RAND Postdoctoral Training in Population Studies

描述(由申请人提供)：1986年，NICHD授予兰德大学为期五年的培训补助金，以支持每年两名人口研究研究员的博士后培训。随后，该计划又延长了三个五年期，现已是根据当前赠款提供资金的第五个年头，事实证明，该计划非常成功。我们现在建议NICHD将资金再延长五年，同样是每年支持两名研究员。兰德为人口研究高级培训提供了丰富而独特的环境--这种环境的特点是高度重视跨学科研究，人口研究课程备受推崇，学者群体多样而杰出，设施完善，研究支持服务强大，并可获得各种研究技能的正式指导。一个由六名成员组成的指导委员会将监督该项目。33名研究人员将参加培训教师。研究员将从人口学、经济学、社会学或其他相关学科的近期博士中广泛招募，他们刚刚完成学位或有几年的博士后工作经验。他们将继续进行长达两年的高级研究培训计划。每名研究员将被指派一名工作人员顾问，该顾问每周至少与研究员会面一小时，提供一般指导和建议，讨论研究员的研究进展，并帮助解决任何行政问题。博士后项目为研究员提供高度个性化的培训，包括人口研究的在职培训和其他旨在提高研究员的分析和沟通技能的培训。研究员可以报名参加兰德政策研究研究生院的研讨会；参加兰德统计、计算、调查和通信专家提供的课程；以及参加兰德和邻近大学提供的许多关于人口和经济问题的研讨会。工作人员顾问和其他培训教员和研究支持人员将帮助研究员准备专业会议的研究报告和提交给期刊的论文。还将鼓励研究员为研究项目(在完成博士后任期后执行)制定一份提交给联邦机构的提案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In 1986, NICHD awarded RAND a five-year training grant to support the postdoctoral training of two fellows per year in population studies. Subsequently renewed for three additional five-year periods, the program, now in the fifth year of funding under the current grant, has proved highly successful. We are now proposing that NICHD extend funding for another five years, again supporting two fellows per year. RAND offers a rich, unique environment for advanced training in population research-one characterized by a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, with a highly regarded program in population studies, a diverse and distinguished group of scholars, excellent facilities and strong research support services, and the availability of formal instruction in a various research skills. A six-member steering committee will oversee the program. Thirty-three researchers will participate in the training faculty. Fellows will be broadly recruited from recent Ph.D.s in demography, economics, sociology, or other relevant disciplines who are just completing their degree or who have a few years of postdoctoral experience. They will pursue programs of advanced research training for up to two years. Each fellow will be assigned a staff advisor who would meet with the fellow for at least an hour a week to provide general guidance and advice, discuss the progress of the fellow's research, and help resolve any administrative problems. The postdoctoral program offers highly individualized training to the fellows, including on-the-job training in population research and other training designed to enhance the fellows' analytical and communication skills. Fellows can enroll in seminars in the RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies; participate in courses offered by RAND's statistical, computing, survey, and communications experts; and attend numerous seminars on population and economic issues offered at RAND and neighboring universities. The staff advisor and other training faculty and research support staff will help fellows prepare research presentations for professional meetings and papers for submission to journals. Fellows will also be encouraged to develop a proposal for a research project (to be executed after completing their postdoctoral tenure) for submission to a federal agency.