SSRI Announcements, Week of 10/27/08
Dear colleagues:
Here are the announcements of events, initiatives, funding opportunities, and other news for the week of October 27-31, 2008, 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
December 1, 2008 is the deadline for submission for the Africana Research Center Postdoctoral Fellows Program. The fellows program supports research that centers on, or is related to, Africa and the African Diaspora for the 2009-2010 academic year. Fellows will have no teaching or administrative responsibilities during the fellowship and each fellow will be matched with a mentor. More information...
NIH Proposals for 2009
NIH Director's Pioneer Awards Program (X02) competition submission period, November 17 to December 17, 2008. More information is available here and here.
NIH New Innovator Award Program (X02) proposal submission period,
December 15,2008 to January 15, 2009. More information is available
NIH Transformative R01 Program (T-R01s) proposal submission period, December 29, 2008 to January 29, 2009. More information...
Events
November 5, 2008, the Distinguished Lecture Series on Network Science and Research Seminar presents Nathan Eagle of MIT and the Santa Fe Institute speaking on "Inference in Complex Social Systems: Insights and Applications from the Behavior of the Aggregate." The event will occur in Room 102, Chambers, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. View Flyer (.pdf document)
November 6, 2008, "Bioethcs Without Borders" Seminar invites you to a seminar by Allen Hornblum and Edward "Yusef" Anthony, who will speak on "Prisons as Centers for Human Experimentation: Their Unending Attraction for Researchers," 9:30-1:30 a.m., 124 Sparks Building. Please contact Barb Edwards at bae1@psu.edu or 863-0344 to register.
Other Announcements
December 3, 2008 is the deadline for the NIH loan repayment program. The extramural LRP contracts are awarded for two-year periods and repay up to $35,000 of qualified educational debt annually for research focused on clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. An NIH grant or other NIH funding is not required to apply for or participate in the LRPs. Please visit http://www.lrp.nih.gov for more information and to access the online application.
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