Are you interested in Jewish languages, culture, or history? The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies offers annual funding opportunities to support research, language study, study abroad, and conference attendance related to Jewish studies, for both graduate and undergraduate students. Learn more about funding opportunities in Jewish Studies:

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We are excited to announce we are accepting applications for the Community Impact Fellowship Program. This is for RVC‘s fourth cohort, with 8 years of partnering with BIPOC leaders and BIPOC-led nonprofit organizations in the region. Please share this opportunity out to people you know or consider applying yourself.

What’s the Community Impact Fellowship Program? 

A cohort-based 2 year structured, hands-on learning experience and full-time position for nonprofit professionals of color at local grassroots organizations led by communities of color. We provide the trainings, biweekly stipends, benefits, mentorship, and ongoing professional development training. The fellows bring experience, passion, and talent! Priority Applications due Feb 14th LEARN MORE AT THIS LINK.

Who are the organizations + the positions? 

Great question! We have a total of 11 host organizations for the upcoming cohort which means a cohort of 11 fellows. Unfortunately, not all organizations have an open position and we do not have a more detailed job description at this moment. Our hope is to get it published ASAP. For now, please see below the organizations that have available positions:

• Supporting Partnerships in Education & Beyond(Operations/Data)
• Washington Building Leaders of Change(Development)
• Mujer Al Volante(Operations/Admin)
• Equity in Education Coalition(Organizing)
• Movimiento AfroLatino Seattle(Development)
• Duwamish River Community Coalition(Outreach/Organizing)

What are the benefits?

• Biweekly stipend of $25/hr.
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability, Retirement, and Life Insurance.
• 23 days of paid time off and 11 paid holidays.
• Monthly Professional Development Training, Conferences (not monthly >.<), Monthly Coaching support, and Additional Professional Development Funding
• Nonprofit professional mentor to get guidance and support.
• Access to an expansive network of nonprofit and advocacy leaders.

UW graduate students are invited to apply for the 2022-2023 UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging.

This one-quarter fellowship supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit in any field who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns. More information can be found on our website: https://grad.uw.edu/graduate-student-funding/funding-information-for-students/fellowships/list-of-fellowships/uw-retirement-association-fellowship-in-aging/.

Up to two quarters of fellowship will be awarded. At the time of application, students must be matriculated in a UW graduate degree tuition program and not in their last year of study. More information about eligibility is available at the link above.

Students can submit an application via MyGrad. The deadline to apply for this award is Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at noon (please note the deadline has been extended from an original deadline of February 2).

Questions? Please contact the Office of Fellowships and Awards: gradappt@uw.edu.

The Graduate Funding Information Service (GFIS) invites UW graduate students to an

info session on how to find funding for graduate school

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

1:00 p.m. Pacific Time

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Issue No. 104                                                                      January 25, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Call for Nominations
The National Academies is seeking experts to serve on an anticipated committee on Creating a Framework for Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Health and Medicine. The committee will develop a cross-sectoral governance framework, founded upon ethical principles with a focus on equity, for considering potential benefits and risks that emerging science, technology, and innovation in health and medicine can bring to society. Application deadline is January 27. For more information, click here.

Reminder about Bridge Funding
Investigators who currently have or are anticipating a need for bridge funding should be aware that any unspent funds after the award period is complete and/or outside funding is received will be returned to the Office of the Provost, as stated on the Bridge Funding Website.

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Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships
Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2022-2023 competition now open!

The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students with financial support to develop fluency in less commonly taught languages and expertise in the regions in which these languages are spoken. Students from all UW departments and schools are encouraged to apply. Apply by January 31, 2022. 

Languages:

Contingent on funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the six National Resource Centers of the University of Washington will offer Academic Year and Summer FLAS Fellowships in the following languages:

Arabic, Bangla, Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian, Burmese, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Indigenous languages spoken in Canada, Indonesian, Inuktitut, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Vietnamese.

Graduate Students only: French (intermediate or advanced only).

Award amounts:

• Academic Year Graduate: $18,000 tuition, $20,000 living stipend
• Academic Year Undergraduate: $10,000 tuition,$5,000 living stipend
• Summer Graduate/Undergraduate: $5,000 tuition,$2,500 living stipend

Eligibility:

The FLAS Fellowship is available to current and incoming UW students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.  It is available to students who will study one of the listed foreign languages at the intermediate or advanced level while receiving the fellowship.

Every year the Center for Global Studies awards between 12-15 fellowships to UW students.

Learn more:

• More information, including introductory videos.
• Get to know current and previous and CGS FLAS fellows.
• Join a FLAS information session.

Questions? Contact flas@uw.edu.

