The NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (NSF GRFP) funds approximately 2,000 awards per year for research-based graduate study in science and engineering.

HOW MUCH: A $34,000 annual stipend and full cost of tuition and fees for 3 years.

ELIGIBILITY: U.S. citizens, nationals and permanent residents only, rising seniors and bachelor’s alumni planning to pursue research-based Master’s or PhD programs, current graduate students who have not previously applied while enrolled in a graduate program. Get more eligibility details here. 

CRITERIA: Potential for significant contribution to scientific field and positive impact on society

UPCOMING SESSIONS:

• NSF GRFP INFO SESSION, Thursday, July 22, 5-6pm PST, Register for this session
• NSF GRFP FIRST-DRAFT STATEMENT WRITING WORKSHOP, Wednesday, July 28, 5-6pm PST, Register for this session
• NSF GRFP INFO SESSION, Tuesday, September 14, 5:30-6:30pm PST. Register for this session
• NSF GRFP PEER REVIEW WORKSHOP, Thursday, September 23, 4:30-5:30pm, PST. Register for this session

QUESTIONS? 

• Undergraduate students & alumni: Robin Chang, robinc@uw.edu; and Emily Smith, emilys42@uw.edu
• Graduate Students: Robyn Davis, rldavis@uw.edu

Issue No. 76                                                                                                                              July 13, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements:

COVID-19 Guidelines for Research

• The UW has released revised COVID-19 Guidance, which you can read here. What’s new:
  • New COVID-19 prevention for transit
  • Updated COVID-19 prevention plan
  • Updated COVID-19 cleaning and disinfection protocol
  • Updated COVID-19 restrictions on Human Subjects Research
• All PIs and Laboratory heads must revise their Return to Research Plans and have them approved by your unit. New regulations include:
  • Daily symptom attestation is no longer required (but individuals should self-monitor and stay home if ill).
  • Physical distancing is no longer required, regardless of vaccination status. Non-vaccinated employees are encouraged to distance if in a crowded setting.
  • Face coverings are still required indoors for non-fully vaccinated individuals.
  • Lab density restrictions for COVID are no longer in effect.

30 days notice of any requirement to return to work must be given to employees who have been working remotely.

New Publications
Heerde, J. A., Bailey, J. A., Toumbourou, J. W., Rowland, B., & Catalano, R. F. (2021). Adolescent antecedents of young adult homelessness: A cross-national path analysis. Prevention Science. Advance online publication.

Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

CFAR Trainee Support Grants
Deadlines: July 15, 2021, October 15, 2021, and January 15, 2022
CFAR Trainee Support Grants help fund a variety of activities for students, fellows, and junior faculty which are directly relevant to their career development. The purpose of the program is to provide modest support to enhance career development of trainees and junior investigators pursuing research careers in HIV/AIDS and to encourage collaboration with other HIV/AIDS investigators.

AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: July 25, 2021
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Division of AIDS Research (DAR) encourages applications for Center Core grants (P30) to support HIV/AIDS Research Centers (ARC). The ARC is intended to provide infrastructure support that facilitates the development of high impact science in HIV/AIDS and mental health that is relevant to the NIMH mission.

Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data through Local Data Intermediaries Initiative
Deadline: July 27, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting applications for the Accessing Social Determinants of Health through Local Data Intermediaries Initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to demonstrate whether existing local data intermediaries can facilitate community stakeholder access to and utilization of integrated community-level data and increase community stakeholder skill and capacity to use and apply data to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations.

The Russell Sage Foundation Grant: Social, Political, and Economic Inequality
LOI Deadline: July 28, 2021
Application Deadline: November 17, 2021
This award funds innovative investigator-initiated research that will expand our understanding of social, political, and economic inequalities and the mechanisms by which they influence the lives of individuals and families. We welcome projects that explore the relevance of economic, racial, ethnic, age, gender, immigration, residence, or other statuses for the distribution of social, political and economic outcomes within and across these groups.

The Russell Sage Foundation Grant: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
LOI Deadline: July 28, 2021
Application Deadline: November 17, 2021
This award funds innovative investigator-initiated research on the social, economic, and political effects of the changing racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population, including the transformation of communities and ideas about what it means to be American. RSF is especially interested in research that examines the roles of race, ethnicity, nativity, gender and legal status in outcomes for immigrants, U.S.-born racial and ethnic minorities, and native-born whites.

2021 Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association Research Award
Deadline: July 30, 2021
The SFBTA Research Award aims at fostering the growth of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy by encouraging original research in solution-focused practices, and to support students, faculty or practitioners who wish to study solution-focused practices. The 2021 SFBTA Research Award will provide up to $5,000.00 to support ongoing or proposed projects.

ITHS Pilot Program Awards
LOI Deadline: August 1, 2021
Proposal Deadline: September 27, 2021
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences at UW has three upcoming funding opportunities as part of their Pilot Program Award series: the Early-Stage Product Development (ESPD) award, and the Translational Research Partnership awards: the New Interdisciplinary Academic Partnership (TRP—NIAP) award and the Academic/Community Partnership (TRP—ACP) award. These awards  offer early-career investigators more opportunities to translate research findings into improved patient health.

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
LOI Deadline: August 4, 2021
The William T. Grant Foundation’s mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. These grants invest in high-quality field-initiated studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes. Studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people are well suited for this award.

Short-Term Research Education Program to Enhance Diversity in Health-Related Research
Deadlines: August 9, 2021 (first deadline; can submit on future R25 deadlines through February 23, 2024)
The over-arching goal of this NHLBI R25 program is to support educational activities within the mission areas of the NHLBI that can enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce by providing research experiences and related opportunities in the mission areas of the NHLBI to undergraduate and health professional students from diverse backgrounds, including those from nationally underrepresented groups

Providing Research Education Experiences to Enhance Diversity in the Next Generation of Substance Use and Addiction Scientists
Deadlines: August 10, 2021, November 15, 2021
The goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. This FOA will support Courses for Skills Development (i.e., short courses, boot camps, seminars, advanced courses) and Research Experiences (i.e., mentored hands-on research experiences for students, fellows, and early-stage faculty). Click here for more information.

*Newly Added*
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Deadline: August 20, 2021
The High-Risk, High-Reward research program at NIH supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact. Preliminary data are not required. the Innovator Award is for exceptionally creative early career scientists proposing innovative, high-impact projects.

*Newly Added*
Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts: Coordinating Center 
Deadline: August 23, 2021
The Office of Minority Health at NIH is soliciting applications to establish and operate a Coordinating Center to lead efforts to assess policies that may create or perpetuate health disparities by contributing to structural racism.

*Newly Added*
Framework to Address Health Disparities through Collaborative Policy Efforts: Demonstration Projects 
Deadline: August 23, 2021
The Office of Minority Health at NIH is soliciting applications for demonstration projects that will develop tools and processes to assess the impact of structural racism on health disparities and implement policies to improve health outcomes

Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: August 24, 2021
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), with other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), is soliciting applications on (1) observational research to understand the role of structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in causing and sustaining health disparities, and (2) intervention research that addresses SRD in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities.

*Newly Added*
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award
Deadline: September 1, 2021
The High-Risk, High-Reward research program at NIH supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact. Preliminary data are not required. The Transformative Research Award is for individuals or teams proposing groundbreaking, unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms.

NIDDK Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP)
Deadline: September 1, 2021
NIDDK’s Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) provides funding to research institutions to provide for a national summer research experience program for high school and undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research on a national basis, including individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with disabilities.

*Newly Added*
NIH Director’s Early Independence Award
Deadline: September 3, 2021
The High-Risk, High-Reward research program at NIH supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact. Preliminary data are not required. The Early Independence Award is for exceptional junior scientists bypassing postdoctoral training to launch independent research careers.

NIMH Research Education Mentoring Program for HIV/AIDS Researchers
Deadline, September 7, 2021
This FOA will support research education programs for students, post-doctorates, and/or early career faculty that have a thematic concentration in behavioral and social science research priorities (e.g., HIV prevention and care continua; understanding and addressing HIV-related health disparities; dissemination and implementation science research), and/or HIV neuroscience research (e.g., HIV/CNS neuropathogenesis; genetics and therapeutics; HIV/CNS latency and cure strategies).

*Newly Added*
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Deadline: September 10, 2021
The High-Risk, High-Reward research program at NIH supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research with the potential for broad impact. Preliminary data are not required. The Pioneer Award is for scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing pioneering approaches to major challenges. .

William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant
Deadline: September 14, 2021
The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages university-based research institutes, schools, and centers to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. The Foundation especially encourages proposals from teams with African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American members in leadership roles.

Royalty Research Fund
Deadline: September 27, 2021
The Office of Research invites applications to the Fall 2021 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly for disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, for faculty who are junior in rank, or in cases where funding may provide opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.

Short Courses on Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Sciences Research on Aging
Deadline: October 4, 2021
The objective of this FOA is to support short-term intensive courses or summer institutes for skills development in the areas of Genomics for Social Scientists (to provide hands-on experiences for researchers working at the intersection of genetics and social science research), Interdisciplinary Social Science Research in Aging (to attract new/junior researchers and increase cross-fertilization across disciplines), and Reproducibility in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (establishing tools, best practices, and training curricula to accelerate reproducibility).

Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities
Deadline: October 5, 2021 (first R01 deadline; can submit on future NIH deadlines through June 5, 2024)
This award will support innovative multidisciplinary and multi-level research designed to develop and/or test interventions to optimize care of persons with Type 2 diabetes from populations with health/health care disparities concordant with evidence-based guidelines. NIH-designated health disparity populations include racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations.

Addressing Health Disparities among Immigrant Populations through Effective Interventions
Deadline: NIH Standard R01 deadline dates (February 5,  June 5, October 5) through January 2023
This announcement calls for multidisciplinary/multilevel research focusing on the design and implementation of effective interventions that will address immigrant-specific factors to reduce health disparities, particularly among migrant workers, recent and 1st generation immigrants.

Notice of Special Interest: NIH R01 Applications from Individuals from Diverse Backgrounds, Including Under-Represented Minorities
Deadline: Open through May 8, 2023
NIH seeks to promote diversity in all of its research programs and to increase the participation of underrepresented groups. this notice is being issued to highlight interest in receiving research project applications submitted by investigators from diverse backgrounds.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Open
Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health (broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; public and private decision-making is guided by the goal of fostering equitable communities; and everyone has the opportunity to make choices that lead to healthy lifestyles).

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Open
Pioneering Ideas seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health.

Events and Lectures

ITHS Introduction to Clinical Research Boot Camp
Research Staff: July 19-23, 12:00-1:00pm
Investigators: July 26-30, 12:00-1:00pm
The Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) is offering an Introduction to Clinical Research Boot camp for research staff and investigators. This workshop is designed to introduce you to the design and management of clinical trials. Research staff will learn about cultural sensitivity in research, coordinator responsibilities, reporting research results, and study operations. Investigators will learn about PI responsibilities, study design and methodology, building an interdisciplinary team, and engaging diverse communities. This boot camp is offered free of charge.

2021 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
November 19, 2021 
The Annual NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival will be hosted by OBSSR and the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee. The purpose of the festival is to highlight recently funded behavioral and social sciences research that the NIH supports; bring together behavioral and social scientists within the NIH extramural and intramural communities to network with each other and share scientific ideas; and explore ways to advance behavioral and social sciences research. More details to come in future OFFER newsletters.

Conferences and Workshops

EPLS: The Ripple Effect
July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2021, 2:00-3:30pm
This four-session distance learning series offers participants an interactive opportunity to explore and experience Ripple Effects Mapping (REM), a participatory evaluation tool designed to identify the outcomes and impact of complex community work. The series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussions. Free; registration required.

22nd Bienial Conference of the International Consortium for Social Development
July 13-16, 2021
The theme of this year’s conference is Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World. Poverty and inequality are longstanding social challenges, greatly increased by the global Covid-19 pandemic, and overlaid with other social, economic and political crises, mass population movements, racial injustice, the digital divide, and climate change. This conference will bring together practitioners, researchers, students, communities, organizations and policy makers to think deeply and carefully about the challenges we face, critically appraise past responses and advance new and novel ways of responding to these difficult challenges.

Introduction to Clinical Research Boot Camp 2021
July 19-23, 2021 12:00-1:00pm (Research Staff)
July 26-30, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Investigators)
The Research Staff Track for the Clinical Research Boot Camp is designed for individuals interested in learning about clinical research from a research staff perspective, this track will feature content covering ethical benchmarks for clinical research, coordinator responsibilities, research results reporting, study operations, and engaging the research team. The Investigator Track is designed for individuals interested in learning about clinical research from an investigator’s perspective. Topics will include PI responsibilities, study design and methodology, building an interdisciplinary team, and engaging diverse communities. Free; registration required.

Data-Intensive Research Conference
Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 20-August 5, 2021
Researchers now have access to full count individual-level microdata from the U.S. Census spanning 1850 to 2010. Never before have social scientists had access to population data of this size and scope. These data present extraordinary opportunities but also some challenges. This conference, sponsored by the University of Minnesota, will highlight existing research, offer workshops with hands-on training, and connect scholars with data experts.

NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Workshop: The Promise of NHLBI Data Science
July 20-21, 2021
During this workshop, experts in big data, health, and computer science will provide early-, mid-, and late-stage investigators, as well as graduate students, with opportunities to learn about “big data” that have been generated from NHLBI observational cohort studies, registries, and repositories. Presenters will demonstrate use of novel data scientific methods, discuss the role of datasets and data scientists using AI and machine learning systems,  and use case studies to illustrate the promise of NHLBI data science.

Add Health 2021 Virtual Workshop
July 26, 2021
The Add Health team are hosting a workshop about the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health data.  The Add Health data are a rich source of longitudinal information on adolescent to adult health, especially for exploring the social, biological, and behavioral linkages across the life course. To read more and register for the workshop, click here and here. Registration required.

Conducting Intervention Research in Criminal Justice Settings
July 26-30, 2021
This workshop will prepare you to design and research behavioral or policy interventions that address needs, problems, and conditions related to criminal justice involvement and the criminal justice system. The overall focus of workshop activities is on the process of designing and developing a behavioral or policy intervention manual and an NIH (or equivalent) research grant proposal. Registration required.

NAMI National Convention
July 27-28, 2021
NAMI is pleased to present NAMICon 2021, our annual national convention, virtually July 27-28, 2021. Anyone interested in and impacted by mental health should attend this event dedicated to uplifting, empowering and informing communities with resources, research, support and programming.
As the culmination of events over the past year have demonstrated, more than ever, there is no health without mental health.

22nd National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
July 27-29, 2021
The 22^ND National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) offers an exceptional opportunity to connect and learn about nationwide efforts to shift the focus of the child welfare system to primary prevention—creating the conditions for strong and thriving families and communities where children are free from child abuse and neglect.

Family Focused Treatment Association 35th Conference on Treatment Family Care
August 4-5, 2021
Explore strategies and innovations that are being used to deliver effective family focused treatment services in bio, kinship, foster and adoptive homes. The program’s 60 workshops, micro sessions and keynotes will support your professional development in the areas of program development, evaluation, research-to-practice, and more.

Healthy Aging 2021 Symposium
September 8-9, 10:00am-3:30pm PST
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Trust for America’s Health are excited to co-sponsor the Healthy Aging Symposium on September 8 and 9. The 2-day FREE symposium will highlight the latest science, best practices, and innovative solutions to improve the lives and health of older Americans

Virtual Workshop: Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Nutrition Health Disparities: State of the Science
September 21-23, 2021
This three-day virtual NIH workshop, sponsored in part by NHLBI, aims to review the state of the science related to food insecurity and the neighborhood food environment, then identify research gaps and opportunities. Participants also will explore innovative research strategies that could inform policies and practices that help prevent diet-related health disparities, as well as promote health equity.

American Society on Aging and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Online Gerontology Courses
Course dates Summer- Fall 2020 Online
The American Society on Aging and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology are offering four different five-week online gerontology courses. The online learning curriculum provides a flexible and convenient way for you to expand your knowledge of aging issues with in-depth information and insights. Successful participants will earn a certificate of completion from USC, and CE credits are offered from select accreditation providers.

Boston University School of Social Work’s Center for Aging & Disability Research & Education (CADER)
Prepare for the challenges of a rapidly changing society with CADER state-of-the-art online training programs. All CADER courses cover content areas related to legal and ethical considerations, cultural competence, person-centered approaches, health literacy, and strategies for communicating effectively in difficult situations. These online courses are available separately or as part of a certificate program offered from Boston University, are self-paced, and can be taken anytime, and provide continuing education credits.

