Social Sciences & Humanities

Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context

Deadline: January 7, 2016

National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for innovative, hypothesis-driven R01 research grant applications that can expand understanding of the role and impact of families and interpersonal relationships on health and well-being in midlife and older age.

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Modeling Social Behavior

Deadline: January 7, 2016

NIH participating Centers and Institutes invite applications for developing and testing innovative theories and computational, mathematical, or engineering approaches to deepen our understanding of complex social behavior.

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Sociology

Deadline: January 15, 2016

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.

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Social Psychology

Deadline: January 15, 2016

The sponsor provides support for basic research on human social behavior, including cultural differences and development over the life span. Among the many research topics supported are: attitude formation and change, social cognition, personality processes, interpersonal relations and group processes, the self, emotion, social comparison and social influence, and the psychophysiological and neurophysiological bases of social behavior.

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Political Science

Deadline: January 15, 2016

The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions.

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Developmental and Learning Sciences

Deadline: January 15, 2016

DLS supports fundamental research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children’s and adolescents’ development and learning. Research supported by this program will add to our basic knowledge of how people learn and the underlying developmental processes that support learning, social functioning, and productive lives as members of society.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Deadline: January 15, 2016

The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) of the American Psychological Association (APA) has created the Postdoctoral MHSAS fellowship to support the specialized training of early career doctoral recipients who have primary interests in services or policy related to the behavioral health or psychological well-being of ethnic minorities.

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The Midlife in the United States Study

Deadline: January 25, 2016

National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for the next 5-year cycle of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study, a National Longitudinal Study of Health and Well-being. The goals of this next phase are to complete the third wave of longitudinal data collection and enhance content in the area of daily stress; complete the second wave of data collection of clinical biomarkers and affective neuroscience assessments; continue innovative sub-studies such as how psychosocial influences affect gene expression and novel methods to track and reinstate non-responders; connect these content areas through innovative analyses to data on health, functioning, personality, cognitive status, affective functioning, economic well-being, social relationships, and well-being; and maintain and enhance data distribution and user support.

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