APPLY NOW

Issue No. 103                                                                      January 18, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations to Justin Lerner!
Congratulations are due to Justin Lerner, who has been awarded a Racial Equity Special Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation. Justin’s project will focus on developing measurable, actionable competencies in anti-racist knowledge and practice for undergraduate and graduate social work students at UW. Way to go, Justin!

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Call for Nominations
The National Academies is seeking experts to serve on an anticipated committee on Creating a Framework for Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Health and Medicine. The committee will develop a cross-sectoral governance framework, founded upon ethical principles with a focus on equity, for considering potential benefits and risks that emerging science, technology, and innovation in health and medicine can bring to society. Application deadline is January 27. For more information, click here.

Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement for FY 2022
The revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) has been published, replacing the previous version as standard terms and conditions of award. This revision applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2021. For more details, click here.

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Issue No. 102                                                                      January 11, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

Congratulations to Dan Goldhaber!
The EdWeek recently released their Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Dan Goldhaber ranked in the top 50 among scholars who did the most in the last year to shape educational practice and policy.

NIH Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for Spring 2022
The NIH has released guidance for applications submitted in Spring 2022. Specifically, NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency or recovery plans for problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, click here.

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The VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California San Diego Interprofessional Fellowship in Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Recovery Oriented Services (“PSR Fellowship”) is currently recruiting for 1-2 social work fellow positions for the 2022-23 training year. We provide one year of paid, full-time, intensive training on psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) services for Veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness, primarily psychotic disorders. Our interdisciplinary fellowship (we also recruit psychology, vocational rehabilitation, and chaplaincy fellows) has earned the American Psychological Association Division 18 President’s Excellence in Training Award.

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Issue No. 101                                                                      January 4, 2022

Highlighted News and Announcements

SSWR Annual Conference Announcement
If you are planning to attend the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) annual conference from January 13-16, please note that SSWR has confirmed that the conference will continue to proceed in-person as planned. They will not have a virtual or hybrid option for attending this year. You can, however, live-stream some key events (plenaries, invited symposia, and doctoral student session).

NIH Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for Spring 2022
The NIH has released guidance for applications submitted in Spring 2022. Specifically, NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency or recovery plans for problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, click here.

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Issue No. 100                                                                      December 28, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

OFFER Newsletter’s 100th Issue
The OFFER team is pleased to announce the 100th issue of our research newsletter! We want to thank the SSW community for your contributions and updates each week, as they help keep everyone informed of events and funding opportunities.

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Issue No. 99                                                                      December 21, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

CLIME Grand Round Session: 
Bias in Assessment – when to accept bias, minimize bias (and how), or throw the assessment out?
January 21, 2022, 1:00-2:00pm
Even the best designed assessment cannot escape bias. What we don’t know is when does a difference between subgroups indicate bias and can that bias be minimized? Furthermore, how much bias must be mitigated before we stop using scores from the assessment in decision-making? In medical education there are many high stakes decisions based on assessment performance so it is important to ensure assessments measure each trainee’s true ability.

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Apply for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship – deadline, January 31, 2021. Start your application now – click here!

Not sure where to start, what to do? Join one of two online information sessions

• Friday, January 14^th, 9-10 a.m.

Are you interested in learning French or an Indigenous language spoken in Canada and conducting research on the Arctic, Québec, natural resource management, climate change, human rights, urban planning, fisheries, law, humanities, public health, Indigenous political mobilization (to mention a few) while earning up to $38,000???

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Issue No. 96                                                                       November 30, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
eRA Commons Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase
Effective November 17, 2021, users of eRA Commons (including Commons Mobile, ASSIST, and IAR) who change their passwords will be required to use a passphrase — a set of random words or a sentence at least 15 characters long — instead of a password. With this move, users will need to change their passphrase only once a year (as opposed to the current NIH policy that requires passwords to be changed every 120 days).

eRA Commons ID required for Key Personnel starting January 25, 2022
For due dates on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, AND VA will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form to have an eRA Commons username.

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Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2022-2023 competition now open! The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students with financial support to develop fluency in less commonly taught languages and expertise in the regions in which these languages are spoken. Students from all UW departments and schools are encouraged to apply. Apply by January 31, 2022.

** Note: The FLAS summer programs works best for social work students, due to the language class requirement (most language classes are 4-5 days/week) which can be challenging to balance with practicum.

