Researching Congressional Leadership or the U.S. Congress?

* GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS *

DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2012.

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in April. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2012.

The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.

The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award. 

 
To learn more, visit the official website: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm. 

Frank Mackaman is the program officer - fmackaman@dirksencenter.org.

Teach For America Wants You!

In this country today, the zip code you are born into determines your life trajectory more than your capabilities or your ambition. This educational inequity that plagues our country affects the life prospects of over 15 million students that may never get the opportunity to attend The University of Maryland.

WE MUST CHANGE THIS. HEY ACHIEVEMENT GAP, FEAR THE TURTLE

Teach For America
FINAL Application Deadline: Friday, February 10th

Take the first step to join the thousands of others working to combat this inequality by submitting a resume and a 500 word letter of intent by February 10th at 11:59pm. Start your application here.

All academic majors and career interests. Full salary and health/retirement benefits. To learn more and connect with someone, fill out this quick survey at http://tinyurl.com/TFATerps or visit www.teachforamerica.org

Job Opening for Researcher/Statistician!

Work and coordinate with Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) and University of Florida research analysts, scientists and professors to develop, refine and evaluate crime and loss control methods and technologies. The LPRC is looking for a motivated, organized researcher/statistician to help coordinate and conduct multi-method research for a variety of leading organizations.

This position will be critical to LPRC projects, and leads or assists in the design and conduct of studies in the following areas: survey design, sampling, data collection, scale construction and validation; predictive/statistical modeling; offender interviewing and analyses; randomized controlled trials/field evaluation research; and report writing. The researcher will also present analysis results orally, in writing, graphically, and in various forms of presentation media. The position provides extensive opportunities to conduct and publish both action and theoretical research. There may be some travel involved.

Qualifications:
• Minimum: Master’s Degree. Preferred Doctorate in the Criminology, Social Sciences or Statistics - with advanced coursework in statistics and research methods.
• Demonstrated experience with statistical methods and models incorporating a broad range of variable types and statistical approaches.
• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of SPSS or SAS.
• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of Excel.

Other Important Skills:
* Knowledge of working on a longitudinal study and program evaluation.
* Knowledge of developing quasi-experimental and experimental projects.

Position/Rank and Salary: Researcher/Statistician; $40,000 - $52,000 (commensurate based on qualifications).
Appointment/Start Date: Immediately
Application Deadline: Open til filled.
Application Process: Applicants should send a letter describing research interests, a CV, and sample of scholarly writing to: Loss Prevention Research Council Attn: Read Hayes, PhD, 3324 W. University Ave, Ste. 351, Gainesville, FL 32607; or email to read@lpresearch.org.

Alumni Association Has Scholarships for Grad Students!

Thanks to its members, the Maryland Alumni Association has multiplied its scholarship offerings and expanded them beyond incoming students! The alumni association is proud to provide 15 scholarships this fall, including FIVE for graduate students who will each receive $3,000. Additionally one legacy student will be awarded $750 through the Col. J. Logan Schutz Legacy Scholarship. 

Ideal applicants will volunteer in their communities or on campus, participate in extracurricular activities and write a compelling essay on building Terrapin spirit among the student body. And, special consideration will be given to relatives of alumni association members.

Know a deserving Terp student? For more information on the Maryland Alumni Association Scholarship program, including the Col. J. Logan Schutz Legacy Scholarship, visit alumni.umd.edu, today!

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants!

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SBE DDRIG)

Deadlines are rapidly approaching! Check HERE to see the  full list of deadlines!

Archeology, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Science, Technology, and Society, Biological Anthropology, Geography and Spatial Sciences, Linguistics, Science, Technology, and Society, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Economics, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences, Science of Science and Innovation Policy, Documenting Endangered Languages, Political Science, Geography and Spatial Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology, Law and Social Sciences, Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Economics, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences.

Program Guidelines: NSF 11-547

The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. For more information, click: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Westat’s 2012 Summer Internship Opportunities!

Westat’s 2012 Summer Internship Opportunities in Applied Social Science for Underserved and Underrepresented Minority Students who are African American, Hispanic/Latino American, and Native American/Alaskan Native.

The program started out in Westat’s Behavioral Health Group (BHG) and has now branched out to other groups including the Environmental Health Group, the Health Studies Group, Human Services Study Area, the Health Communications Group, and the Education Group. It’s a chance for graduate students to work with Westat researchers who can expose them to research that goes beyond theory and into the real world. The program provides the interns with an opportunity to be in a mentoring relationship with seasoned researchers at Westat.

Applicants must have completed their baccalaureate degree prior to June 1, 2012 to be considered. Applications will be accepted beginning now through February 28th 2012. For more information, contact:
Donna Durant Atkinson, Ph.D., Co-Coordinator, 240.453.2761
Craig Love, Ph.D., Co-Coordinator, 240.314.2443

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