Arizona Rural Women’s Health Network: Sexual Violence Training for Community Health Workers
Ongoing-online (CHEHs)
The Arizona Rural Women’s Health Network offers a 4 hour course for community health workers that provides an introduction to basic knowledge and skills useful in assisting and responding to victims of sexual violence. The online course includes self-paced modules, a workbook, and a simulated role-play scenario.  Training is offered at no cost.

Postdoctoral Fellowships and Training Opportunities

Principles of Preclinical Translational Science
June 14-July 30
In this course, students will learn key principles of translational science, taught by way of a case study of a highly successful translational research partnership involving NCATS, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Northwestern University and the University of Kansas.

UW Summer Institutes 2021
Online July 7-29, 2021
Select from more than 45 online graduate-level short courses that teach the latest in statistical methods, techniques and analyses. Topics include Statistical Genetics, Statistics for Big Data, Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases, and Statistics for Clinical & Epidemiological Research. Registration required.

UW Certificate in Gerontology
Deadline: September 15, 2021
People who work with older adults often get great satisfaction from making a positive difference in their lives. In this three-course certificate program, you’ll examine the specific challenges and opportunities involved in supporting older adults and their family members.

UWAC Grant Writing Bootcamp, Summer 2021
Deadline: Rolling
You are invited to participate in the Summer 2021 session of UW ALACRITY Center’s grant writing boot camp. To register and be added to calendar invites, please email Katie Osterhage, katieost@uw.edu.

• Overall Objective: To provide guidance and instruction to faculty submitting grant proposals to NIH (particularly NIMH) in how to submit successful proposals focused on behavioral interventions and implementation strategies such as psychotherapy, case management, digital health/technology, and implementation strategies such as training, shared decision making, and quality support/measurement.
• Who should attend: Faculty who have already identified the research questions they wish to study and propose to NIH. Staff who contribute to submissions are also welcome to attend.

Postdoctoral Research Position at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The University of Connecticut School of Social Work and the Connecticut DMHAS Research Division are seeking candidates for a Postdoctoral Associate to work on multiple federally and state funded projects largely focused on behavioral health program evaluations. The post-doc will engage in a number of projects, including SAMHSA funded evaluations of interventions designed to improve the delivery of services for people with mental health and/or substance use disorders

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Promoting Equity in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Steve Hicks School of Social Work and the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows. The goal of the postdoctoral training program is to increase diversity in behavioral, population, and implementation science research to promote health equity in cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Individuals underrepresented in health-related sciences (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Hawaiian Natives, natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands, individuals with physical or mental disabilities, first generation college graduates, sexual gender minorities) are eligible to apply.

Post-Doctoral Position at Northwestern University
Deadline: Rolling
The Contexts of Adolescent Stress and Thriving (C.O.A.S.T.) Lab, led by Dr. Emma Adam, is searching for a post-doctoral scholar to collaborate on the processing, analyzing and writing up data from several randomized control trial intervention studies designed to promote adolescent wellbeing and to reduce racial disparities in adolescent health and achievement. Some assistance with grant writing, with ongoing data collection and helping to oversee lab personnel (staff, graduate students, undergraduate RAs) will also be required.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Interventions to Enhance Community Health (CiTECH), in conjunction with the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology commencing in the Fall of 2021. This two-year postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support for fellows to develop their research agendas on mental health and/or substance misuse interventions for older adults in community-based settings.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Evidence-Based Practices for Immigrant Youth Child and Adolescent Services Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Department of Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco
Deadline: Rolling applications
This postdoctoral fellowship is a placement in a hospital-based outpatient community mental health clinic. The position focuses on development, implementation, and evaluation of outpatient specialty mental health and a school-based prevention program targeting immigrant youth and families. Drawing from evidence-based, family-centered, culturally-attuned, and trauma-informed approaches, the fellow will engage in clinical service delivery and scholarship in an outpatient clinic based program, as well as school-based settings.

Call for Papers and Abstracts

The Journal for Advancing Justice (JAJ) invites submissions for its fourth volume, “Justice Reform: Achieving Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections to Promote Recovery
Deadline: July 16, 2021
The Journal for Advancing Justice (JAJ) invites submissions for its fourth volume, “Justice Reform: Achieving Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections to Promote Recovery.” This volume is scheduled to be published in the late fall/early winter of 2021 and is supported by a grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President.

Special Issue in the Journal of Public Mental Health: Suicide and Self-Harm
Abstract Deadline: July 30, 2021
The purpose of the special issue is to present emerging directions in research on suicide and self-harm. A key aim is to present articles that draw on innovative methods (including online ethnography, narrative theory, sociological autopsy, digital resources) and/or address emerging global challenges (the impact of COVID-19, rising suicide rates within some national contexts, social media).

Aging Societies: Extended Working Lives and Discrimination Against Older workers
Deadline: August 23, 2021
Aging & Social Change: Eleventh Interdisciplinary Conference is a forum for discussion of challenges and opportunities for a rapidly growing segment of the population worldwide. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes or special focus

Special Issue in Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Racism and its Challenges in Palliative Care Work
Deadline: September 1, 2021
Palliative social workers have long attended to and recognized the importance of examining race as a factor influencing the quality of end-of-life care outcomes. This special issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care seeks to feature works that begin to help us gain a clearer understanding of the problems caused by systemic racism and how to intervene toward solutions.

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Special Issue: Foster Parenting and Child Outcomes
Deadline: October 1, 2021
This special issue will be devoted to understanding caregiving/foster parenting and child outcomes. Papers should be focused on research that addresses or supports the mental, physical, or relational health outcomes of children or adolescents in kinship/relative or non-relative foster care by examining various aspects of caregiving/foster parenting. Authors are asked to include a strengths-focused and anti-racist/anti-oppressive lens, as appropriate, to the content of the proposed manuscript.

Behavioral Sciences Special Issue “Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Care”
Deadline: November 21, 2021
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is widely accepted as a standard for assessment and intervention that not only acknowledges but also respects and integrates the cultural values, beliefs, and practices of patients and families.  This Special Issue is interested in how cultural humility and sensitivity can be incorporated into elements and principles of TIC and what lessons we have learned to create culturally responsive trauma-informed practice and policy in the current care systems.

Healthcare Special Issue “Youth Mental Health and Family Support”
Deadline: January 31, 2022
This Special Issue focuses on innovation in community-based care for young people aged 6–29, and on identifying supportive approaches that foster their success in school, higher education, employment, and social relationships. Of particular interest are services focused on youth aged 14–29 who need support to successfully transition to adulthood.

Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy Practice Special Call for COVID Research
Deadline: Ongoing
Global Social Welfare is inviting authors to contribute research articles sharing experiences and results (both positive and negative) with our readers who can use this information to inform the development and implementation of future social work, social policy and public health programs.

The database for BIPOC-Authored Social Work Papers
Deadline: Ongoing
The BIPOC-Authored Papers for Social Work database was created in an effort to amplify BIPOC voices and perspectives, and to increase the representation of BIPOC authors across social work curriculum. As faculty engage in critical analysis of their syllabi and curricula, the availability of BIPOC-authored materials is an essential element of dismantling the white supremacy embedded in social work and transforming social work education and practice. As a crowd-sourced database, this collaborative endeavor has the potential to elevate academic excellence and enhance a diverse, inclusive, values-based learning environment.

Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review.

Research Resources

ITHS Career Development Series
The ITHS Career Development Series consist of monthly lectures and workshops designed to provide junior faculty and investigators with tools, a forum for discussion, and learning opportunities to help advance their careers. Below you will find all the seminars we have recorded, so you can tap into this knowledge when ever you need to! Topics include: How to write Specific Aims, study recruitment strategies, grant writing skills, and responding to reviewer comments.

Video Guide: Overview of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, especially the Individual Fellowships (F awards) and Institutional Training Grants (T awards)
In this video, NIH’s Dennis Twombly and Lisa Moeller will take you through an overview of these two types of awards, providing some tips along the way.

