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Opportunity: Over $30 Million in Awards to Improve Healthy Longevity
Academic Funding
November 5, 2019

Opportunity: Over $30 Million in Awards to Improve Healthy Longevity

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Modern Britain’s Identity Crisis: Annual SAGE Lecture
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October 17, 2019

Modern Britain’s Identity Crisis: Annual SAGE Lecture

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We’re Inviting You to Share Your Story of Impact
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October 9, 2019

We’re Inviting You to Share Your Story of Impact

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Societal Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities Conference
Announcements
October 4, 2019

Societal Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities Conference

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Capitol Hill Briefing on Measuring the Impacts of Incarceration

Capitol Hill Briefing on Measuring the Impacts of Incarceration

There are nearly 2.2 million incarcerated Americans, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. If this population were to form a city, it would be the fifth largest in the country—just behind Houston. Join a briefing on October 10 explaining the cost and effect of this staggering number on the United States.

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Duffy to Head UK Campaign as Wilsdon Leads Research on Research Institute

Duffy to Head UK Campaign as Wilsdon Leads Research on Research Institute

Bobby Duffy, director of The Policy Institute, will replace James Wilsdon as head of the Campaign for Social Science. Wilsdon, meanwhile, will head the new Research on Research Institute.

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16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research

16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research

Find out more about the 16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research! This year’s event will feature eminent sociologist Dr. Prudence L. Carter

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NAS Takes Detailed Look at Reproducibility and Replicability

NAS Takes Detailed Look at Reproducibility and Replicability

This Tuesday at 9 a.m., the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will be hosting a national symposium in response to the 200-page report: Reproducibility and Replicability in Science. The symposium will feature discussions on actions taken or contemplated in response to the report’s findings. Learn more or find out how to watch live.

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‘Ethnic Enclave’ Sociologist Wins 2019 Princess of Asturias Award

‘Ethnic Enclave’ Sociologist Wins 2019 Princess of Asturias Award

Alejandro Portes will be recognized for his award in October. He is the Princeton/University of Miami sociologist behind concepts such as the ethnic enclave and segmented immigration.

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2019 SAGE Concept Grant Winner: Text Wash

2019 SAGE Concept Grant Winner: Text Wash

Text Wash, a new software tool that anonymizes personally identifiable text data, making it accessible to social scientists without compromising its usability for research, has just won the SAGE Concept Grant. This year’s award comes to roughly $30,000.

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Fellowship Seeks Researchers to Assist National Park Service

Fellowship Seeks Researchers to Assist National Park Service

The National Park Foundation – the congressionally chartered nonprofit partner of the U.S. National Park Service – has announced a fellowship seeking “innovative scientific research that can inform park management.”

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SSRC, Social Science One Name Social Media Research Grantees

SSRC, Social Science One Name Social Media Research Grantees

As part of a pioneering effort to systematically use privacy-protected Facebook data to study the platform’s impact on democracy, the Social Science Research Council and its partner Social Science One have named the inaugural recipients of the Social Media and Democracy Research Grants.

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