Social and Economic Analysis of Demographic Change

描述(由申请人提供)：这份R-24中心拨款申请请求为罗伯特·迈克尔领导的人口研究中心提供为期五年的资金。芝加哥人口研究中心为41名教员研究助理提供支持，他们目前在三个关键领域拥有超过75个资助研究项目：(1)婚姻、家庭和子女；(2)所有年龄段的健康行为；(3)收入、收入和贫困。我们寻求继续为三个核心单元提供资金：(1)行政核心；(2)信息和计算核心；以及(3)程序开发核心。这三个核心共同促进和支持芝加哥的一个大型、有影响力和多样化的研究项目。行政核心由六个服务职能组成：(1)准备申请；(2)人口统计讲习班；(3)桌面支助服务；(4)传播服务；(5)办公空间；(6)加强中国同事的研究社区。信息和计算核心包括：(1)联网和独立的计算支持；(2)软件许可证以及桌面和服务器支持的捆绑服务；(3)数据存档服务；(4)中华人民共和国研究助理计算机实验室；(5)网络支持；以及(6)信息/图书馆服务。发展核心包括一项积极的试点计划和对新教师研究的支持。该中心旨在为人口学和人口研究领域的研究营造一个积极、合作、多学科的智力环境；提供高效和便利的研究支持服务；鼓励开发新的人口研究项目和研究重点；以及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.