All About Grants Podcasts
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) at NIH hosts a series of podcasts relating to NIH grants that is designed for investigators, fellows, students, and research administrators. Episodes cover topics such as grant preparation, developing successful grant applications, advice for new and early career scientists, submitting your application, the peer-review process, and post-award activities and requirements. The latest episode focuses on the newly required Diversity Plans for conference applications. Episodes are available as mp3s for download, and via iTunes. To access mp3s and transcripts of each podcast, click here

Process for submitting a grant application through SSW
OFFER has created a new proposal timeline, a step by step guide outlining all the steps involved from starting through completing the research grant application process at SSW. This form, along with a sample proposal checklist and other useful information can be accessed through MySSW/ProposalDevelopment/Getting Started.

We encourage our readers to submit postings to be included to help us stay relevant to the broad range of social work research interests. Please email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu to circulate information on funding opportunities, publications, and events.

Issue No. 75                                                                        July 6, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements:

Updated COVID-19 guidelines for research
From UW Vice Provost Mary Lidstrom:

The Governor’s announcement last week is welcome news for our daily lives as masking and social distancing requirements are relaxed/eliminated for most of our personal activities. For now, current guidelines (masking, distancing) remain in effect until the University releases formal guidance later this week.

• What we know: Physical distancing will no longer be required, regardless of vaccination status.  Employees who are not fully vaccinated are encouraged to distance if in a crowded setting or in areas that are not well ventilated.
• Face coverings will no longer be required for fully-vaccinated individuals. Face coverings will still be required indoors for non-fully vaccinated individuals with the exception of settings where face coverings are required for all people regardless of vaccination status (healthcare, childcare, K-12, shuttles). Units will be required to verify employee vaccination status prior to lifting masking requirements.

While we wait for further guidance, there is time to plan for this full return to in-person research. PIs should review and draft updates to their Return to In-Person Research Plans for rapid implementation.

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Learn, Lead, and make a Lasting Impact in WA State.

Applications for Cohort 8 of the WA Health Care Authorities’ DBHR Prevention Fellowship Program beginning in September 2021 are now open!

Applications are due at 11:59 PM PST on July 26^th, 2021.

 

For the last two years, the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery – Prevention (DBHR-Px), in partnership with Washington State University’s IMPACT Lab, has welcomed 22 passionate, inquisitive, and hardworking undergraduate and graduate students into the DBHR Prevention Fellowship Program.

 

The DBHR Prevention Fellowship is a paid 10-month experience that offers unparalleled access to Washington State’s leaders in behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery. Fellows play a pivotal role in the DBHR team, helping solve real world problems in prevention science, substance use prevention, and mental health promotion. These interactions provide one-of-a-kind insights into state, local, and community initiatives that impact the health and wellbeing of children, youth, and families in Washington State. By the end of the Fellowship, Fellows are uniquely positioned to enter the prevention workforce, walking away with newfound leadership and communication skills and a deep understanding of multi-level prevention work.

 

Prevention science experience is not necessary, and students of all majors are encouraged to apply. We welcome all applicants who have obtained or are working towards a Bachelor’s degree! Whether your interest is in Social Work, Public Health, Public Policy, Communication, Public Administration, or elsewhere, there is a place for you here at DBHR-Px.

 

Take the Challenge! Make a Change!

 

More info here:

DBHR Prevention Fellowship Position Job Description

DBHR Prevention Fellowship FAQ Cohort 8.

 

For any questions please contact:

 

• Clara Hill (hill@wsu.edu) or Kelley Pascoe (kelley.pascoe@wsu.edu) at Washington State University
• Akshaya Sivakumar (sivakumar@hca.wa.gov) or Endalkachew Abebaw (Endalkachew.abebaw@hca.wa.gov)

 

Learn more about the fellowship here:

 

• https://hd.wsu.edu/about-the-cpwi-fellowship/
• https://www.theathenaforum.org/fellowship

Issue No. 74                                                                        June 29, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements:

National Science Foundation Opportunities for Collaboration
The National Science Foundation recently released a letter to colleagues outlining various opportunities for collaboration between computer information science and engineering (CISE) and the social,behavioral, and economic sciences (SBE) fields. Several research programs and funding opportunities are listed in the letter.

ITHS Clinical Trials Consulting Service
Are you submitting a grant application this fall that involves clinical research? Get guidance from the ITHS Scientific Success Committee, a group of experienced investigators, statisticians, and bioethicists on study design, strategy, or feasibility. Apply by July 16th to be considered for the August 19 meeting.

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THE DIGEST Your bi-weekly round-up of graduate student events, opportunities & resources.

 

Greetings, We hope the first week of A-term is off to a good start! As we enjoy the sun and escape from the heatwaves, here’s a roundup of events, fellowships, jobs, and other resources to help you in your graduate studies this term. We’re looking forward to returning to campus for in-person instruction and activities this autumn, and in order to do so safely, the UW is requiring all students and employees to be vaccinated. You can learn more about the requirements as well as resources for getting vaccinated here. This newsletter is being sent to both current graduate students and those who will begin their studies in the autumn of 2021, in order to provide resources ahead of the term. Information below subject to change. Please always refer to the source pages for the most up-to-date details on fellowships, jobs and events.
FUNDING Pad your wallet

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Issue No. 73                                                                        June 22, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements:

New Fringe Benefit Rates Now Available
FY22 fringe benefit rates are now available. Please use these updated rates on multi-year sponsored program proposal budgets to best reflect anticipated costs. If you submitted a proposal using previously published or preliminary rates for budget years FY22 and behond, upon award, you may re-budget as necessary to account for these changes.

From the UW Vice Provost for Research Mary Lidstrom:
As public health measures continue to improve and we move towards reopening the State and the UW, researchers should be looking ahead to the time when capacity constraints and other restrictions are relaxed.  When state and University restrictions are relaxed, you will need to revise your COVID-19 Return to In-person Research Plans according to the new guidelines and have the new plan approved as per the original process. Here are some steps you can take to get prepared:

1. Get vaccinated and encourage other in your research group to do so if they are able.
2. Start thinking about how you will manage and monitor a safe and positive working environment based on the vaccination status of your research teams.

Start preparing your research teams who are not currently working onsite for a return to in person work. Please work with your unit to follow their process for returning to work. Read more

Issue No. 72                                                                        June 15, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements:

REMINDER: Changes to NIH Biosketch and Other Support
The NIH recently released a series of changes to the Biosketch and Other Support format pages for all applications with due dates after May 25, 2021. If you are planning to apply for an upcoming grant, be sure to update your Biosketch and Other Support pages accordingly. Biosketch instructions and samples can be found here. Other Support instructions and samples can be found here.

National Cancer Institute Request for Information
The National Cancer Institute is seeking information on how to enhance diversity and inclusion in the cancer research workforce, including enhancing the participation of individuals who are underrepresented in cancer research, such as underrepresented minorities (URM). More information, including submission dates, can be found here.

NIH Office of Disease Prevention: Updated Resources for Clinical Trials
The NIH Research Methods Resources website has been revamped, and now includes new tools and resources that can help researchers plan the design, conduct, and analysis of rigorous NIH-defined clinical trials. The new website can be found here.

NIH Statement on Ending Structural Racism in Biomedical Science
NIH Director, Francis Collins and other NIH leaders have outlined the framework of their newly launched UNITE initiative. In their commentary, they detail current and future actions being undertaken at NIH to create a more equitable ecosystem across biomedical science. Click here to read the full statement.

New Publications De Fries, S., Kates, J., Brower, J., & Wrenn, R. (2021). COVID-19: An existential crisis for social work field education. Field Educator (11.1). Retrieved from: fieldeducator.simmons.edu.

