.  More details to follow, but please join us in welcoming Tasha! Also, going forward,  please now send your Newsletter contributions to Tasha. You can contact Tasha at tbmurphy@uw.edu.

Dr. Tasha Murphy has been involved in clinical research throughout her career. She did her postdoctoral fellowship in the department of Anesthesiology at UW, and served as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine. She was a Research Scientist and Instructor at SSW before moving to Seattle Children’s in 2017, where she managed the Research Coordinator Core and supervised the Grants and Contracts Administrators for the Center for Clinical and Translational Research. She is very happy to be coming back to SSW!

Tomorrow! Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science January 6, 1:00pm          Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.

New Publication: Olson, J.R., Lucy, M., Kellogg, M.A., Schmitz, K., Berntson, T., Stuber, J., Bruns, E.J. (2021) What happens when training goes virtual? Adapting training and technical assistance for the school mental health workforce in response to COVID=19  School Mental Health Published Online First: 4 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401- Current Research Funding Opportunities List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities *Newly Added* Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities Deadline: January 08, 2021 This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research strategies and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US.* *Newly Added* Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1st round, Major and Officers’ grants) May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2nd round, Major grants only) August 4, 2021 (3rd round, Major and Officers’ grants Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program Deadline: January 29, 2021 This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply. Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants Deadline: February 01, 2021 Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students. Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant Deadline: February 1, 2021 Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology. APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant Deadline: February 15, 2021 Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape. *Newly Added* Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative Deadline: February 16, 2021 The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders Wayne F. Placek Grants Due March 1, 2021 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021. Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: March 02, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars Deadline: March 17, 2021 Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities. *Newly Added* Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021 The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.

Research Events  Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity? Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session. Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill. January 14, 3:00pm. Register at  https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. . The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse. Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm. Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families. Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW. Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals Deadline: January 21, 2021 The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences Deadline Tuesday January 19, 2021 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. . The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021 Team Science Boot Camp, February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free. 8th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference, April 14-16, 2021 Deadline December 31, 2020 This year’s theme: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ACKNOWLEDGING INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND CULTIVATING SOCIAL JUSTICE 9th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium June 3 – 4, 2021 (fully online) January 02, 2021 Theme: “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Queerness, Accessibility, Intersectionality” Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss January 5, 2021 2:00 ET This webinar will discuss common reactions, emotions, and the challenges that survivors of suicide loss may experience. This webinar will equip healthcare providers with the tools needed to support survivors. Call for Papers American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure Deadline: January 21, 2021 AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism. 39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies 39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference April 11-14, 2021 – online the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

Fellowship Applications Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships Deadline: February 1, 2021 These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions. UWRA Scholarship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each. UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging Deadline: January 29, 2021 A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

Call for Papers Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education Deadline: January 15, 2021 this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted. Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration” Deadline April 30, 2021 Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work Deadline: June 01, 2021 The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism

To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.

Deadlines: JAN 15TH (to begin Spring 2021)| MAY 1ST (to begin Fall 2021)

Work and Health Certificate Traineeship

Student Funding Opportunity Available

Apply for an interdisciplinary occupational health and safety traineeship to enhance your understanding of Work Health and Safety. This new traineeship offers an opportunity for UW graduate students in all disciplines and professions to explore and consider how dimensions and contexts of work influence the health and well-being of populations and can better inform their own disciplinary research or practice. Trainees will be offered knowledge and skills to address adverse employment and working conditions, as well as methods to protect and promote health among workers.

Program requirements

• Trainees will complete two three-credit core courses, six credits of electives from a select list, and one three credit capstone project related to work health conditions.
• Funded trainees will be required to attend the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training provided by the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NWCOHS), with the exception of if their home degree program provides RCR training.
• Funded trainees will also attend NWCOHS-sponsored seminars and continuing education (CE) courses.

Applications are due January 15th at 11:59 pm to begin study in spring, or May 1^st to begin study in Fall 2021.

Interested students are strongly encouraged to contact the program director, Jenny Tsai, at jennyt@uw.edu for details prior to completing their application.

The traineeship is able to offer a quarter of funding to some applicants, distributed in the quarter of their capstone project. To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must be current UW graduate students, eligible to receive federal funding.

Find the application at nursing.uw.edu/programs/certificate/apeoh/

Please note you will fill out the Advanced Practice Environmental and Occupational Health Certificate application to apply to the traineeship.

Work Health Certificate Flyer Updated

The UWSOM Covid Home Care Kits Project is currently looking for additional team members!

What is the Home Care Kits Project?

We are a group of University of Washington medical students working to assemble “home care kits” for patients currently ill with COVID-19 / suspected COVID-19. We’re working closely with Seattle area clinics to identify patients with an immediate need for these kits that otherwise do not have a way to get supplies to care for their illness.  Students prepare and deliver kits to these patients who are sick and cannot leave their homes, do not have care support, are immunocompromised, or have been advised to self-isolate.

We are recruiting:

The Latino Center for Health is looking to hire a Communication Intern (see attached job description).

FINAL_LCH Communication Internship description_deadline extended

Registration link: https://bit.ly/CCT-Winter2021

Highlighted News
Early bird registration for SSWR ends January 4, 2021.
All presenters/speakers are required to register for the conference and must be current 2021 SSWR members. This includes ALL oral paper and poster presenters, symposia organizers, symposia paper presenters and discussants, and workshop and roundtable speakers and SIG conveners.
Register here

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Deadline: January 08, 2021
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research strategies and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US.*

*Newly Added*
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1^st round, Major and Officers’ grants)
May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2^nd round, Major grants only)
August 4, 2021 (3^rd round, Major and Officers’ grants

Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.

Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.

APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.

*Newly Added*
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders

Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021

Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

*Newly Added*
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.

Research Events 

Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
January 6, 1:00pm          Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity?
Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm
a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session.
Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill.
January 14, 3:00pm.
Register at  https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz
The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. .

The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.

Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.

Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.

Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.

Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops

Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Deadline Tuesday January 19, 2021 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. . The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021

Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.

8th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference, April 14-16, 2021 Deadline December 31, 2020 This year’s theme: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ACKNOWLEDGING INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND CULTIVATING SOCIAL JUSTICE 9th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium June 3 – 4, 2021 (fully online) January 02, 2021 Theme: “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Queerness, Accessibility, Intersectionality” Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss January 5, 2021 2:00 ET This webinar will discuss common reactions, emotions, and the challenges that survivors of suicide loss may experience. This webinar will equip healthcare providers with the tools needed to support survivors.

Call for Papers
American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.

39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies

Fellowship Applications
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.

UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.

UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

Call for Papers

Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.

Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021

Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism.

To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.

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