Social and Economic Analysis of Demographic Change

描述（由申请人提供）：这份R-24中心拨款申请要求为人口研究中心提供为期五年的资金，由罗伯特·迈克尔（Robert Michael）指导。芝加哥人口研究中心为41位教师研究助理提供支持，他们目前在三个关键领域有超过75个资助的研究项目：(1)婚姻、家庭和儿童；(2)各年龄段的健康行为；(3)收入、收入和贫困。我们为三个核心单位寻求持续的资金：(1)行政核心；(2)信息和计算核心；(3)程序开发核心。这三个核心共同促进和支持了芝加哥大学一个大型的、有影响力的、多样化的研究项目。行政核心包括六个服务功能：(1)申请准备；(2)人口研讨会；(3)桌面支持服务；（四）传播服务；（五）办公场所；(6)加强中国同行的研究社区。信息与计算核心包括(1)网络和独立计算支持；(2)软件许可和桌面服务器支持捆绑服务；（三）数据存档服务；(4)中国计算机实验室研究助理；(5)网络支持；以及(6)信息/图书馆服务。发展核心包括一个积极的试点项目计划和对新教师研究的支持。该中心旨在为人口和人口研究的研究营造一个参与、协作、多学科的知识环境；提供高效率及便利的研究支援服务；鼓励在人口研究方面发展新的研究项目和研究重点；并促进从事人口研究的科学家之间的合作研究和教学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R-24 Center grant application requests funding for a five-year period for the Population Research Center, directed by Robert Michael. The Chicago Population Research Center provides support to 41 faculty research associates who currently have over 75 funded research projects in three key areas: (1) marriage, family, and children; (2) healthy behavior at all ages; and (3) earnings, income, and poverty. We seek continued funding for three core units: (1) an Administrative Core; (2) an Information and Computing Core; and (3) a Program Development Core. Together these three cores facilitate and support a large, influential, and diverse program of research at Chicago. The Administrative Core consists of six service functions: (1) application preparation; (2) the Demography Workshop; (3) desktop support services; (4) dissemination services; (5) office space; and (6) strengthening the research community of PRC associates. The Information and Computing Core consists of (1) networked and stand-alone computing support; (2) bundled services of software licenses and desktop and server support; (3) data archive services; (4) the PRC Computer Lab for research assistants; (5) web support; as well as (6) information/library services. The Development Core consists of an active program of pilot projects and support for new faculty research. The Center aims to foster an engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary intellectual environment for research in demography and population research; to provide efficient and facilitative research support services; to encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in population research; and to facilitate collaborative research and teaching among scientists working in population studies.