Population Research Institute

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个五年的申请 NICHD人口研究基础设施项目的竞争性更新， 宾夕法尼亚州立大学的人口研究所。 PRI是一个多学科中心，鼓励，组织和支持 人口科学的研究和培训。智力环境 宾夕法尼亚州立大学的人口科学在NICHD支持的 人口中心。PRI的研究助理代表6个部门的15个部门 院校PRI首次获得NICHD对人口研究的核心支持， 1991.自那时以来，主要由于NICHD的基础设施支持， PRI从27名员工发展到61名员工， 资格赠款，并已获得国家承认，其科学 成就。这有助于发展大量的 在人口研究的主要专题领域的教师和人口的出现， 统一跨越这些领域的交叉主题。本申请要求 基础设施供资，以这些成就为基础，同时确保成本- 效率和稳定性在PRI的研究核心（行政，计算机， 地理信息分析、信息和统计）。支持也是 要求基础设施发展计划，以继续PRI的 鼓励跨学科研究和创新方法。PRI是 良好的定位在其教师的研究活动，工作人员的专业知识， 资源，继续发展成为一个充满活力和协同中心， 创新的人口研究。

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.