 

Selected Funding Opportunities List of all active NIH grant opportunitiesAdministrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements Deadline: Varies by Institute Funds may be available for administrative supplements for specific types of NIH research grants. The purpose of these supplements is to meet increased costs that are within the scope of the approved award, but were unforeseen when the new or renewal application or grant progress report for non-competing continuation support was submitted.  For more information, click here.*Newly Added* Notice of Special Interest: NIH R01 Applications from Individuals from Diverse Backgrounds, Including Under-Represented Minorities Deadline: Open through May 8, 2023 NIH seeks to promote diversity in all of its research programs and to increase the participation of underrepresented groups. this notice is being issued to highlight interest in receiving research project applications submitted by investigators from diverse backgrounds. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health Deadline: Open Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health (broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; public and private decision-making is guided by the goal of fostering equitable communities; and everyone has the opportunity to make choices that lead to healthy lifestyles). Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health Deadline: Open Pioneering Ideas seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. Addressing Health Disparities among Immigrant Populations through Effective Interventions Deadline: NIH Standard R01 deadline dates (February 5,  June 5, October 5) through January 2023 This announcement calls for multidisciplinary/multilevel research focusing on the design and implementation of effective interventions that will address immigrant-specific factors to reduce health disparities, particularly among migrant workers, recent and 1st generation immigrants. William T. Grant Scholars Program Deadline: July 7, 2021 The William T. Grant Scholars Program provides $350,000 over a 5 year period to support career development for promising early-career researchers through mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Researchers must focus on either reducing inequality or improving the use of research evidence to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. Emergency Award: RADx-UP – Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on Disparities in COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (U01 Clinical Trials Optional) Deadline: July 7, 2021 The goal of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative is to expand research to understand and address the social, ethical, and behavioral implications (SEBI) of COVID-19 testing interventions among underserved and vulnerable populations. *Newly Added* Projects on Emotional well-being and Economic Burden-Related Booster Pilot Studies The EMOT-ECON network invites applications for ‘Booster’ pilot awards to provide project support for investigators with EMOT-ECON related research who require additional data analysis and/or pilot data to strengthen the resubmission of their recently scored, but not funded, NIH award. Funding up to $15,000 will be awarded. CFAR Trainee Support Grants Deadlines: July 15, 2021, October 15, 2021, and January 15, 2022 CFAR Trainee Support Grants help fund a variety of activities for students, fellows, and junior faculty which are directly relevant to their career development. The purpose of the program is to provide modest support to enhance career development of trainees and junior investigators pursuing research careers in HIV/AIDS and to encourage collaboration with other HIV/AIDS investigators. AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) LOI Deadline: July 25, 2021 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Division of AIDS Research (DAR) encourages applications for Center Core grants (P30) to support HIV/AIDS Research Centers (ARC). The ARC is intended to provide infrastructure support that facilitates the development of high impact science in HIV/AIDS and mental health that is relevant to the NIMH mission. 2021 Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association Research Award Deadline: July 30, 2021 The SFBTA Research Award aims at fostering the growth of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy by encouraging original research in solution-focused practices, and to support students, faculty or practitioners who wish to study solution-focused practices. The 2021 SFBTA Research Award will provide up to $5,000.00 to support ongoing or proposed projects. Providing Research Education Experiences to Enhance Diversity in the Next Generation of Substance Use and Addiction Scientists Deadlines: August 10, 2021, November 15, 2021 The goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. This FOA will support Courses for Skills Development (i.e., short courses, boot camps, seminars, advanced courses) and Research Experiences (i.e., mentored hands-on research experiences for students, fellows, and early-stage faculty). Click here for more information. *Newly Added* Research Grants on Reducing Inequality LOI Deadline: August 4, 2021 The William T. Grant Foundation’s mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. These grants invest in high-quality field-initiated studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes. Studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people are well suited for this award. Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: August 24, 2021 The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), with other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), is soliciting applications on (1) observational research to understand the role of structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in causing and sustaining health disparities, and (2) intervention research that addresses SRD in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities. NIDDK Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP) Deadline: September 1, 2021 NIDDK’s Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) provides funding to research institutions to provide for a national summer research experience program for high school and undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research on a national basis, including individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with disabilities. NIMH Research Education Mentoring Program for HIV/AIDS Researchers Deadline, September 7, 2021 This FOA will support research education programs for students, post-doctorates, and/or early career faculty that have a thematic concentration in behavioral and social science research priorities (e.g., HIV prevention and care continua; understanding and addressing HIV-related health disparities; dissemination and implementation science research), and/or HIV neuroscience research (e.g., HIV/CNS neuropathogenesis; genetics and therapeutics; HIV/CNS latency and cure strategies). William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant Deadline: September 14, 2021 The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages university-based research institutes, schools, and centers to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. The Foundation especially encourages proposals from teams with African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American members in leadership roles. Short Courses on Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Sciences Research on Aging Deadline: October 4, 2021 The objective of this FOA is to support short-term intensive courses or summer institutes for skills development in the areas of Genomics for Social Scientists (to provide hands-on experiences for researchers working at the intersection of genetics and social science research), Interdisciplinary Social Science Research in Aging (to attract new/junior researchers and increase cross-fertilization across disciplines), and Reproducibility in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (establishing tools, best practices, and training curricula to accelerate reproducibility). Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities Deadline: October 5, 2021 (first R01 deadline; can submit on future NIH deadlines through June 5, 2024) This award will support innovative multidisciplinary and multi-level research designed to develop and/or test interventions to optimize care of persons with Type 2 diabetes from populations with health/health care disparities concordant with evidence-based guidelines. NIH-designated health disparity populations include racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations.

 

Events and LecturesAddressing Ethnoracial Disparities in Mental Health Risk, Assessment, and Service Delivery June 22, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm The National Institute of Mental Health at NIH is offering a Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. This event features the work of Roberto Lewis-Fernandez, M.D., a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Lewis- Fernández’s research focuses on developing culturally valid interventions to enhance patient engagement, reduce misdiagnosis, and help overcome disparities in the care of underserved cultural and ethnoracial groups. In his talk, Dr. Lewis-Fernández will review key areas in need of research on cultural and ethnoracial disparities in mental health conditions and services. Youth Inhalant Use: Facts about a Potentially Re-emerging Trend June 24, 2021, 12:00-1:30pm Inhalant abuse hasn’t really been on the mainstream radar for prevention for a while, as rates for US youth have been relatively low and relatively stable. New 2020 data from Monitoring The Future shows a potential uptick in use of inhalants among 8th graders. Are you prepared to help your coalition learn the basics so that they can be on the lookout for this in your community? Join Dalene Beaulieu, Sr. CTC specialist, as she talks about inhalant abuse facts and prevention tips, along with a look at the new data. Free; registration required. Strength in the Face of Challenge: Youth Suicide Prevention Research Among the White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation in the Time of COVID-19 June 29, 2021, 12:00-1:30pm The two-part webinar will showcase the NIMH commitment to community-based youth suicide prevention research among the White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation. The webinar will show the complexity and duration of NIMH funding in this area, the ways in which the different studies are integrated, and how this line of research has progressed over a long-term tribal-academic partnership. *Newly Added* Women’s Health Innovation Forum Series: Cognitive & Brain Health Wednesday, June 30, 8:00-9:00am The Women’s Health Innovation Forum is a series of discussion/presentation sessions highlighting opportunities for investment in research and innovation in the field of women’s health. In this forum, the women’s cognitive and brain health community will come together to discuss current challenges and breakthroughs in cognitive and brain health related to Alzheimer’s Disease (2/3 of those affected are women), PTSD (women are more than twice as likely to develop PTSD), and Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders. On-the-spot Consultation: Building, Broadening, and Strengthening Coalitions June 30, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm Drop-in and join us for this On-the-Spot Consultation with community coalition members from around Northwest Region 10 states. This panel will provide anecdotes and tips on how they have effectively broadened involvement with underserved populations and strengthened relationships with harder to reach community sectors. Please bring your questions and challenges and questions to this interactive consultation session. Free; registration required. ITHS Introduction to Clinical Research Boot Camp Research Staff: July 19-23, 12:00-1:00pm Investigators: July 26-30, 12:00-1:00pm The Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) is offering an Introduction to Clinical Research Boot camp for research staff and investigators. This workshop is designed to introduce you to the design and management of clinical trials. Research staff will learn about cultural sensitivity in research, coordinator responsibilities, reporting research results, and study operations. Investigators will learn about PI responsibilities, study design and methodology, building an interdisciplinary team, and engaging diverse communities. This boot camp is offered free of charge. 2021 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival November 19, 2021  The Annual NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival will be hosted by OBSSR and the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee. The purpose of the festival is to highlight recently funded behavioral and social sciences research that the NIH supports; bring together behavioral and social scientists within the NIH extramural and intramural communities to network with each other and share scientific ideas; and explore ways to advance behavioral and social sciences research. More details to come in future OFFER newsletters.

