SSRI Announcements, Week of 11/2/09
Dear colleagues:
Here are the announcements of events, initiatives, funding opportunities, and other news for the week of November 2-6, 2009 from the Social Science Research Institute and its units: the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, Population Research Institute, Survey Research Center, SLEIC, and Smart Spaces Center.
Change to instruction for submitting announcement items (changes are
underlined):
To be included in SSRI's weekly announcement, items must be received by
5 p.m. on Wednesday; distribution will occur the following Monday.
Please send items to Donna Panasiti (dlp18@psu.edu).
Call for Abstracts
Penn State Neuroscience Research Day
November 23, 2009
Posters and faculty presentations
Call for abstracts: Deadline for submissions November 9, 2009
Funding
Defense Research Related Unit Program Funding Opportunity
Penn State's Office of the Senior Vice President for Research announces:
Internal Deadlines:
Completed application to OSVPR: November 30, 2009
Access application (.doc)
Email completed application to: limitedsubs@psu.edu by the deadline of 11/30/09.
Institutional Limit: $75k per project, with an expected timeline of no longer than 18 months
Direct questions to: Lt. Col. Ron Madrid (USMC Ret.), rrm11@psu.edu
DRRU applicants consult: Dr. Patricia Gruber, plg11@psu.edu
Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity
Request for Letters of Intent
Level I & II research seed grants (RSG)
Letter of intent receipt date: November 27, 2009
Invited proposals announcement: December 17, 2009
Invited application receipt date: February 1, 2010
View announcement (.doc)
Membership form (.doc)
Research Grants
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R01)
[NICHD added as sponsor]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R21)
[NICHD added as sponsor]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Roadmap Transformative Research Projects Program (R01)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Upcoming Events--within the next week
Migration Studies Project
Rethinking Immigration in the Age of Global Vertigo
November, 2, 2009: 5:00 p.m., Foster Auditorium
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco of NYU and Princeton University
Population Research Institute
De Jong Lecture in Social Demography
Gender and the Reallocation of Time Later in Life
November 3, 2009, 8:45 am - 11:30, Nittany Lion Inn, Ballroom AB
Presenter: Suzanne Bianchi, University of Maryland
Discussants include: Frances Goldscheider, University of Maryland and
Valarie King, The Pennsylvania State University
Sponsors: Gordon F. and Caroline M. DeJohn Lectureship in Social
Demography Endowment and supplemented by the Department of Sociology and
the Population Research Institute at Penn State
Conference Coordinator: Carolyn Scott, css7@psu.edu
Conference is free
Prevention Research Center
Fall 2009 Seminars
All seminars are in S209 Henderson, 4:00-5:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted
November 4, 2009: Evaluating a Brief Prevention Program for Parents for Improving Marital Conflict in Community Families
Presenter: Mark Cummings, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
View semester schedule
Art Education
Fifth Annual Graduate Research in Art Education Conference
Friday, November 6, 2009, 7:00pm, 112 Borland Building
Deborah L. Smith-Shank, professor of art and art education, faculty
associate in women's studies and LGBT studies, and head of the art
education division at Northern Illinois University presents: Snowy White
Sheets, Rosy Red Feathers, and Muddy Black Roots: Myths and Feminist
Visual Culture
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m
9:00-9:30 a.m. Coffee and light breakfast buffet
9:30-10:00 a.m. Overview by conference coordinators Dr. Karen
Keifer-Boyd and Dr. Graeme Sullivan, and introductions of respondents
10:00-11:30 a.m. Panel 1: {narrative inquiry}
Dana Frantz / Christine Liao
1:30-2:35 p.m. Panel 2:
Christine Mulligan / Heather Hughes
2:45-4:30 p.m. Panel 3: teacher>
4:30-5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up > Un-Wrap
Center for Health Care and Policy Research
Methods Workshop
Using the Oaxaca Decomposition to Analyze Health and Health Care Disparities
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thomas M. Selden, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Morning session: 10:00 - noon, 124 Agricultural Engineering Building
Afternoon session: 1:00-3:00, 208 Ford Building
Registration
Research Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Group
Workshop Series
Parallel Programming in MPI
November 6, 2009, 2:30-4:25 p.m., 316 Hammond
Register
Friday Tea with the FRDC
Friday, November 6, 2009, 12:00-1:00 p.m., The Living Center, 110 Henderson
Michael Cleveland, Research Associate, The Methodology Center, Penn State University
nderstanding Risk and Protective Factors at the School-Level: Links to Adolescent Substance Use
View Flyer
New Event Listings
Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (PSIDO)
November 11, 2009, 5-7 PM, Nittany Lion Inn Faculty-Staff Club at University Park
Fall Diabetes and Obesity Thematic Research Forum with
Student/Fellow/Postdoc Poster Competition
Charter bus transportation leaves Hershey BMR at 3 PM
Registration is now open
Additional Information
Direct questions to: Lauren Kipp at 814-863-7544
Interdisciplinary Migration Studies Project
Fall Semester Distinguished Lecture
November 2, 2009, 5:00pm, Foster Auditorium
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
Rethinking Immigration in the age of Global Vertigo
Direct questions to: Migration Studies Project, msp@la.psu.edu
Upcoming Event Reminders
Social Science Research Institute
SSRI Workshop 2: Locating Funding Sources for Your Research
November 6, 2009, 3:00-5:00 p.m., 069 Willard Building
Speaker: Keith Aronson, SSRI/CYFC Associate Director
This workshop will provide you with:
(1) An overview of search mechanisms for locating potential funding opportunities.
