Calls for Abstracts and Proposals
Call for Submissions: APHA Public Health Materials Contest – Deadline: April 13
The American Public Health Association (APHA) Public Health Education Health Promotion section is soliciting the best health education, promotion and communication materials for its 22nd annual competition. The contest provides a forum to showcase public health materials during the APHA Annual Meeting and recognizes professionals for their work. Entries will be accepted in three categories; health promotion print materials, health promotion multi-media materials and health education training materials. More...
Call for Abstracts: 2012 National Conference on Health Statistics – Deadline April 16
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) invites student and faculty researchers to submit poster abstracts for this year’s expanded poster session at the 2012 National Conference on Health Statistics, held on August 6-8, 2012, in Washington, DC. Abstract submissions are invited across all topic areas within the field of public health and statistics. Conference registration is free and attendees will have the opportunity to meet and talk with staff from all surveys and programs, as well as representatives from other government agencies. More...
UNC’s 2012 Water and Health Conference Seeks Manuscripts-- Deadline April 30
The 2012 Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation is now accepting abstracts for academic presentations at the event, to be held October 29 – November 2 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The conference is co-hosted by The Water Institute at UNC, based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, and The UNC Institute for the Environment. The submission deadline is Monday, April 30. More...
Call for Papers: System Science Applications - Deadline May 1
The Society for Public Health Education’s journal, Health Education & Behavior (HE&B), in collaboration with the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the Fogarty International Center, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research, and the National Institute on Aging, intends to publish a special issue of the journal devoted to the topic of systems science. This issue will showcase the application of various systems science methodologies to health promotion and public health research questions. Particular methodologies of interest include, but are not limited to: system dynamics modeling, agent-based modeling, network analysis, micro simulation, operations research, and various engineering approaches. More...
Public Health Reports Seeking Manuscripts on Applying Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to Public Health Practice — Deadline May 1
Public Health Reports is inviting papers for a Supplement on Applying Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to Public Health Practice. Manuscripts should advance scientific knowledge and illustrate how public health professionals can address SDH across a range of public health activities that promote health equity among populations most disproportionately impacted by infectious and/or chronic diseases. More...
Call for Abstracts: ASTMH Annual Meeting – Deadline May 3
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is currently accepting abstracts for presentation at the ASTMH annual meeting. The abstracts should be on scientific advances in tropical medicine, hygiene, and global health. The society seeks contributions of new knowledge as 15-minute oral presentations or as poster (discussion) presentations. To learn more and to submit an abstract, click here.
Call for Proposals: Healthy Eating Research Releases - Deadline May 22 and August 9
The Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and it supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. This call for proposals is for two types of awards aimed at providing key decision and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The award types are: Round 7 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program. For more information and to apply, click here.
Call for Nominations: Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application – Deadline June 30
The $10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, will be presented every October in Des Moines, IA, by the World Food Prize Foundation. This award will recognize exceptional science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty. More...
Public Health Reports Call for Manuscripts on Program Collaboration and Service Integration -- Deadline July 1
Public Health Reports is inviting papers for a Supplement on Program Collaboration and Service Integration (PCSI). PCSI is a mechanism for organizing and blending interrelated health issues, activities, and prevention strategies to facilitate comprehensive delivery of services. The editors are seeking manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge and report the findings of public health research and policy on program collaboration and integrated service activities. More...
Fulbright Scholar Program for 2013-2014 Now Open - Deadline August 1
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering teaching, research, or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2013-2014 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars, and many others. There are awards in 45 specific academic disciplines as well as 167 awards open to all disciplines. The application deadline for most awards is August 1 and U.S. citizenship is required. More...
