Population Research Institute

描述(申请人提供)：这是一份为期五年的申请 NICHD人口研究基础设施计划的竞争性更新 宾夕法尼亚州立大学人口研究所(PRI)。 PRI是一个多学科中心，鼓励、组织和支持 人口科学方面的研究和培训。智力环境 在NICHD支持的NICHD中，宾州州立大学的人口科学是独一无二的 人口中心。PRI的研究助理代表6个部门的15个部门 大学。年，PRI首次获得NICHD对人口研究的核心支持 1991年。从那时起，主要得益于NICHD的基础设施支持， PRI已从27名员工发展到61名员工，并开发了大量 资格拨款，并因其科学成就而获得国家认可 成就。这促进了关键群体的发展 人口研究的主要专题领域内的教员以及 统一横跨这些领域的横向主题。此应用程序请求 在这些成就的基础上提供基础设施资金，同时确保成本- PRI研究核心的效率和稳定性(行政、计算机、 地理信息分析、信息和统计)。支持也是 请求基础设施发展计划以继续PRI 鼓励跨学科研究和创新方法。PRI是 在其教职员工的研究活动、员工专业知识和 继续发展为动态和协同中心的资源 创新人口研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a five-year competing renewal of an NICHD Population Research Infrastructure Program at the Population Research Institute (PRI) at The Pennsylvania State University. PRI is a multidisciplinary center that encourages, organizes, and supports research and training in the population sciences. The intellectual environment for population sciences at Penn State is unique among NICHD supported population centers. Research associates in PRI represent 15 departments in 6 colleges. PRI first received NICHD core support for population research in 1991. Since then, and largely as a result of NICHD's infrastructural support, PRI has grown from 27 to 61 associates, has developed a large portfolio of qualifying grants, and has achieved national recognition for its scientific accomplishments. This has contributed to the development of critical masses of faculty within major topical areas of population research and the emergence of unifying crosscutting themes that span these areas. This application requests infrastructural funding to build on these accomplishments while ensuring cost- efficiencies and stability in PRI's research cores (Administrative, Computer, Geographic Information Analysis, Information, and Statistics). Support is also requested for an Infrastructure Development Program to continue PRI's encouragement of interdisciplinary research and innovative methodology. PRI is well positioned in its faculty's research activities, staff expertise, and resources to continue developing as a dynamic and synergistic center for innovative population research.