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.

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.

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.

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.

Reminder Today is the last day for Courtney Howell, the OFFER newsletter’s wonderful, and first editor. Please let’s all wish them well in their new position as an administrator for RedCap. (And if you need RedCap assistance, their skills are fortunately still available to us through the University’s RedCap services!) We are searching for a new person to fill their position, but in the meantime please send anything you want posted in the newsletter to my email (rlevy@uw.edu) with, as usual, the word newsletter in the subject line. Thanks! Rona

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 Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences We are now accepting applications for 2021. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5pm Eastern Time. The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021

Current Research Funding Opportunities List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations” Deadline: December 30, 2020 Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups. Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Deadline: December 30, 2020 In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities. 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. *Newly Added* 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. 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.

Research Events *Newly Added* The More the Merrier? THC Potency in the Legalization Era December 17, 10am – online Learn how legalization for non-medical marijuana use has transformed the cannabis plant into manufactured products of high THC potency. Washington State researchers will share a recently published Washington State Scientists Consensus Statement on high potency cannabis and the findings of an accompanying report from this same group. 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. 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. MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences Deadline: February 3, 2021 NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops 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

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 focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, 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. 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, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans.

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.

Important Departure News
Our wonderful founding Editor-in-Chief, Courtney Howell, will be leaving their OFFER position and moving on to work full time as a UW RedCap administrator. Their last day (and newsletter) with us will be on the 15th of December. Someone else will be stepping in to resume newsletter coordination after the first week of 2021, but until then I (Rona Levy) will be point of contact for newsletter items.
Please send anything you want posted to rlevy@uw.edu.

Highlighted News
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.

Moo-Hyun Kim’s Qualifying Paper Defense
Title: The Effects of Different Types of Child Maltreatment on Suicidal Ideation
Date: Friday, Dec 18, 11am – noon
Link here

Recent Publications
Hawkins, J.D. (2021). Foreword. In D.P. Farrington, H. Jonkman & F. Groeger-Roth (Eds.), Delinquency and substance use in Europe: Understanding risk and protective factors (pp. v-ix). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature

Haggerty, K. P., & Carlini, B. H. (2020). Commentary: Understanding the intergenerational transmission of substance use and problem behavior: Implications for future research and preventive interventions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34, 894-897.

Lee, J.O, Yoon,Y., Idrisov, B., Kiriazova, T, Makarenko, O., Sereda, Y., Bendiks, S., Cody,K., Schoenberger, S.F., Nurius, P.S., Halim,N., Flanigan, T., Samet, J.H., Liebschutz, J., & Lunze, K. (in press). Violence, HIV risks, and polysubstance use among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Ukraine. AIDS and Behavior.

Kim, E. B., Johnson, J., Rhinehart, L., Logan-Greene, Lomeli, J., Nurius, P. S. (in press). The school-to-prison pipeline for probation youth with special education needs. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Shillington , A. M, Gehlert, S., Nurius, P. S., Delva, J., Hooyman, N. R,, Manderscheid, R. W., & Palinkas, L. A. (in press).  COVID-19 and long-term impacts on tenure line careers. JSSWR

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University of Washington and Washington State University Workgroup. (2020). Cannabis Concentration and Health Risks. A report for the Washington State Prevention Research Subcommittee.

A workgroup of researchers from the UW and WSU convened to better understand the health and behavioral risks of high potency cannabis use. The intent of the workgroup was to provide policy makers with a summary of evidence on risk to health and behavior, with the goal of informing policy and practice. This report provides a consensus statement and offers a summary of research evidence supporting the consensus.
The report can be viewed here

Temporary Coordinator Opportunity
Do you have some experience and temporary availability to work on an interesting project and help get a data sharing agreement update through state agencies over the next 6 weeks?  This position would be about 20% FTE thru 1/15. If so, please contact Jennie Romich at romich@uw.edu.

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

Selected Grant Opportunities
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.

Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

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.

*Newly Added*
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.

