The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will award two to three 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, morbidity and mortality, and gene-environment interactions from late adolescence to the retirement years. Selected recipients will receive $5,000 to support their research, along with a travel stipend to WLS training workshops. The training workshop will take place in Madison on August 11-12, 20011, while the research workshop will be held one year later.
Funding for this pilot grant program originates from the National Institute on Aging Grant AG021079. 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. Grant application must be received by May 27, 2011. This grant program is intended to support new users and new uses of WLS data. We encourage applications from graduate students and 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. Graduate student applicants must submit a letter of support from a faculty member.
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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