 

Conferences and Workshops2021 MACRO-UNITED Virtual Conference June 3, 10, and 17, 2021 This year’s conference, The Power of MACRO Social Work: Forging Pathways, will provide attendees with an opportunity to grapple with complex social problems, share policy and practice research and projects, and build social work partnerships to advance social justice and social change in these challenging times. This conference is ideal for social work educators, students, and practitioners. University of Michigan Online Certificate in Mixed Methods Research Mondays and Wednesdays in June 2021, 6-8pm ET This 30-hour program is designed for researchers and practitioners who are interested in learning more about the integration of qualitative and quantitative research methods and data, commonly used data collection methods and procedures, popular data analysis techniques used in the applied professions, and effective approaches to research conducted in practice settings. Participants will learn to critique theoretical foundations of research, form qualitative and quantitative research questions, create study designs that answer mixed methods research questions, and integrate qualitative and quantitative datasets for analysis and interpretation. 2021 NOFSW Virtual Conference Forging a Path Towards Equity June 16-18, 2021 Routes towards equity look different for all types of helping professionals. A forensic social worker might contemplate “how could clients, families, communities, organizations, laws, policies, and outcomes be different if I am truly successful at what I do?” This conference will focus on diversity, access, inclusion, and deep respect for the lived experience to gain the knowledge, skills, and strategies to address explicit/implicit bias and advantage/oppression at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. *Newly Added* Leveraging Digital Health for the Post-Pandemic World June 22, 2021, 9:00am-1:00pm The Center for Digital Health Virtual Conference – hosted by the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health (CDH) in Providence, RI – will explore the cutting edge of design and implementation of ethical and effective digital health to reductions in mental illness, violence, and opioid use. Conference panels will discuss innovative digital measurements of loneliness, stress, and more; and dive deeply into questions of how clinicians, patients, communities, and technologists can collaboratively co-design products that enhance and expand prevention and treatment options. NASW National Virtual Conference June 22-24, 2021 The National Association of Social Workers annual conference will be held virtually from June 22-24, 2021. More than 2,000 social workers, like-minded professionals, and social work thought leaders attend the NASW National Conference for unparalleled opportunities in professional development, continuing education, networking, and thought-provoking conversations tackling the most pressing issues facing the social work profession across the world. For Students: Importing Data to SPSS, Data Cleaning, and Management June 24, 2:30-3:30pm During this webinar we will discuss the key steps for cleaning and managing data in SPSS. We will review removal of participants, imputation, creating composite scores, and checking for outliers. No cost; registration required. Exploring and Analyzing Monitoring the Future Data: A Primer Application Deadline: June 25, 2021 Course Dates: August 9-12, 2021 The Monitoring the Future (MTF) project (http://monitoringthefuture.org/) is a long-term epidemiologic and etiologic study of substance use among the nation’s youth and adults. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse since 1975, the MTF project collects data annually from nationally representative samples of adolescents from 8th-12 grade. This four-day workshop will cover the content of MTF public release and restricted-use data, study documentation, data management and analysis planning, and, as time and interest allow, a variety of analytic techniques appropriate for data derived from a complex sample design. *Newly Added* Workshop: Advanced Statistical Methods and Dynamic Data Visualizations for Mental Health Studies June 28, 2021, 6:00am-1:40pm June 30, 2021, 7:00am-3:00pm The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a two-day workshop for basic, translational, and service and intervention researchers. This workshop will focus on advanced statistical methods (see program here) and data visualizations (see program here) for mental health studies. EPLS: The Ripple Effect July 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2021, 2:00-3:30pm This four-session distance learning series offers participants an interactive opportunity to explore and experience Ripple Effects Mapping (REM), a participatory evaluation tool designed to identify the outcomes and impact of complex community work. REM provides you the ability to collect stories of the direct and indirect impacts of your work, while simultaneously being a reflective and engaging process for participants. The series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussions. Free; registration required. Introduction to Clinical Research Boot Camp 2021 July 19-23, 2021 12:00-1:00pm (Research Staff) July 26-30, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Investigators) The Research Staff Track for the Clinical Research Boot Camp is designed for individuals interested in learning about clinical research from a research staff perspective, this track will feature content covering ethical benchmarks for clinical research,  coordinator responsibilities, research results reporting, study operations, and engaging the research team. The Investigator Track is designed for individuals interested in learning about clinical research from an investigator’s perspective. Topics will include PI responsibilities, study design and methodology, building an interdisciplinary team, and engaging diverse communities. Free; registration required. Conducting Intervention Research in Criminal Justice Settings July 26-30, 2021 This workshop will prepare you to design and research behavioral or policy interventions that address needs, problems, and conditions related to criminal justice involvement and the criminal justice system. The overall focus of workshop activities is on the process of designing and developing a behavioral or policy intervention manual and an NIH (or equivalent) research grant proposal. Registration required. NAMI National Convention July 27-28, 2021 NAMI is pleased to present NAMICon 2021, our annual national convention, virtually July 27-28, 2021. Anyone interested in and impacted by mental health should attend this event dedicated to uplifting, empowering and informing communities with resources, research, support and programming. As the culmination of events over the past year have demonstrated, more than ever, there is no health without mental health. Finding solutions to our nation’s mental health epidemic will require all of us uniting to help our communities heal and thrive. 22nd National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect July 27-29, 2021 The 22ND National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) offers an exceptional opportunity to connect and learn about nationwide efforts to shift the focus of the child welfare system to primary prevention—creating the conditions for strong and thriving families and communities where children are free from child abuse and neglect. The virtual conference will be presented over three shorter days to ensure that content is delivered in digestible segments. American Society on Aging and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Online Gerontology Courses Course dates Summer- Fall 2020 Online The American Society on Aging and the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology are offering four different five-week online gerontology courses. You can take one or more of the courses, depending on your individual professional development needs. The online learning curriculum provides a flexible and convenient way for you to expand your knowledge of aging issues with in-depth information and insights. Successful participants will earn a certificate of completion from USC, and CE credits are offered from select accreditation providers. Boston University School of Social Work’s Center for Aging & Disability Research & Education (CADER) Prepare for the challenges of a rapidly changing society with CADER state-of-the-art online training programs. These courses are developed by leading experts in aging and disability to address the core skills needed for effective practice. All CADER courses cover content areas related to legal and ethical considerations, cultural competence, person-centered approaches, health literacy, and strategies for communicating effectively in difficult situations. These online courses are available separately or as part of a certificate program offered from Boston University, are self-paced, and can be taken anytime, and provide continuing education credits. Arizona Rural Women’s Health Network: Sexual Violence Training for Community Health Workers Ongoing-online (CHEHs) The Arizona Rural Women’s Health Network offers a 4 hour course for community health workers that provides an introduction to basic knowledge and skills useful in assisting and responding to victims of sexual violence. The online course includes self-paced modules, a workbook, and a simulated role-play scenario.  Training is offered at no cost.

