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National Cancer Institute Seeks Psychological Scientists for a 3-Day “Ideas Lab”
https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/hbrb/sandpit.html The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the US’s leading federal agency for cancer research, seeks psychological scientists interested in studying five behaviors related to cancer: tobacco use, alcohol consumption, dietary behavior, physical activity, and UV
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NIH-Funded Course on “Strengthening Casual Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham invites you to join their NIH-funded short course on “Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research,” scheduled to take place Monday through Friday, July 24–28, 2017. The program aims to help attendees better identify causal relations among variables that lead to obesity and discern avenues for treatment and prevention. The nine course modules are designed to provide rigorous exposure to the key fundamental principles underlying a broad array of techniques. Limited travel scholarships are available to young investigators and the application deadline is March 31st, 2017.
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Summer Research Internship Opportunity for Undergraduate Students with an Interest in Alcohol and Addiction Research
Undergraduate students interested in alcohol and addiction research are invited to apply to the University of Missouri’s Alcohol Research Training Summer School & Internship (MU-ARTSS). This program, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
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Help Apply Psychological Science to Improve Federal Programs with the U.S. Office of Evaluation Sciences
The federal government’s premier organization applying behavioral science to improve federal programs is hiring. The Office of Evaluation Services (OES), a team of social and behavioral researchers applying their knowledge and skills in partnership with
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Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) will sponsor the 2nd Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics at the Pepper Tree Inn in Santa Barbara, California, from June 11–23, 2017. The purpose of this 2-week workshop is to introduce graduate students and beginning faculty in economics, sociology, psychology, statistics, genetics, and other disciplines to the methods of social-science genomics — the analysis of genomic data in social science research.
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Open Call for Book or Chapter Proposals for Music and Brain Research
Vernon Press invites book or chapter proposals on the theme of "Music and Brain Research" for their book series in Cognitive Science and Psychology. All areas of study, with the common goal of representing the current state of music perception and cognitive neuroscience of music, are encouraged to submit, including disciplines such as Psychology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Education, Musicology, and more. Contributions may be monographs, chapters, or edited collections of original chapters. The deadline for proposals is March 15th, 2017. For more information, please click here.
