SSRI Announcements, Week of 1/5/09
Dear colleagues:
Here are the announcements of events, initiatives, funding opportunities, and other news for the week of January 5-9, 2009, from the Social Science Research Institute and its units: the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, Population Research Institute, Survey Research Center, SLIC, and Smart Spaces Center.
To be included in this weekly announcement, items must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday; distribution will occur the following Monday. Please send items to Terry Noll (tmg3@psu.edu). Thank you!
These weekly announcements may also be found on both the SSRI and CYFC websites, under Latest News.
Funding Opportunities
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) has issued a request for proposals: "Funding for Intellectual Exchange Projects." Small grants of up to $10,000 are available. Submission of preliminary concept papers of 2-3 pages is on a rolling basis, but no later than Friday, February 27, 2009. See information, criteria, and application process.
The William T. Grant Foundation invites letters of inquiry for youth
research; the deadline for letters of inquiry is January 9, 2009.
View RFP
See additional RFPs in children and youth
Initiatives
The Arete Initiative at the University of Chicago announces a new multidisciplinary research initiative, "New Science of Virtues," that seeks contributions from individuals and from teams of investigators working within the humanities and the sciences. Grants range from $50,000 to $300,000. The deadline for letters of intent is March 2, 2009, 5:00 p.m. CST. View details.
Events
January 14, 2009, 3:30 p.m., 113 IST, Cybertorium Distinguished Lecture Series on Network Science & Research presents a talk by Mark Newman, University of Michigan, on "Networks and Influence." Presentation will be broadcast live via streaming video.
January 15, 2009, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., 254 Moore Karen Emmorey, Professor at San Diego State University, will present a talk, "The Psycholinguistic and Neural Consequences of Bimodal Bilingualism," co-sponsored by the Center for Language Science (CLS) and Specialization in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Program (SCAN). For additional information contact Judith Kroll (jfk7@psu.edu) or Jason Gullifer (jwg20@psu.edu). View flyer.
January 16, 2009, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., The Living Center, 110 Henderson Friday Teas with FRDC presents Dr. Cleopatra Caldwell, Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan, who will speak on, "Pathways to Prevention: Influencing the Parenting Attitudes and Behaviors of Non-Resident African American Fathers as Protection against Adolescent Risk Behaviors." Light refreshments will be provided. View flyer.
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