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships and Training OpportunitiesPrinciples of Preclinical Translational Science June 14-July 30 Translation is the process of turning observations in the laboratory, clinic and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and the public — from diagnostics and therapeutics to medical procedures and behavioral changes. In this course, students will learn key principles of translational science, taught by way of a case study of a highly successful translational research partnership involving NCATS, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Northwestern University and the University of Kansas. UW Summer Institutes 2021 Online July 7-29, 2021 Early Registration Deadline: June 18, 2021 Select from more than 45 online graduate-level short courses that teach the latest in statistical methods, techniques and analyses. Topics include Statistical Genetics, Statistics for Big Data, Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases, and Statistics for Clinical & Epidemiological Research. Early registration rates end June 18. Mental Health & Implementation Science Postdoctoral Training Deadline: Open Until Filled Starts in July 2021 This postdoctoral training program, supported by a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, aims to expand the pool of investigators capable of undertaking mental health services and systems research with focus on the implementation of evidence based mental health care, globally or domestically. The program provides multidisciplinary training for two years.  Applications are invited from individuals with an earned M.D., or Ph.D. from such fields as social work, psychology, health services, organizational psychology, nursing, anthropology, public health, economics or management. UW Certificate in Gerontology Deadline: September 15, 2021 People who work with older adults often get great satisfaction from making a positive difference in their lives. In this three-course certificate program, you’ll examine the specific challenges and opportunities involved in supporting older adults and their family members. UWAC Grant Writing Bootcamp, Summer 2021 Deadline: Rolling You are invited to participate in the Summer 2021 session of UW ALACRITY Center’s grant writing boot camp. To register and be added to calendar invites, please email Katie Osterhage, katieost@uw.edu. Overall Objective: To provide guidance and instruction to faculty submitting grant proposals to NIH (particularly NIMH) in how to submit successful proposals focused on behavioral interventions and implementation strategies such as psychotherapy, case management, digital health/technology, and implementation strategies such as training, shared decision making, and quality support/measurement. Who should attend: Faculty who have already identified the research questions they wish to study and propose to NIH. Staff who contribute to submissions are also welcome to attend. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Promoting Equity in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Deadline: Open Until Filled The Steve Hicks School of Social Work and the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows through a T32 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).The goal of the postdoctoral training program is to increase diversity in behavioral, population, and implementation science research to promote health equity in cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Individuals underrepresented in health-related sciences (African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, Hawaiian Natives, natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands, individuals with physical or mental disabilities, first generation college graduates, sexual gender minorities) are eligible to apply. Post-Doctoral Position at Northwestern University Deadline: Rolling The Contexts of Adolescent Stress and Thriving (C.O.A.S.T.) Lab, led by Dr. Emma Adam, is searching for a post-doctoral scholar to collaborate on the processing, analyzing and writing up data from several randomized control trial intervention studies designed to promote adolescent wellbeing and to reduce racial disparities in adolescent health and achievement. Some assistance with grant writing, with ongoing data collection and helping to oversee lab personnel (staff, graduate students, undergraduate RAs) will also be required. Opportunities for participation in and authorship on publications from C.O.A.S.T. lab data will be available, supported, and encouraged. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology Deadline: Open Until Filled The Center for Interventions to Enhance Community Health (CiTECH), in conjunction with the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology commencing in the Fall of 2021. This two-year postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support for fellows to develop their research agendas on mental health and/or substance misuse interventions for older adults in community-based settings.  The fellowship supports salary, health insurance, funds for research expenses, and travel to attend one national conference. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Evidence-Based Practices for Immigrant Youth Child and Adolescent Services Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Department of Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco Deadline: Rolling applications This postdoctoral fellowship is a placement in a hospital-based outpatient community mental health clinic. The position focuses on development, implementation, and evaluation of outpatient specialty mental health and a school-based prevention program targeting immigrant youth and families. Drawing from evidence-based, family-centered, culturally-attuned, and trauma-informed approaches, the fellow will engage in clinical service delivery and scholarship in an outpatient clinic based program, as well as school-based settings.

 

Call for Papers and AbstractsSpecial Issue, Dual Pandemics: Creating Racially-Just Responses to a Changing Environment through Research, Practice and Education Deadline: June 15, 2021 This special issue of Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work as well as Grand Challenges for Social Work  welcomes submissions of regular research articles and Practice Corner manuscripts related to topics such as defining and understanding constructs including anti-racist research and racial justice, and scholarly pieces on critical race theory and indigenous knowledge, impact of systemic racism, oppression, and White supremacy. Special Issue in Children and Youth Services Review: “Sexual and Reproductive Health among Marginalized and System-Involved Youth” Deadline: July 1, 2021 This special issue will feature empirical articles from around the globe that use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approaches to examine the sexual and reproductive health needs of marginalized and system-involved youth, including youth experiencing homelessness and youth involved in the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems, who may engage in sexual risk behaviors at higher rates and are at increased risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections than their general population peers. The literature is especially limited for subgroups of youth who are over-represented among these populations (e.g., LGBTQ youth in foster care or experiencing homelessness). The Journal for Advancing Justice (JAJ) invites submissions for its fourth volume, “Justice Reform: Achieving Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections to Promote Recovery Deadline: July 16, 2021 The Journal for Advancing Justice (JAJ) invites submissions for its fourth volume, “Justice Reform: Achieving Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections to Promote Recovery.” This volume is scheduled to be published in the late fall/early winter of 2021 and is supported by a grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President. Special Issue in Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Racism and its Challenges in Palliative Care Work Deadline: September 1, 2021 Palliative social workers have long attended to and recognized the importance of examining race as a factor influencing the quality of end-of-life care outcomes. The concept of racial disparities has received much recent focus of research efforts, however this does not adequately attend to, nor encompass, the problem. This special issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care seeks to feature works that begin to help us gain a clearer understanding of the problems caused by systemic racism and how to intervene toward solutions. Behavioral Sciences Special Issue “Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Care” Deadline: November 21, 2021 Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is widely accepted as a standard for assessment and intervention that not only acknowledges but also respects and integrates the cultural values, beliefs, and practices of patients and families.  This Special Issue is interested in how cultural humility and sensitivity can be incorporated into elements and principles of TIC and what lessons we have learned to create culturally responsive trauma-informed practice and policy in the current care systems. Healthcare Special Issue “Youth Mental Health and Family Support” Deadline: January 31, 2022 This Special Issue focuses on innovation in community-based care for young people aged 6–29, and on identifying supportive approaches that foster their success in school, higher education, employment, and social relationships. Of particular interest are services focused on youth aged 14–29 who need support to successfully transition to adulthood. Particularly welcome are papers focusing on innovative strategies such as peer support for both young people experiencing mental health challenges and their family members, including ways in which family members manage to care for the young people and engage in employment. Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy Practice Special Call for COVID Research Deadline: Ongoing Global Social Welfare is inviting authors to contribute research articles sharing experiences and results (both positive ad negative) with our readers who can use this information to inform the development and implementation of future social work, social policy and public health programs. We encourage the submission of both original science and conceptual pieces that would inform the practice and policy frameworks across the globe. The database for BIPOC-Authored Social Work Papers Deadline: Ongoing The BIPOC-Authored Papers for Social Work database was created in an effort to amplify BIPOC voices and perspectives, and to increase the representation of BIPOC authors across social work curriculum. As faculty engage in critical analysis of their syllabi and curricula, the availability of BIPOC-authored materials is an essential element of dismantling the white supremacy embedded in social work and transforming social work education and practice. As a crowd-sourced database, this collaborative endeavor has the potential to elevate academic excellence and enhance a diverse, inclusive, values-based learning environment. It is our hope that this database will contribute to transformational education as students are exposed to a diversity of ideas, people, and materials. Call for Papers Related to COVID-19 Deadline: Rolling Submission The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified. The co-editors of the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work expect that these human rights violations will not pass with the first wave of the disease, but will rather continue to grow and/or come to light. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review.

Research Resources

ITHS Career Development Series
The ITHS Career Development Series consist of monthly lectures and workshops designed to provide junior faculty and investigators with tools, a forum for discussion, and learning opportunities to help advance their careers. Below you will find all the seminars we have recorded, so you can tap into this knowledge when ever you need to! Topics include: How to write Specific Aims, study recruitment strategies, grant writing skills, and responding to reviewer comments.

Video Guide: Overview of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, especially the Individual Fellowships (F awards) and Institutional Training Grants (T awards)
In this video, NIH’s Dennis Twombly and Lisa Moeller will take you through an overview of these two types of awards, providing some tips along the way.

All About Grants Podcasts
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) at NIH hosts a series of podcasts relating to NIH grants that is designed for investigators, fellows, students, and research administrators. Episodes cover topics such as grant preparation, developing successful grant applications, advice for new and early career scientists, submitting your application, the peer-review process, and post-award activities and requirements. The latest episode focuses on the newly required Diversity Plans for conference applications. Episodes are available as mp3s for download, and via iTunes. To access mp3s and transcripts of each podcast, click here.

Process for submitting a grant application through SSW
OFFER has created a new proposal timeline, a step by step guide outlining all the steps involved from starting through completing the research grant application process at SSW. This form, along with a sample proposal checklist and other useful information can be accessed through MySSW/ProposalDevelopment/Getting Started.

 

We encourage our readers to submit postings to be included to help us stay relevant to the broad range of social work research interests.
Please email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu to circulate information on funding opportunities, publications, and events. 

Summer Meals Volunteers Needed Across King County

United Way of King County is looking for volunteers who can commit to volunteering weekly for seven weeks driving and delivering school lunches to children living at High Point, Rainier Vista, and New Holly. As a volunteer, you will report to your meal site once a week for seven weeks. There, you will pick up meals from your site address, drive the meals to families in the community, and deliver the meals to doorsteps through no-contact delivery. United Way of King County will provide PPE (gloves and masks) for all volunteers, provide on-site training and guidance while practicing social distancing at all times.Weekly volunteers are needed at the following sites: High Point (West Seattle) Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 am – 12:00pm 6400 Sylvan Way SW, Seattle, WA 98126 New Holly (South Seattle) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am – 11:00 am 7058 32nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 Rainier Vista (Columbia City) Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 10:00 am – 11:30 am 4410 29th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

Register for High Point

Register for New Holly

Register for Rainier Vista

United Way of King County uses a third-party vendor, Sterling Volunteers, to process background checks for volunteers. Our background check is a nationwide 7-year criminal history check as well as a check of the National Sex Offender database. Criminal convictions such as DUI or Reckless Driving will not disqualify someone from volunteering. We are looking for sex offenders or those who have recent convictions that involve harm or threat of harm to an individual(s).A background check is required for this volunteer position and will be performed by the United Way of King County.

