-- Carol L Roan Assistant Scientist Center for Demography of Health and Aging University of Wisconsin-Madison 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Office Phone: (608) 265-6196 Email: Roan@ssc.wisc.edu
Thursday, January 31, 2008
FUNDING: Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Pilot Grant Program
The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will award two pilot grants to investigators using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) data for scholarly research. The WLS provides an opportunity to study the life course, careers, retirement, intergenerational transfers and relationships, family functioning, physical and mental health and well-being, and morbidity and mortality from late adolescence to the retirement years. Selected recipients will receive $10,000 to support their research, along with a travel stipend to attend a WLS training workshop. The workshop will take place in Madison on August 7th and 8th, 2008. The deadline for application is May 27, 2008. More information about the WLS and the pilot grant program including questionnaires, codebooks and public data may be found at the WLS pilot grant website: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/pilot/. Please contact Carol Roan by e-mail roan@ssc.wisc.edu or by telephone (608) 265-6196 if you have further questions.
Eligibility: Applications are welcomed from investigators in such diverse fields as anthropology, demography, economics, epidemiology, family studies, genetics, gerontology, human development, medicine, nursing, psychology, public health, and sociology. Applicants must have a doctoral-level degree. This grant program is intended to support new users and new uses of WLS data. We encourage applications from junior researchers (i.e., with fewer than five years since completing their doctoral-level degree) as well as more experienced researchers who have not previously used WLS data. Applicants must be affiliated with either educational institutions or with 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations.