(2) Becoming efficient and effective in your search strategies.
(3) Getting ahead of the calls for proposals by being proactive and thinking strategically.
Cost: Free
Register for Locating Funding Sources for Your Research
Education and Behavioral Sciences Library
Listening to the Voices of Immigrant Parents in Early Childhood Education
November 9, 2009: 4:30-6:00 p.m., Foster Auditorium
Dr. Joseph Tobin, Arizona State University
For more information, contact gboldt@psu.edu
Department of Sociology
Colloquium Series Fall 2009
Economic Segregation and the Stability of Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
November 18, 2009: 12:00-1:00 p.m., 406 Oswald Tower
Presenter: Laura Tach, Harvard University
Lunch will be provided
The Methodology Center at Penn State
Brown Bag Seminar Series
Thursdays, fall 2009, 12:00-1:30 p.m., 204 E. Calder Way, Suite 400
November 18, 2009: Joint Prevention and Methodology Seminar
Neuroscience
Neuroscience Research Day
November 22-23, 2009, The Penn Stater
22nd: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.---faculty discussion -- graduate education
6:00-9:00 p.m.---faculty dinner
23rd: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.---data blitz sessions and poster session
Please RSVP to Tina Keller, ckeller4@hmc.psu.edu, by November 1, 2009
Sponsor: Penn State Institute of the Neurosciences in conjunction with the Central PA Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
View flyer
Survey Research Center
The Survey Research Center will host a webinar on:
Dual Frame Theory Applied to Landline and Cell Phone Surveys
November 10, 2009, 1:00-3:00 p.m., 300 Building, Suite 105, Conference Room #105
Instructor: J. Michael Brick
Please email your registration request to the Survey Research Center at: CLC18@psu.edu
Other
Scholar Program on Best Practices of Sustainable Development in India
Jal Bhagirathi Foundation
Application deadline: November 10, 2009
The program will start on November 23, 2009 and end by the 19th of December, 2009
Resource coordinator: Hetal Shah, HR@jalbhagirathi.org
View brochure, course flyer, and application
Research Associate Position Available in Prevention Research at Penn State
The
Courses
HDFS 597E, fMRI Data Analysis
Semester: Spring 2010
Instructor: Dr. Peter Molenaar.
Lectures: Thursday 9:00-12:00 am, Henderson S221
Purpose of the Course: To build up a thorough understanding of
statistical models used in the analysis of multivariate fMRI, EEG and
MEG time series.
View syllabus
WF ED 543, Evaluation of Investments in WF ED
Semester: Spring 2010
Purpose: The mission of WF ED 543 is to develop familiarity with
concepts and methods for evaluating investments in economic and
workforce development.
For more information contact: David Passmore, dlp@psu.edu
WF ED 597I, Secondary Analysis of Workforce Education & Development Data
Semester: Spring 2010
Purpose: The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and skill
necessary for organizing, analyzing, and reporting secondary data.
For more information contact: David Passmore, dlp@psu.edu
Notes
To be included in SSRI's weekly announcement, items must be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday; distribution will occur the following Monday. Please send items to Donna Panasiti (dlp18@psu.edu). Thank you!
These weekly announcements may also be found on both the SSRI and CYFC websites, under Latest News, and under More Events where the SSRI Events Calendar and Social Science Events at Penn State are located.
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