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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Seattle’s PB process will work with community members to decide how to invest $27.2 million back into BIPOC communities. The funding for this PB program came from a $100 million fund earmarked by then Mayor Jenny Durkan after community groups demanded investments into Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities during the protests for Black lives in the summer of 2020. This is a great opportunity for you and your community to get involved, practice advocacy and leadership, and reinvest in our communities.

For more information on what participatory budgeting is, the links below have more information:

• https://pbseattle.org/
• https://www.blackbrillianceresearch.com/projects-participatory-budgeting?r_done=1

Opportunities are linked below. Please share this with the parents, youth, young adults, and community members in your Seattle networks to ensure they know about this process.

Participatory Budgeting Coordinator

Steering Committee: 

• The steering committee will inform design decisions for the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process, help appoint workgroup members and serve as a core accountability partner to PB stakeholders to ensure it meets the needs of Seattle residents impacted by systemic lack of investment in the City’s historically underserved communities.
• Click here to learn more about the criteria for roles on this committee, the selection process, and how to express interest.

Workgroups:

Group members will bring their specialized skills to the following workgroups:

• Accountability and Restorative & Proactive Safety Working Group
• Lived Experience & Outreach Workgroup
• Budget Delegate & Facilitation Workgroup
• Evaluation & Data
• If you would like to learn more about the workgroups and express interest, you can click here.

Youth Opportunities:

Dreams for Democracy: PB2 Idea Building Workshops

• where young people will get to decide how to spend $25,000 of the organization’s budget
• Wednesday, Feb 22nd at 3:00 pm Pacific.
• RSVP here or suggest an idea if they can’t make it

Virtual Youth Summit

• March 4, 2023, from 2:30 pm-4 pm. Register here
• March 10, 2023 from 5 pm- 6:30 pm. Register here

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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The UW School of Social Work Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) invites all BIPOC adoptee students, staff, and faculty across all three campuses to attend our Winter 2023 potluck! The potluck will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:30pm PST in Room 306 of the School of Social Work building (4101 15^th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105-6299). 

TAG is a student-led affinity group that offers support and community building to transracial adoptees at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Along with providing transracial adoptees an inclusive space to share stories, TAG is committed to increasing efforts to amplify the voices of adoptees in the classroom and on campus.

TAG and this event are open to all BIPOC adoptees that are current UW students, staff, and faculty, as well as previous TAG alumni.

 

Community Dinner with CIRCLE & International Pride 
CIRCLE & International Pride are jointly holding a community event for UW undergraduate and graduate students! Life in the US can be an exciting and scary journey that is filled with new things to learn about, especially if you’re exploring your queerness, gender, and sexuality. If you would like some company and some good food, stop by and have dinner with us! We will share some resources, talk about our experiences, and voice our needs. Feel free to listen to stories and share as much or as little as you want to. We are here to eat and just be with each other 🙂

Please RSVP by 2/20. https://forms.gle/cH6ahvej14j93BAs8

Time: 2/22 5-6:30 pm
Place: CIRCLE, 250 Schmitz Hall

Join the ASUW Student Disability Commission & UW D-Center for our annual Disability Allyship Workshop on Thursday, February 9th from 4:00 to 5:30pm!

This webinar is open to all students, staff or faculty who are interested in learning how to be a better ally to the disability community. Attendees will learn about various frameworks to conceptualize disability, inclusive disability language, and various strategies to avoid ableism (discrimination on the basis of disability). Whether you are well-versed in disability justice, or new to the concept of disability altogether, this workshop is for you!

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_smlDC2RtQMKsuNwKdJl-Vw

Accessibility information: ASL & CART will be provided, and the webinar will be recorded and published to the ASUW SDC’s YouTube channel for asynchronous access. If you have any additional access needs or concerns, please contact the SDC Director at asuwsdc1@uw.edu.

Issue No. 154                                                                         January 31, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations to Jenn Stuber!
The UW School of Social Work, in collaboration with the UW SMART Center, has received $6 million from the U.S. Department of Education for a 5-year initiative that will put Master of Social Work students from diverse backgrounds in high-need school districts to serve as mental health professionals. Jennifer Stuber led this effort on behalf of SSW. Additional information can be found at the end of the newsletter.

UW Royalty Research Fund Inviting Applications
The UW Office of Research invites applications to the Spring 2023 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly a.) In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal; b.) for faculty who are junior in rank, and c.) when funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding. Applicants may apply for up to $40,000. Proposals are due March 6, 2023.

NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing Now In Effect
As of January 25, 2023, the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing is now in effect. All grant applications submitted to NIH that results in the generation of scientific data must now include a Data Management and Sharing Plan. Tips for writing a DMS plan and examples can be found on the NIH website.

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.

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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With the two recent shootings and ongoing violence impacting the Asian American community, we are hosting a space for people to process and build community. Participants will create a luminary jars in remembrance of loved ones as a process of healing and remembrance in addition to space to listen, share and learn from one another.

“Tea Time Talk: Asian American Mental Health and Healing” Event

• Date: Wednesday, February 8^th, 2023
• Time: 3pm-4pm
• Place: Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC) Asian Room – 3^rd Floor

 Join us for a cup of Tea and sweets as we want to make room for Asian American voices and needs, and create healing space for conversations about how racism and violence impacts Asian American mental health.

 

Sincerely,

Cultivating a Culture of Care Initiative (CCCI), UW Counseling Center, Kelly ECC and OMA&D/EOP

Struggling with persistent feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, and fraudulence is a common experience for social work students. Join our SSW Mental Health Specialist, Lev Cunningham, for this interactive workshop to learn about imposter syndrome, how to recognize it, and how to work with it.

Friday, January 27th at 1pm: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97537926858

You’re invited to the annual Lobby Day for Health Equity!

What is Lobby Day?

Every year on President’s Day, Health Equity Circle brings ~100 students from the schools of public health, nursing, medicine, law, social work, and more to Olympia to voice support for or against the passage of specific bills that are critical to health equity in WA. Health Equity Circle is currently researching bills that will be presented in the house or senate during this legislative session to determine which positions we should take. We are looking for volunteers that will meet with individual policymakers in small groups to tell their stories and influence votes. Not only is Lobby Day a chance to advance policy around social justice issues, but it’s also an excellent opportunity to gain lobbying skills, become familiar with the legislative process in WA, and meet students from across the state.

When is Lobby Day?

Monday, February 20th, we will be meeting with legislators to in Olympia advocate for bills that advance health equity this year. Transportation will be provided.

Training dates: No previous experience necessary! We will provide a brief mandatory training via Zoom before the event. Pick a day that works for you, either Saturday, February 11th, from 10-11:30 am, or Sunday, February 12th, from 6-7:30 pm.

SIGN UP:   https://forms.gle/pdJJqerzPqMLt3XT6

Please direct any inquiries to hec.lobbyday@gmail.com. You do not need to be affiliated with Health Equity Circle to attend.

Issue No. 152                                                                         January 17, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Special Issue Journal Submissions Requested
Submissions are requested for an upcoming Special Issue in the journal Youth titled “Promoting Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Minoritized Youth”. SSW’s Kristian Jones is a guest editor for this issue. To learn more, click here.

New NIH Salary Cap Announced
NIH has announced a new salary cap of $212,100 for all grants and cooperative agreements. Please ensure that all upcoming grant application budgets are adjusted for faculty and staff who are eligible for the salary cap. Existing grant budgets should also consider rebudgeting funds to accommodate the new salary cap.

NIMH Seeking Peer Reviewers
To fund the best mental health research, we need diverse and inclusive peer review committees. The National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) is looking to expand the pool of peer reviewers with mental health researchers who can bring diverse perspectives to the peer review process. To learn more, click here.

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.

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.

NIH Updated Instructions and forms for FORMS-H
NIH has released updated forms and instructions for FORMS-H, which are to be used for all grant applications with due dates on or after January 25, 2023. Please note that NIH is still transitioning all forms, so application packages may not yet reflect FORMS-H. OSP NOTE: FORMS-H updates in Grant Runner are being deferred until Spring 2023, so please plan to use ASSIST for NIH applications due on or after January 25 until further notice.

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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The Leadership Development Newsletter

Q Center

Leadership Development Advising
The Q Center offers Leadership Development Advising and Coaching on a variety of support topics. Visit our website to learn more and schedule an appointment. This offering is available to students, faculty, staff, and community.

