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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

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

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

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

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

Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.

Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

Research Events
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

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

*Newly Added*
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.

Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.

*Newly Added*
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.

*Newly Added*
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.

*Newly Added*
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

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

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

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

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

*Newly Added*
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies.

Fellowship Applications
*Newly Added*
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.

*Newly Added*
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.

*Newly Added*
UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

Call for Papers
*Newly Added*
Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
This issue will focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.

*Newly Added*
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

*Newly Added*
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

Research Events
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.
*Newly Added*
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

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

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

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

*Newly Added*
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

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

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

Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington

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

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Canadian Studies Center offers:

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

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

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

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

https://www.kellytrust.org/

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

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

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

Boren & CLS Information Session

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

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

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

The Washington chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network (SSN) seeks two Graduate Fellows to support chapter activities in the 2020-21 academic year. The Fellows will be responsible for a number of project and event duties, noted below, and will each receive a $1,000 honorarium. This part-time position can be held concurrently and in addition to other academic student employment or outside employment. Duties will commence in late summer 2020 and continue through the coming academic year.

About Scholars Strategy Network
The Scholars Strategy Network is a nationwide group of university-based scholars dedicated to improving public policy and strengthening democracy by connecting scholars and their research to policymakers, media, and civic organizations. SSN has hundreds of members around the country organized into a number of regional networks. Washington SSN is a regional chapter based out of the University of Washington and co-led by Megan Finn, Margaret O’Mara and Sarah Quinn.

Responsibilities
The Graduate Fellows support the chapter co-chairs in the following ways:

• Media and outreach: Writing and circulating a quarterly short (2-page) chapter newsletter with updates about chapter events and member activities; creating and maintaining chapter social media accounts for sharing chapter news and events, and for highlighting the research of chapter members.
• Recruitment and membership support: Maintaining a database of current and prospective members; working with the chapter co-chairs and national membership team to track in-process members.
• Organizational support: Assist in answering questions about the organization and providing more information or connect interested individuals with others in the organization; supporting chapter and national staff in connecting policy stakeholders with relevant researchers; occasional web meetings with SSN national staff about new initiatives and programs.

Qualifications
The ideal candidate for a Graduate Fellow position would be:

• A current graduate student at any stage of their career
• An excellent writer and editor who has media experience and/or is able to translate complex research and concepts into easy-to-understand language
• Comfortable with social media
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Google Docs, Dropbox; and able to pick up on new computer systems and databases quickly
• Adept at performing general administrative duties
• Self-motivated
• Committed to SSN’s mission to promoting democracy

How to Apply

The review of applications will begin on September 15th and continue until the positions are filled. Interested candidates can apply using this form, which asks for a copy of your CV and a paragraph explaining your fit for the position. Please direct inquiries to one of the chapter co-chairs: Megan Finn (megfinn@uw.edu), Margaret O’Mara (momara@uw.edu) or Sarah Quinn (slquinn@uw.edu).

The Avys Hathaway Scholarship Endowment Award of $5000 will be given to a woman pursuing a graduate degree who is a single parent head of household with dependents.
A writable application form and reference form are both at this weblink https://www.soroptimistseattlemet.org/programs/
They should both be submitted to Soroptimist International of Seattle Metropolitan, PO Box 2676, Seattle, WA 98111 or emailed to: siseattlemetropolitan@soroptimist.net

Questions? Please email or phone SISM Awards Chair: pgseattle@q.com or 206/285-2452. All application information is confidential.

EduMed connects students with the best and most affordable higher education programs in the medical and allied health fields. This scholarship and resource guide is designed to help transgender students find the resources they need to make their dreams a reality. It looks at academic and career tools, discusses options for social support and networking, and outlines a few financial aid options. The scholarships listed are particularly useful because they are open to transgender students interested in earning a degree in any field, including healthcare.

Transgender Students

More Information to apply
https://depts.washington.edu/urbanuw/initiatives/spark-grants-program/

Completed proposals for the Research Spark Grants program are due by July 15. We will fund up to 2 new collaborative projects in urban systems and societies, at up to $20,000 each.

The mission of Urban@UW is to catalyze, support and amplify collaborative research-to-practice efforts that address today’s urban challenges. As part of our effort to lift up and enable such efforts, Urban@UW has launched a Research Spark Grants program, available to scholars across all three UW campuses to pursue research interests in critical aspects of contemporary urban societies.

Stonewall Community Foundation Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship
Application is due 6/24 at Noon.

The Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship (TDRS) was established in 2004 to encourage and support lesbian women in pursuing higher education. In both their aspirations and actions, TDRS recipients demonstrate a dedication to making a difference. Graduating high school students who plan on attending an accredited, nonprofit college or university in the United States are eligible, as well as already-matriculated college students in any year of study, including graduate school. Multiple scholarships between $1,500 and $3,000 will be awarded in Summer 2020 and are non-renewable. Scholarships are paid directly to each recipient’s school.

5:30pm, Wednesday, May 27. Register to attend this online session.

APPLY HERE:
https://www.biostat.washington.edu/suminst/sisg/scholarships

Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2020 Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG) and the Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID).

Graduate students in all fields are encouraged to apply. The goal of the Summer Institutes is to strengthen the technical proficiency and career preparation of scholars from all backgrounds, especially those from groups historically underrepresented in STEM such as racial and ethnic minority groups, low income, first generation college students, veterans, and differently abled and LGBTQIA+ groups

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