CPRC Columbia University New York Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop 2012

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Columbia University is accepting applications for the Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop to be held July 11-13, 2012, in New York City. The workshop, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, is designed to familiarize participants with the data available in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS).  The FFCWS is an ongoing national survey, which follows a birth cohort of urban children and their (mostly) unmarried parents, providing information about the predictors of healthy child development, including parental capabilities, circumstances, and relationships, as well as environmental and public policy factors.

The workshop is targeted toward young scholars from various biomedical and social science disciplines, including advanced doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, residents whose work involves secondary data analysis, and junior faculty. Applicants must possess basic quantitative data analysis skills. Ethnic minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. About 25-30 applicants will be selected. Travel costs for out-of-town participants will be reimbursed up to $750, including hotel which will be booked directly by Columbia.

Additional information about the Fragile Families study is available at http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/index.asp.

The online application and further information about the workshop are available at http://conferences.cdrs.columbia.edu/cprc.

Application deadline is March 18, 2012.

Sincerely,
M.K. Babcock
Program Manager
Columbia Population Research Center
(212) 851-2384
mkb2109@columbia.edu

CPRC Columbia University New York Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop 2012