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.

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.

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.
December 9, 2:00pm     Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm       Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.

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.

*Newly Added*
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.

MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.

Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.

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

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 focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, 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.

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, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans.

COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources.

Highlighted News
Please join me in congratulating SSW students who presented online at CSWE and others who have been accepted for SSWR presentation. Well done!

CSWE
Agyemang, Eric (Y2) (2020). Community-Based Prevention of Child Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa, Oral Presentation, Council for Social Work Education, online.

Willey-Sthapit, Claire (Y8) (2020). Beyond Inclusion: Postcolonial Translation as Methodology to Understand Domestic Violence in Nepal. Oral Presentation, Council for Social Work Education, online.

SSWR
La Torre, Joanna C. (Y1), (2021). Decolonization rising: Diasporic Filipinos turn towards Healing. Oral Presentation. Society for Social Work and Research, online.

Erçin-Swearinger, Hazal (Y5), Lindhorst T, Hays RM, Doorenbos A (2021). Acute and Posttraumatic Stress in Family Members of Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Oral presentation, Society for Social Work and Research, online.

Erçin-Swearinger, Hazal (Y5), Lapham, Jessica (Y3), (2021). Patterns of Unmet Care Needs and Place of Death Among Older Adults with Chronic Diseases. Oral presentation, Society for Social Work and Research, online.

Willey-Sthapit, Claire (Y8), Lindhorst, T. & Casey, E. (2021). Assessing the Evidence: How Systems That Address Intimate Partner Violence Evaluate the Credibility and Utility of Research Findings. Oral Presentation, Society for Social Work and Research, online.

Doctoral Student Ian Johnson will be defending their qualifying paper titled: Aging-in-Place in the Downtown Corridor: Mapping the Experiences of Seattle’s Unhoused Adults Over Age 50. It will happen on Monday December 7th at 12pm – 1pm you can find the zoom link here

*Newly Added*
Temporary Coordinator Opportunity
Do you have some experience and temporary availability to work on an interesting project and help get a data sharing agreement update through state agencies over the next 6 weeks? This position would be about 20% FTE thru 1/15. If so, please contact Jennie Romich at romich@uw.edu.

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

Selected Grant Opportunities
Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants
Deadline: December 4, 2020
Proposals are now being accepted from academic and administrative units for transformative projects that will enhance the University of Washington’s tri-campus community. Up to $3,000 will be made available per project for the upcoming cycle.

Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.

Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

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.

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.

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.

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.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.

*Newly Added*
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.

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.

*Newly Added*
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.

*Newly Added*
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.

*Newly Added*
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.

MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
Prevention Ethics
December 1, 3, 8, and 10, 2020, 12pm – 1:30pm – online
This 2-week distance learning series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to also provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to application of an ethical decision-making process.

Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.

Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.

*Newly Added*
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.

Fellowship Applications
*Newly Added*
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.

*Newly Added*
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.

*Newly Added*
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
*Newly Added*
Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
This issue will focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, 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.

*Newly Added*
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, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans.

COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources

UW students are invited to apply for the 2020-2021 cycle of UWRA Scholarships and Fellowships in Aging. Applications for both scholarships and fellowships are due at noon on January 29, 2021.

These awards are available to students in any field who are pursuing research or preparing for careers related to aging.

– Applications for the UWRA Scholarship in Aging must be submitted by January 29. The application form can be found on the Scholarships page of the UWRA web site. Up to three awards of $4,000 will be made. The scholarship is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students at any UW campus. International and HB1079 students are welcome to apply. Awards are applied to spring quarter 2021 student accounts.

– Applications for the UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging must be submitted by January 29. Find requirements and application on the Graduate School web site. Up to two quarters of fellowship will be awarded. The fellowship is open only to students in the Graduate School. Recipients select a quarter in the 2021-2022 academic year in which to receive the award.

