Center for Demography of Health and Aging

Through a generous grant from the Fred H. Bixby Foundation, the Population Council has created the Bixby Fellowship Program to expand opportunities for recently trained social scientists and biomedical researchers in the health and population fields. Bixby fellowships allow citizens of developing countries to work with experienced mentors in the Council's international network of offices. Fellows work on projects in one of three program areas: Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty, Gender and Youth. Applications for its 2010 fellowship competition is due on January 15, 2010. For details about this fellowship, please visit the Council's website at: http://www.popcouncil.org/slr/Bixby/Bixby_home.html.

(November 4, 2009) SIPP Analytic Research Grants Awards

The National Poverty Center (NPC) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan seeks proposals for innovative research projects that use data from the 2004 and/or 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Panels. Up to 8 proposals will be funded. Awards will range from a maximum of $20,000 for research using SIPP public-use data and/or SIPP Synthetic Beta (SSB) data, to a maximum of $40,000 for research using SIPP Gold Standard restricted-use data and/or comparative analyses using SIPP Synthetic Beta (SSB) and SIPP Gold Standard restricted-use data. Grants will begin February 1, 2010 and end January 31, 2011. Funds for this competition are provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economics Statistics Division. For details, please visit: http://www.npc.umich.edu/opportunities/research_grants/sipp/index.php. All applicants should submit their proposal via email to npcinfo@umich.edu. Proposals must be received by 5 PM Eastern Time on Friday, December 4, 2009.

(November 2, 2009) Center for Retirement Research Dissertation Awards

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College announces the 2010 Dissertation Fellowship Program for research on retirement income and disability insurance issues. This program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration. Up to six fellowships of $28,000 will be awarded to doctoral candidates enrolled in an accredited program at a U.S. university. Proposals need to be complete and submitted by January 29, 2010. For application details, please check out this website, http://crr.bc.edu/opportunities/Dissertation.html.

(October 30, 2009) 2010 Sandell Grant Program

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College announces the 2010 Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for research in retirement income and disability insurance policy. This program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines and senior scholars working in a new area to pursue projects on retirement income and disability insurance issues. Its priority research areas include: Social Security and disability insurance, macroeconomic analyses of Social Security, wealth and retirement income, program interactions, international research and demographic research. Up to eight grants of $45,000 will be awarded for one-year projects. The submission deadline for grant proposals is Friday, January 29, 2010. For more information about this grant, please visit this website, http://crr.bc.edu/opportunities/steven_h._sandell_grant_program_2.html.

(October 28, 2009) Postdoctoral Fellowship at CDE and CDHA

The Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE), University of Wisconsin-Madison, announces an NICHD/NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Demography beginning in September 2010. Applicants with training in demography and ecology, history, economics, sociology, anthropology are invited to apply.

The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has an opening for a NIA funded postdoctoral fellowship in the demography of aging and the life course. It starts on September 1, 2010. The CDHA program is intended to support and develop the research and professional skills of recent PhDs in sociology, economics, or complementary disciplines and to focus those skills on significant theoretical, methodological, and policy issues in the demography of aging and the life course.

Stipend levels for these two position are set by NIH. In FY2009, they ranged from $37,368 to $51,552, depending on years of relevant postdoctoral experience. In addition, travel allowance to professional meetings is up to $1,000 annually. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and must have completed all requirements for the doctorate by the time of the initial appointment. Applications will be reviewed beginning on January 15, 2010, but the review committee will continue to consider applications beyond that date until an award is made. For application details, visit this website, http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/employment.htm.

(October 15, 2009) Postdoctoral Training at RAND

RAND is accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the Study of Aging. This program enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic and aging research to sharpen their analytic skills, learn to communicate research results effectively, and advance their research agenda. The program is open to new scholars, as well as individuals who have some research experience or are on leave from an academic position. Fellows must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and must have completed a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline before they begin the program. The deadline for applications is February 8, 2010. For more information, visit this website, http://www.rand.org/labor/fellows/aging.html.

(October 7, 2009) 41st Summer Seminar on Population

The East-West Center, Population and Health Studies, will hold its 41st annual Summer Seminar from May 29 through June 19, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. There are three concurrent workshops. 1. Population Aging and the Generational Economy (June 6-19) 2. Health-Care Financing and Insurance Systems (May29-June 18) and 3. Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health (May 29-June 19). Each workshop will focus on Asia and the Pacific, but participation from other developing areas and the United States is most welcome. Application deadline is December 31, 2009. For more information, please visit the seminar web site: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/summerseminar

(September 18, 2009) Restructured NIH Application Forms for FY2011 Funding

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces that new, restructured versions of the paper PHS 398 and electronic SF 424 (R&R) application packages and instructions will be available by December 2009. Applicants must download and use the new application packages for submissions targeting due dates on or after January 25, 2010 (funding for fiscal year 2011 and beyond). Changes include significantly shorter page limits and restructured application packages. These changes will affect all competing applications submitted to NIH as follows: