Training Program in Population Studies

项目总结/摘要 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT）人口研究中心（PRC）要求第八次更新其 T32 NICHD人口研究培训补助金。我们的培训计划受益于一个优秀的， 学科多样的教师，从生殖健康，人口健康， 家庭人口，工作，教育和不平等，并从一个强大的校外资助轨迹， 为跨学科提供必要的基础设施，培训机会和专业文化 培养下一代人口科学家。中国学员的科学和专业发展是 支持：国家的最先进的行政，计算，科学和程序开发资源; 科学成就的教师合作者和导师;专题工作组;一个棕色袋系列， 鼓励知识交流和思想发展;并提供专门空间，鼓励和促进 培训和研究合作。我们要求为五名博士前研究员和两名博士后研究员提供资金， 2018-2023年期间，该补助金，保持该计划的现有规模。中国提供了一个杰出的 培训环境和中心的成就基于：a）对我们 最近的P2C中心赠款更新; B）超过4400万美元的赠款组合; c）大量新的 积极和富有成效的教师; d）我们在期刊方面的研究生产力 文章、书籍、章节和会议报告; e）培训计划在招募少数族裔方面的成功 教师和学生;和f）我们最近在把我们的毕业生在领先的学术， 博士后，并在全国各地的研究职位。反映了越来越多的跨学科 在中国和整个学科的人口研究的性质，我们正在扩大我们的培训计划 包括经济学系的博士前学生，同时继续我们的学生培训 来自社会学，人类发展和家庭科学（HDFS），以及公共事务的LBJ学校。我们 预计博士后培训计划将继续吸引来自一系列学科的学者， 上一个周期包括公共卫生和社会工作。此应用程序概述了培训的结构 计划，包括课程和道德培训，以及中华人民共和国在专业 少数民族学者的发展和培训。总之，我们请求支持，以继续我们在服务方面的成功 NICHD PDB的培训使命是指导训练有素、道德高尚、富有成效的研究人员， 我们对生殖健康、人口健康和人口统计学核心方面的集体理解。

Project Summary/Abstract The Population Research Center (PRC) of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) requests an 8th renewal of its T32 NICHD Training Grant in Population Studies. Our training program benefits from an outstanding and disciplinarily diverse faculty, from scientific depth in four key areas of Reproductive Health, Population Health, Family Demography, and Work, Education and Inequality, and from a strong extramural funding trajectory that provides the infrastructure, training opportunities, and professional culture necessary for the interdisciplinary training of the next generation of population scientists. PRC trainees' scientific and professional development is supported by: state-of-the-art administrative, computing, scientific, and program development resources; scientifically accomplished faculty collaborators and mentors; topical working groups; a brownbag series to encourage intellectual exchange and idea development; and dedicated space to encourage and facilitate training and research collaboration. We request funds for five pre-doctoral and two postdoctoral fellows for the 2018-2023 period of this grant, maintaining the current size of the program. The PRC offers an outstanding training environment and the center's accomplishments based on: a) the very enthusiastic response to our recent P2C center grant renewal; b) a grant portfolio of over $44 million; c) the significant number of new faculty 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. In a reflection of the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of population research at the PRC and throughout the discipline, we are expanding our training program to include predoctoral students from the department of Economics while continuing our training of students from Sociology, Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS), and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. We expect the postdoctoral training program to continue to draw scholars from a range of disciplines, which in the past cycle included public health and social work. 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 NICHD PDB's training mission to mentor highly trained, ethical, and productive researchers who will impact our collective understanding of core aspects of reproductive health, population health, and demography.