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Issue No. 95                                                                       November 23, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
eRA Commons Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase
Effective November 17, 2021, users of eRA Commons (including Commons Mobile, ASSIST, and IAR) who change their passwords will be required to use a passphrase — a set of random words or a sentence at least 15 characters long — instead of a password. With this move, users will need to change their passphrase only once a year (as opposed to the current NIH policy that requires passwords to be changed every 120 days).

eRA Commons ID required for Key Personnel starting January 25, 2022
For due dates on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, AND VA will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form to have an eRA Commons username.

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UW students are invited to apply for the 2021-2022 cycle of UWRA Scholarships and Fellowships in Aging. 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 February 2. The application form can be both found and submitted here: http://uw.edu/uwra/scholarship-application/. 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 2022 student accounts.

-Deadline and requirements for the UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging can be found here: https://grad.uw.edu/graduate-student-funding/funding-information-for-students/fellowships/list-of-fellowships/uw-retirement-association-fellowship-in-aging/ . 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 2022-2023 academic year in which to receive the award.

Applications are now open for the 2021-22 Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship (LSGF). LSGF awards are hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Excellence & Equity (GSEE) (formerly GO-MAP). In 2013, a group of engaged, committed UW faculty, civic and business leaders joined together to establish the Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship to provide financial assistance to UW graduate students (master’s and doctoral) who have a demonstrated commitment to Latinx communities. GSEE appreciates the community members that have continued to give to this important fund.

For this application cycle, the Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship is a one-time award of $1,500-$2,500.

IMPORTANT: Students apply directly to the LGSF Award electronically via MyGrad. Please direct students to MyGrad to complete their application. No exceptions will be made. If all application materials are not submitted via MGP, the application will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.

 

ELIGIBILITY

• Graduate student must be enrolled full-time in a master’s or doctoral degree program at the University of Washington;
• Graduate student’s research, work, and/or service must demonstrate their commitment to Latinx communities.

APPLICATION

To be considered for this fellowship, ALL of the following materials must be submitted via the MyGrad Program (Request a Graduate School award).

1. Letter of Recommendation (not to exceed two pages, double spaced, 12-pt font)
   The recommender should address the following to the best of their ability:
   1. The applicant’s engagement with Latinx communities and issues
   2. Obstacles the applicant may have encountered in their academic or personal journey and how they have responded to these challenges
   3. The applicant’s academic strengths and/or progress

2. Personal Statement (not to exceed two pages, double spaced, 12-pt font). Statement should address the following:
   1. How your personal commitment to Latinx communities has taken shape in your service, research, and/or paid employment
   2. Your personal or professional goals and the ways in which your graduate education will enable you to sustain your engagement with Latinx communities
   3. How this award would impact your graduate education Winter quarter
3. Curriculum Vitae or Resume

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, December 15^th, 2021 at 11:59 pm PT.

Further details can be found here: https://www.grad.washington.edu/equity-inclusion-and-diversity/diversity-funding-opportunities/latinx-scholars-graduate-school-fellowship/

We look forward to receiving student applications. Please reach out to GSEE at uwgsee@uw.edu with any questions.

Issue No. 94                                                                       November 16, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
eRA Commons Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase
Effective November 17, 2021, users of eRA Commons (including Commons Mobile, ASSIST, and IAR) who change their passwords will be required to use a passphrase — a set of random words or a sentence at least 15 characters long — instead of a password. With this move, users will need to change their passphrase only once a year (as opposed to the current NIH policy that requires passwords to be changed every 120 days).

eRA Commons ID required for Key Personnel starting January 25, 2022
For due dates on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, AND VA will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form to have an eRA Commons username.

2021 GSS Cross-Sectional Data Release
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally representative survey of adults in the US conducted since 1972. The GSS contains a standard core of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. The 2021 GSS data is now available at gss.norc.org. The 2021 GSS was fielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers vital data about potential social and economic impacts of the pandemic.

New Publications
Matson, P. A., Ridenour, T., Ialongo, N., Spoth, R., Prado, G., Hammond, C. J., Hawkins, J. D., & Adger, H., Jr. (2021). State-of-the-art in substance use prevention and early intervention: Applications to pediatric primary care settings. Prevention Science. Advance online publication.

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Issue No. 93                                                                       November 9, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
Critical Feminist Social Work Roundtable Series: Critical Feminist Methodologies
Kalei Kanuha, Professor and Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SSW will be participating in an SSW-sponsored webinar on critical feminist methodologies on November 18, 2021 from 12:00-1:00pm. Prominent feminist social work scholars will discus their use of critical feminist methodologies in social work research. For more information and to register, please click here.

Did you miss the NIH Virtual Seminar last week? 
Last week, the NIH hosted a 4-day virtual seminar on program funding and grants administration. If you were unable to attend or missed some elements of the seminar, there is some good news! All of the presentations and materials are now available online for viewing and download.

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