The Community  Health Action Team at UW (CHAT-UW) is so excited to announce that our spring application is now open.  We are an interdisciplinary team of volunteers from across WWAMI, composed of UW undergraduate and graduate students passionate about promoting public health.  CHAT-UW is a UW RSO and a UW School of Medicine community service organization.  We have two fabulous projects, our newest one is a public health policy advocacy project, and our original project is the COVID-19 Fact of the Day project.  Currently we are so excited to be recruiting new teammates to join our incredible family.  Check out our position descriptions to learn more about our open positions, from leadership roles to artists, translators, content creators, videographer, web designer, and many more, there is a position for you on our team.  Most roles can be done remotely at this time.  Applications  are due by Sunday, 04/24/2022, at 11:59pm PDT.

Application: https://bit.ly/CHAT-App

Position  Descriptions: https://bit.ly/CHAT-positions

Questions: chat-uw@uw.edu

Learn more about our COVID-19 Fact of the Day project by checking out our social media pages:

– Website: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/chat-uw

– Facebook: COVID-19 Fact of the Day

– Instagram: UWCHAT

– Twitter: @uw_chatfotd

– TikTok – chat_uw

Read here: SSW Writing Center Status Report-Fall_Winter 2022

The Fulbright US Student Program application is now open.

Fulbright provides grants to pursue independent research, the creative arts, graduate level study, or assistant English teaching for 8-10 months abroad. During their grants, Fulbrighters meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing experiences and building relationships.

• Open to U.S. citizens who will have a bachelor’s degree by the start of the grant (summer 2023)
• Applicants should not have a doctoral degree at time of application
• There may be language requirements depending on the grant type and location
• UW Deadline: August 31

Attend an information session or join the Global Fellowships Prep group to learn more! If you’re interested in hearing from alums of the program, check out the Fulbright affinity groups and visit the alumni ambassador page on the Fulbright website.

 

For more information and to apply: 2022-2023 Student Regent Application

Highlighted News and Announcements

Funding Opportunity for SSW Researchers
Public Interest Technology Network Challenge
UW Internal deadline: April 29, 2022
Announcing an excellent opportunity for SSW researchers! Public Interest Technology Network (PIT UN) universities are trying innovative tactics to produce graduates with multiple fluencies at the intersection of technology and policy. For its fourth year, projects are encouraged in the following priority areas: Educational Offerings, Career Pipeline/Placement, Faculty & Institution Building, and Strengthening the PIT University Network. UW will put forward 3 proposals; to be considered, submit a 1-page letter of intent with a description of proposed objectives, work plan, impact, timeline, list of collaborators, total amount requested and matching fund source(s) along with a CV (not NIH format) of the PI to welliver@uw.edu by 5:00pm Friday April 29.

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Would you like to provide writing support to other students at the UW School of Social Work?

 

We are hiring three new writing tutors to form the social work writing team next year. If interested, please carefully review the position description for details and submit the online application by April 24, 2022.

 

Applicants are encouraged to attend a remote info session on Thursday April 14th from 4:30-5:30pm to learn more about our center’s practice and the current writing tutors’ experiences in the role. Please contact sswwrite@uw.edu for a Zoom link.

For more information and to apply: 2022 CERSE RA Summer Positions

The Harlan Hahn Fund call for proposals is now open for 2022. Current students, faculty, and staff from all three University of Washington campuses are invited to submit a grant proposal. Applications must describe research, writing, or activist projects that are framed within, aligned with, or informed by the academic field of Disability Studies. Harlan Hahn awards typically range between $500 and $5,000. The number and amount of the grants awarded depends on the quality of the individual projects and the overall number of eligible proposals received.

HARLAN HAHN FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR:

• Support of academic research projects, pedagogical research, or writing projects in Disability Studies or informed by Disability Studies.
• Travel to conferences in the field of Disability Studies or related to Disability Studies, to present research or to participate in the Disability Studies academic community.
• Support for the development of a course with Disability Studies content.
• Support for disability related activist endeavors (e.g. web development, meeting support) that are aligned with Disability Studies.

DEADLINE & NOTIFICATION

• Applications are due May 2, 2022 by 11:59 pm.
• The Harlan Hahn Grant Review Committee will notify the award recipients of its decisions by May 23, 2022.
• All grant-funded activities must be completed by June 30, 2023.

For more information, and to apply, visit: https://disabilitystudies.washington.edu/HarlanHahnFund

Issue No. 113                                                                     March 29, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations Margaret Kuklinski and SDRG!
Please join us in congratulating Margaret Kuklinski, who was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the FORE Foundation. Margaret’s project, “Northwest Center for Family Support: Building Statewide Capacity to Implement Evidence-Based Interventions in Families with Opioid Use Disorder”! The FORE Foundation funds support organizations that are improving or expanding evidence-based opioid use disorder prevention strategies for children and families at highest risk across the U.S. Margaret’s project was one 9 selected for these funds out of more than 400 submissions. Well done, Margaret!

Congratulations Tess Abrahamson-Richards!
Tess Abrahamson-Richards, a first year doctoral student in the Social Welfare program, was selected as an awardee for the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, a 3-year fellowship that aims to facilitate the academic, intellectual, and professional development of individuals who have demonstrated superior scholarship, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Way to go, Tess!

NIH New Data Sharing Requirements
The NIH has announced new policies related to data sharing. Starting January 3, researchers funded by NIH will need to provide a formal, detailed data management plan for publicly sharing the data generated by their research. Researchers will also be required to share all the scientific data that other teams would need in order to validate and replicate the original research findings. For more information, click here.

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