Applications are now open for the interprofessional elective WWAMI AHEC Scholars Program 2021-2023 cohort!

 

Watch the 2020 graduation video (2021 class graduation event is June 14^th, 2021)

Video Link*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYDbaF0mhKk

Watch our video of our Habitat for Humanity community interprofessional event*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d6I3eTvFH8

*These students have agreed to allow us to share their information.  

Visit the website: https://depts.washington.edu/ahec/wwami-ahec-scholars-program/

 

What is it?

• An interdisciplinary educational and training program focusing on increasing the diverse, culturally competent healthcare workforce that specializes in rural and underserved areas.
• AHEC Scholars is a nationwide elective certificate program existing in 85% of the nation, through state AHEC programs.
• It provides you with skills and experiences to better prepare you for work in these areas.
• It especially seeks to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rural areas, and racial/ethnic groups that are inadequately represented in health care (but that is not a stipulation for acceptance).
• The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will identify AHEC Scholar students as having special training and experience with rural and underserved communities.

 

What is the structure?

• This is a two-year inter-professional program in which you would learn about other disciplines and develop team-based learning and skills that you can take into practice.
• You can take the courses for UW elective credit if you are a UW student or no credit/no cost.
• If you complete the program, you would will receive a certificate of completion.
• Year One: 

• • Kick off event-Introduction to AHEC Scholars
  • 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites
  • 40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health Course I . Classes are taught in the evening to best accommodate your schedule.
  • Optional field trip

• Year Two:

• • 40 hours per year of community/experiential/clinical work in rural or underserved sites
  • 40 hours of didactics through Rural/Underserved Health II.  Classes are taught in the evening to best accommodate your schedule.
  • Spring networking event and graduation ceremony
  • Optional field trip

 

What topics are covered? 

• The core topic areas of this program are:

• • Interprofessional education
  • Behavioral health integration – integrating primary and behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse)
  • Social determinants of health and their impact on your patients’ health.
  • Cultural humility training
  • Practice transformation: goal-setting, leadership, practice facilitation, workflow changes, measuring outcomes, adapting organizational tools and processes to support new team-based models of health care delivery
  • Current and emerging health issues such as COVID-19, opioid abuse, and geographically relevant health issues.

 

Who can apply?

• You can apply if you are in a health professional program that ends in a certificate or degree. (The long list of accepted disciplines is in the application.)

• • Last year in Seattle, the program had students from UW Medicine, Social Work, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PT/OT, Prosthetics and Orthotics , PA (MEDEX) and N.D. students from Bastyr, Doctorate of Nursing students from Seattle University and UW.
  • This past year, 132 students across Washington and Idaho were enrolled in the program.

 

Some questions students may have this year:

• When do the applications open and close? Application is now open! Closes September 1, 2021
• When do they get informed of the decision? September 17^th, 2021
• When is the kick-off event and is it online? It will be in person for Seattle. Last week of September
• Are the classes this year in person or online? In person, yay! Year 2 can be done online or via accepted primary program didactics if needed. Students can take the Bellingham AHEC online cohort instead, if they cannot meet in person either year. Faculty from Western Washington University will be teaching the online UW didactic Canvas courses in synchronous ZOOM format.
• What happens to the community/experiential/clinical work when there is COVID19 around? We provide many opportunities to do interprofessional opportunities that require less contact or none. As the pandemic becomes under control, we are encouraging students to do in-person events or clinical experiences.

 

How do I apply?

• Seattle: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&site=1&cohortyear=2021
• Spokane: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&site=3&cohortyear=2021
• Bellingham synchronous online cohort (open to UW students who cannot attend in person Seattle classes at UW)

https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8CWM8H4DXF&site=4&cohortyear=2021

Highlighted News and Announcements:Call for Nominations The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) is requesting nominations for two awards: 2022 Donna Harrington Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students: This award is given to a faculty member who has made extraordinary and sustained contributions to the scholarly development of social work doctoral students. 2022 GADE Student Award for Social Work Research: This award is given to a doctoral student or collaborative group of students whose published (or in press) scholarship advances scientific inquiry in social work or social welfare. The student award seeks to encourage and recognize rigorous scholarly work that clearly contributes to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. For more information about these awards and nomination details, please email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu.

 

New Publications Catalano, R.F., Hawkins, J.D., Kosterman, R., Bailey, J.A., Oesterle, S., Cambron, C., & Farrington, D.P. (2021). Applying the social development model in childhood to promote healthy development: Effects from primary school through the 30s and across generations. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 7(1), 66-86.Kamp, K.J., Levy, R.L., Munson, S.A., & Heitkemper, M.M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and comorbid anxiety and/or depression. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. Epub ahead of print.

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Graduate position in the Ethnic Cultural Center on campus.  This Graduate Student Assistantship includes most of tuition as well as health benefits, 19.5 hours/week for the 2021-22 academic year.

The application is on Handshake at:
https://uw.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4830938?ref=employer-show

If you do not have access to the Handshake portal, you can forward your resume/cv to:

Nate Panelo, M.Ed.
Assistant Director
Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center
Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
panelon@uw.edu  /  pronouns: he/him/his
depts.washington.edu/ecc/

Job description (not updated for 2021-22 but will be similar):

http://depts.washington.edu/ecc/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Graduatate-Staff-Assistant-Student-Development-Coordinator.pdf

Priority application deadline is June 14, 2021.

Stonewall Community Foundation Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship

• Application Deadline: June 11, 9 a.m. Pacific Time
• For graduate and undergraduate Lesbian students

Awards range $1,500-$3,000

Ernest R. Stiefel Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Study Award

• Application Deadline: June 30
• For graduate and professional students
• Members of Phi Beta Kappa chapters at UW or University of Puget Sound
• Award of $4,500

Korean American Scholarship Foundation: Western Regional Chapter Scholarship

• Application Deadline: June 30, 8:59 p.m. PDT
• For full-time graduate and undergraduate students of Korean heritage
• Scholarship amounts range $500-$5,000
• Open to international students

Momeni Foundation Financial Assistance Scholarship

• Application Deadline: June 30
• For graduate and undergraduate students of Iranian descent
• Enrolled or planning to enroll in full-time studies at an accredited college anywhere
• Scholarship amount of $1,000
• No citizenship or residency requirements

National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition: Paul P. Fidler Research Grants

• Application Deadline: July 1
• The Paul P. Fidler Research Grant competition is open to those planning to conduct research on college student transitions. The Grant award includes a cash stipend, travel to two national conferences, a presentation at a national conference, and priority consideration for publication.

Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants

• Applications Due: June 18
• Have an idea for a diversity and inclusion project? Administrative and academic units are encouraged to apply for seed grants to support projects that help advance one or more of the Diversity Blueprint goals.

Click here to view the Finding Funding for Graduate School Presentation Recording

We are glad to share the recording for our recent presentation on finding funding for graduate school, “Finding Funding for Graduate School May 2021.” Topics covered:

• Overview and definitions of assistantships, scholarships, fellowships and grants
• Funding timelines
• Where to search
• Navigating search tools
• Crafting search terms

Identifying good opportunities

Eligibility Information:

1. Applicant must be currently enrolled in a University of Washington (Seattle campus) MSW Program.
2. Applicant must be in good academic standing at the close of Spring quarter 2021.
3. Applicants must plan to be enrolled in Autumn 2021.
4. Applicants do not have to be a US Citizen or resident. International and undocumented students are welcome to apply.

Application Deadline: June 9th, 2021 at 11:59 pm (PST).

To apply, please fill out the application at the link below before the deadline.  We recommend that all applicants save a screenshot or copy of the confirmation number that appears at the end of the survey in the event there are any issues with the application.

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/jennmag/405269Links to an external site.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to this address: swschol@uw.edu Read more

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