CANCELED: Social Science & Social Location Series | Gender in the Social Science Professions

Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
E20 Machmer Hall | UMass Amherst
We regret to inform that this event has been canceled. Please join us for the November 29th Social Location Series event on positionality, and stay tuned for an update on the rescheduling of this panel on gender in the social science professions.

Funding Opportunity | Seed Grants from the Institute of Diversity Science at UMass Amherst

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The Institute of Diversity Sciences announces its faculty research funding opportunity. The institute will distribute up to $60,000 in seed project funds to teams who apply through a formal RFP mechanism. Funds will go toward supporting new collaborative projects between colleagues from different departments at UMass. Ideal projects will focus on research, involve graduate or undergraduate students in that research (i.e., include an educational component), and have an eye toward social impact.

ADVANCE Grant | ISSR Coordinates Historic Award, Largest Social Science-led Interdisciplinary Grant in UMass History

The National Science Foundation has awarded a coveted ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to support the development of an innovative professional advancement model for underrepresented faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

ISSR Scholar in the News | Elizabeth Evans on Gendered and Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Veterans' Pain Management Therapies

A recent major shift in practice by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) now means that complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies such as meditation, yoga and acupuncture are increasingly being offered to VA patients as non-drug approaches for pain management and related conditions, says Elizabeth Evans, an epidemiology researcher in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences and a member of the ISSR Scholars network at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Faculty Funding | Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical care, biomedical research, and public policy, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alumni/ae.

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How to Prepare an ISSR or CRF Scholars Proposal

Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
E20 Machmer Hall | UMass Amherst
Led by Center for Research on Families (CRF) Director Maureen Perry-Jenkins and Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) Director Laurel Smith-Doerr, prospective applicants for the faculty Scholars Programs at CRF and ISSR will receive guidance on the application process, which program to apply to, and what reviewers will be looking for in competitive applications for the spring 2019 application deadline. Registration required.

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