The School of Social Work application for the 2nd Annual Latino Center for Health Student Scholars Fellowship Program is now open! The purpose of this program is to (1) support the next generation of leaders and scholars who will promote the health and well-being of Latinx communities in our state, and (2) convene an interdisciplinary cohort of health sciences students in the spirit of facilitating personal and professional connections and community-building.

This program will provide one graduate or professional student in each of the six UW Seattle campus health sciences schools, including the School of Social Work, with a $6,000 fellowship, disbursed throughout both winter and spring quarters of 2021 (must be actively enrolled during this time). This fellowship may be awarded as a stipend with an additional Non-Resident Differential (removes non-resident portion of tuition) if applicable.

Criteria
-Demonstrates a strong commitment to promoting the health of Latinx communities in WA State in one of the following areas—physical, mental, occupational and environmental health, or violence and injury prevention
-Open to all MSW students (must be actively enrolled winter and spring 2021)
-Applicants may identify as Latino/a/x or not. Undocumented and DACAmented students are encouraged to apply, as well as Afrolatino/a/x and indigenous Latinx students
-Past recipients of this fellowship are not eligible

Application Process: All materials must be received by December 10, 2020 (11:59PM PST) to be considered
-Please complete the short application form by the deadline.
-You will be asked to highlight your demonstrated commitment to promoting the health of Latinx communities, summarize how you have gone beyond course or program requirements, and how you have made an important impact in the community.
-You will also be asked to upload a PDF of a current resume/CV.

Please note that selected student fellows will be expected to meet with the Latino Center for Health team as well as the LCH Advisory Board during the first quarter of the Fellowship Program. They will also be expected to convene once as a cohort. The School of Social Work will select one nominee to put forward for this award and notification will be sent by December 14th, 2020.

Highlighted NewsBlackwell Seminar: What do we know about racial disparities in NIH peer review?
Previous research has found that funding disparities in NIH grant applications are driven by applications’ final impact scores and that only a portion of the black/white funding gap can be explained by bibliometrics and topic choice. In this talk, Elena A. Erosheval will start with an overview of the past research on racial disparities in NIH peer review. A seminar presented on November 13th, the full recording can be viewed here.

Recent Publications and Presentations
The Latino Center for Health (LCH) recently published a report on the Latinx Physician Shortage in Washington State, titled “Today’s Changes for Serving Tomorrow’s Diverse Communities: Increasing the Latinx Physician Workforce NOW”. The report is based on a study funded by the state legislature and conducted by LCH. You can find the executive summary here (Spanish version here) and the report here. More information about the study, including the symposium where we presented the study findings and discussed policy solutions, can be found here.

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants
Deadline: December 4, 2020
Proposals are now being accepted from academic and administrative units for transformative projects that will enhance the University of Washington’s tri-campus community. Up to $3,000 will be made available per project for the upcoming cycle.
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.

Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

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.

*Newly Added*
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.
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.

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.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.
*Newly Added*
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.

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.
MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
*Newly Added*
Prevention Ethics
December 1, 3, 8, and 10, 2020, 12pm – 1:30pm – online
This 2-week distance learning series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to also provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to application of an ethical decision-making process.
*Newly Added*
Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.
Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.

Call for Papers
Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World22nd Biennial Conference of the International Consortium for Social Development
Deadline: November 30, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other social challenges have had devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods across the globe, exacerbating poverty, inequality, and other social challenges. We invite papers, poster presentations, and session proposals from practitioners, researchers, students, community organizations, and policymakers. The conference will critically appraise the social challenges of our time and advance novel

COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources

Highlighted News
‘How Did We Not Know?’ Gun Owners Confront a Suicide Epidemic
The toll of self-inflicted gun deaths has led to an unusual alliance between suicide-prevention advocates and gun-rights proponents.