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Located in HUSKY Union Building (HUB 315)

• Monday   10 am – 6 pm PT
• Tuesday   10 am – 6 pm PT
• Wednesday      CLOSED
• Thursday 10 am – 6 pm PT
• Friday      10 am – 6 pm PT

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What:  42nd Annual Diversity Career Fair

When:  Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Where: Husky Union Building (HUB) Ballroom – UW Seattle 

Time:  5:30-8:30PM

All Majors (Business, Engineering, Liberal Arts & The Sciences) | All Class Levels (Freshman – PhD)

Dress: Business Casual

Participating Companies: https://www.nsbeuw.com/students

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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Virtually on Zoom here | By phone at 1-206-337-9723
Meeting ID: 981 1428 4340 | Passcode: 001590

Hello from the Benefits Hub! Here’s what we have for you this week: 1. Tax Prep Workshop! 2. Coach Positions 3. Access to Affordable Health Care! Join us for a Tax Prep workshop on January 17th! Free to participate and welcome to sharing! Participate for the 1-hour, Zoom event, learn about getting ready for tax season and take a survey for a chance to WIN a $25 gift card! Benefits Hub has NEW Coach positions!  We just created a bunch of NEW Benefits Hub Coach positions and we are looking for people that are: Interested in giving back to their community Working in higher education environment Want to learn about navigating social service programs and getting people connected! Tell your friends, family and colleagues! Just a reminder! Open Enrollment for WA Health Plan Finder is happening NOW! Between now and January 15th, you can enroll in low-cost or FREE healthcare benefits through Washington State. For assistance starting the process, and to get any questions answered about the process, make an appointment with a Benefits Hub Coach today! If you are: A student A parent and/or caregiver Currently receive food benefits (SNAP, EBT, Free/Reduce Lunch) Have had healthcare through WA Health Plan Exchange in the past or believe you may qualify based on other qualifications … this is an amazing opportunity to get connected with medical, dental, and/or vision coverage!

Email us @ benefitshub@uwkc.org CALL/TEXT US @ (206) 649-8124

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Carol LaMare Zoom Information Session Monday, January 23, 2023 from 5:30 – 6:30PM (See details below).

The Carol LaMare Scholars Program is an initiative of the UW School of Social Work designed to train specialist year MSW students in work with people with cancer and other serious illnesses, or who are at the end of life. Founded in 2005, the program provides:

• A specialized clinical practicum in oncology, palliative care or medical settings working with people and families facing serious illnesses.
• A retreat the weekend before Fall quarter begins which focuses on issues relevant to working with people with life limiting illness, including both practical skills and personal, reflective work.
• A year-long seminar that uses a health equity and anti-racism lens to develop practice skills focused on micro/meso/macro assessment, clinical interventions, organizational advocacy and self-care.
• Introduction to a network of over 120 former Scholars who are practicing in settings in the Seattle region at organizations such as the University of Washington Medical Center Oncology and Palliative Care programs, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital Oncology and Palliative Care programs, Evergreen Hospice, Virginia Mason Oncology Center, and Swedish Cancer Institute.
• Scholarships for students who are accepted into the program and matched with a Carol LaMare eligible practicum during the Specialist year.

The Carol LaMare Scholars Program is intended for social work students enrolled in the MSW Day or EDP Clinical Specialization.

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One of ASUW’s collaborators, the Office of Government Relations (OGR), is hosting a Legislative Reception on the 5th of December from 5:00-7:30PM in the HUB (North Ballroom). This is an event in which students can directly engage with legislators and other governmental staff in Washington, and learn about community and legislative affairs both at a state and federal level. Additionally, a free catered dinner will be provided.

ASUW is reaching out specifically to put out an ask for student speakers interested in speaking on the topic of sexual assault and/or reproductive healthcare. The chosen individual would be expected to make a 5-10 minute long speech on their personal experience(s) with barriers to accessing survivor resources and/or reproductive healthcare.

This speech is an opportunity for powerful activism, as the chosen student will be directly speaking to legislators across Washington to highlight how important of an issue this is. Further, expanding sexual health and reproductive rights are a high priority in our legislative agenda this year – meaning they will be advocated for by a student employee in Olympia this winter, directly to our state government. Both the Office of Government Relations (OGR) and the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Activists (SARVA) are more than willing to work with the student to help them write a speech they are confident in and comfortable with!

If students are interested in speaking at this event, please feel free to reach out to me at asuwadsa@uw.edu or OGR at asuwogr@uw.edu.

Issue No. 145                                                                     November 22, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

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.

NIH Updated Instructions and forms for FORMS-H
NIH has released updated forms and instructions for FORMS-H forms, which are to be used for all grant applications with due dates on or after January 25, 2023.

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