Training Program in Population Studies

描述（由申请人提供）：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT）的人口研究中心（PRC）要求第七次更新其T32 NICHD人口研究培训补助金。中国在解决一系列广泛的健康相关问题方面有杰出的研究和培训项目。其重点特别集中在五个专题领域：健康差距；养育子女、伙伴关系和人类发展；教育不平等与机会；社会经济不平等和工作。基于我们最近的增长和巨大的生产力，拟议的培训计划旨在扩大和学术拓宽我们目前的项目，要求资助六名博士预科学员（从五名）和两名博士后学员（目前为2名），由社会学，人类发展和家庭科学（HDFS）部门和LBJ公共事务学院共享。PRC提供了一个优秀的培训环境，该中心的成就可以从以下方面得到证明：a)对我们最近R24中心补助金续期的非常热情的反应；b)迄今为止，中国历史上最大的赠款组合；C)相当多的新教师是积极和富有成效的成员；D)我们在期刊文章、书籍、章节和会议演讲方面的研究生产力；E)培训计划在招募少数民族教师和学生方面的成功，f)我们最近在将毕业生安置在全国领先的学术、博士后和研究职位方面取得了重大成功。拟议增加的第六名博士预科实习生与我们扩大培训计划以包括公共事务相一致。这反映了越来越多的跨学科

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Population Research Center (PRC) of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) requests a 7th renewal of its T32 NICHD Training Grant in Population Studies. The PRC has outstanding research and training programs addressing a broad array of health-related issues. Its focus falls particularly in five thematic areas: Health Disparities; Parenting, Partnering, and Human Development; Educational Inequality and Opportunity; and Socioeconomic Inequality and Work. Building on our recent growth and tremendous productivity, the proposed training program seeks to enlarge and academically broaden our current program by requesting funding to support six pre-doctoral trainees (from five) and two post-doctoral trainees (at 2 currently) to be shared among the departments of Sociology, Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS), and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. The PRC offers an outstanding training environment, and the center's accomplishments are evidenced by: a) the very enthusiastic response to our recent R24 center grant renewal; b) a grant portfolio that is, by far, the largest in PRC history; c) the significant number of new faculy members who are active and productive members; d) our research productivity in terms of journal articles, books, chapters, and conference presentations; e) the training program's success in recruiting minority faculty and students, and f) our recent substantial successes in placing our graduates in leading academic, postdoctoral, and research positions throughout the country. The proposed addition of a sixth predoctoral trainee is consistent with the broadening of our training program to include Public Affairs. This reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of population research at the PRC and throughout the discipline. The PRC has a very productive and academically broad group of researchers, with the greatest concentration in the Department of Sociology and HDFS, respectively. Recent recruiting success across campus, however, has increased participation by faculty in the departments of Public Affairs, Economics, and Psychology. The student talent at the PRC is extensive and diverse, with a current cadre of 64 pre-doctoral trainees from Sociology, HDFS, and Public Affairs participating in the PRC's graduate training program. This application outlines the structure of the training program, including coursework and ethics training, and the PRC's outstanding record in the professional development and training of minority scholars. In sum, we request support to continue our success in serving the PRC training mission to generate highly trained, and highly ethical, researchers in Population Studies.