Recent Publications
McGlynn-Wright, A., Crutchfield, R. D., Skinner, M. L., & Haggerty, K. P. (2020). The usual, racialized, suspects: The consequence of police contacts with Black and White youth on adult arrest. Social Problems. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/socpro/

Stuber, J.P., Massey, A., Meadows, M., Bass, B., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2020) SAFER brief community intervention: a primary suicide prevention strategy to improve firearm and medication storage behavior. Injury Prevention Published Online First: 19 October 2020. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043902

Rebbe, R., Bishop, A., Ahn, J., & Mienko, J. (2020). Opioid overdose events and child maltreatment indicators: Differential county-level associations. Children and Youth Services Review, 119. Advanced online publication. doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105671

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

Selected Grant Opportunities
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.

Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

*Newly Added*
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.

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.

Research Events
The Future of Aging Symposium
Join for a series of online lectures and conversations centered on how this newest generation of older adults is forever altering the aging experience.
November 17, 1:30pm – Eric Larson, Aging into Health
November 19, 1:30pm – Sara Curran, Forecasting an Aging Future in Washington: Imagining Possibilities in the Demography of Diversity

*Newly Added*
UW Libraries Presents
November 19, 1:30-3:00pm – online
Better than Best Practices: Inclusive Data Visualization. Data visualization design “best practices” often do not prioritize (or outright reject) efforts to be inclusive. This workshop will establish new “best practices” and provide an opportunity to test them out in a visualization.

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.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.

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.

MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
Activating Communities for Change
November 17th and 19th 2020 – online
This four-session distance learning series offers participants an interactive opportunity to explore the prevention and regulatory landscape in order to better understand the system, analyze the current state of laws and regulations, and work toward activating communities for change.
Register here

*Newly Added*
Prevention Ethics
December 1, 3, 8, and 10, 2020, 12pm – 1:30pm – online
This 2-week distance learning series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to also provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to application of an ethical decision-making process.

*Newly Added*
Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.

Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.

Call for Papers
Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World22nd Biennial Conference of the International Consortium for Social Development
Deadline: November 30, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other social challenges have had devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods across the globe, exacerbating poverty, inequality, and other social challenges. We invite papers, poster presentations, and session proposals from practitioners, researchers, students, community organizations, and policymakers. The conference will critically appraise the social challenges of our time and advance novel

COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources

These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see our website for eligibility and further application instructions.

The application deadline is Monday, February 1, 2021 at noon. No late applications will be accepted. Students can apply directly for these awards via MyGrad.

Where would you go if you had eight months to travel solo? Which two continents and six countries would you visit? What experiences would you seek out? How would you be transformed?

The 2021 application is open and you may be eligible to apply for this $23,000 fellowship that supports independent exploration and travel abroad. **SSW usually has at least one MSW student get one each year!

Bonderman Fellows undertake international travel on their own for eight months, to six or more countries in two or more major regions of the world. Through solo travel fellows focus on exploration and discovery, learning about the world and themselves in it. Each Fellowship carries a $23,000 award to be used only for extended solo international travel. Fellows may not conduct research, pursue an academic project, or participate in a formal program or organization.

Applications are due by 12:00 pm (noon) January 11, 2021. More information, including info session details and the application, can be found at bonderman.uw.edu – please review the eligibility requirements below to see if you may apply.

More information and the application can be found at bonderman.uw.edu – please review the eligibility requirements below to see if you may apply.

Eligibility:
All applicants must be enrolled (for graduate students: “on leave” status is not considered enrolled) and in good standing at the UW during the quarter the application is due (Winter 2021) and must hold US citizenship or permanent resident status. Good standing in this regard refers not only to academic but also disciplinary and conduct standing. Additionally:

GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS: All students in graduate or professional degree programs are eligible to apply.

To learn more about this extraordinary opportunity, please review the Applying and FAQ sections of the website.

Women who are single parents or head of households pursuing an associate, bachelor’s, graduate, or vocational/technical degree may be eligible to apply for the Live Your Dream! Education Award.

The winner of the Live Your Dream! Award will receive a $4,000 education grant that can be used for tuition, childcare, books, or other needs as a student enrolled in a program. Winner of the local club award will be referred to the Soroptimist Northwestern Region for the opportunity to be selected for additional award money.

To apply, please visit the Soroptimist portal and complete the application.

For more information on the event, go to: https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D149024358

FLAS Fellowships support undergraduate, graduate and professional students in acquiring modern foreign languages and area-studies knowledge. Students from all programs and departments are encouraged to apply. FLAS Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Out-of-state graduate students receive a non-resident tuition waiver.

The Canadian Studies Center offers:

— Summer 2021 fellowships for French and beginning Nuu-chah-nulth
— Academic Year 2021-22 fellowships for French, continuing Nuu-chah-nulth (applicants for the academic year must have already taken the summer session), and beginning level Inuktitut, the Inuit language.
— For both summer and the academic year, students may apply for other Indigenous languages spoken in Canada contingent on identifying instruction.

FLAS Deadline: 01/31/2021. For more information on the FLAS fellowship go to: https://jsis.washington.edu/advise/funding/flas/

Scholarships awarded based on November applications disbursed in Winter
Open to Graduate and Undergraduate students
Up to $12,500 in scholarship

To qualify as a beneficiary of the Carolyn Kelly Memorial Education Scholarship, an individual must meet certain criteria. The first criteria are concrete threshold qualifications that must be met to qualify for the award. You must be either transgender, female, or underprivileged, or any combination of those. As well, you must be:
– Enrolled and actively attending a two or four year accredited college or university.
– Maintaining a minimum 2.75 GPA.

https://www.kellytrust.org/

• Organization:  First Nations Development Institute, Henry Luce Foundation
• Award amount: the program will award ten fellowships of $50,000 to outstanding Native knowledge holders and makers engaged in work that benefits Indigenous people and communities in either a reservation and/or urban setting.
• Deadline: 10/22/2020
• Description: 2021 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship is a twelve-month, self-directed enrichment program designed to support the growth, development, knowledge and networks of Indigenous knowledge holders and knowledge makers. The program supports Native knowledge holders and makers as they advance their work and in their field in ways that will ultimately lead to broad, transformative impacts for Indigenous peoples.
• Eligibility: To be eligible. applicants must be a member of a federal- or state-recognized Native American or Alaska Native tribe; be a Native Hawaiian; or be able to demonstrate significant and longstanding engagement with and how their work can impact and benefit an Indigenous community or communities in the United States and/or a U.S. territory; be engaged in the creation, dissemination, and/or perpetuation of knowledge in their field; have experience or expertise within the knowledge field/area they are pursuing; be at least 18 years old; and be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
• Link to complete RFP

The Boren Awards and Critical Language Scholarships are now open! Both of these scholarships provide support for students learning critical languages abroad.

Scholarships like the Boren and CLS provide funding to U.S. citizen students at varying levels of proficiency to study languages considered to be “critical” to US interests. They encourage first-generation students, students of color, and students who identify as underrepresented within the university to attend the info session.

Boren & CLS Information Session

• October 28 | 4:30 p.m. | Zoom linkBoren Awards Highlights:
  • Open to U.S. citizens
  • Up to $25,000 for students who study language abroad during the academic year (semester or longer)
  • Must be studying a language abroad (list of preferred languages here)
  • Up to $8,000 for STEM students to study a language abroad during the summer.
  • Up to $30,000 for graduate students who will study a language abroad.
  • Selected students must commit to working for in the federal government for one year.

The Canadian Studies Center is re-opening its FLAS competition for the 2020-21 academic year. For 2020-21, UW graduate and professional students may apply for a FLAS fellowship in French, 300-level Inuktitut, or 200-level Nuu-chah-nulth. Students from all programs and departments are encouraged to apply. FLAS Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Out-of-state graduate students receive a non-resident tuition waiver. FLAS fellows will receive up to $18,000 in tuition and $15,000 in living stipend.

To apply:
For further information or to apply, click here. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, 11 September 2020. If you have questions about the application process contact the Canadian Studies Center at canada@uw.edu.

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