Population Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）：华盛顿大学人口与生态学研究中心（CSDE）向NICHD申请为期五年的人口学博士前培训项目，从2012年5月1日开始。拟议的培训计划是与文理学院的五个学科——人类学、经济学、地理学、社会学和统计学，以及丹尼尔·j·埃文斯公共事务学院和社会工作学院的博士课程联合开展的。CSDE要求每年资助5名博士预科生，第一年的总直接费用为210,298美元，2012年5月1日至2017年4月30日期间为1,051,492美元。这项要求包括继续为四名受训人员提供续期经费，并要求再为一名受训人员提供经费，使总数达到五名。对一名额外培训生的需求反映了我们不断增长的能力，以及整个西澳大学校园对人口统计学培训的潜在需求。博士预科学员是从人口相关专业博士课程的新生或在读研究生中挑选出来的。这些专业的年录取率是有选择性的——各专业的录取率约为29%。在我们合作项目中选择资助的学员中，平均GRE成绩比各自项目的同龄人高出100分或更多，平均绩点也高于他们各自项目的同龄人。受CSDE资助的受训者毕业时间也比非受资助学生平均快一至四年，具体取决于家庭部门。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) at the University of Washington requests a five-year continuation of its pre-doctoral training program in demography from NICHD, beginning May 1, 2012. The proposed training program is carried out in conjunction with five disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences - Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Sociology and Statistics, as well as PhD programs in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and the School of Social Work. CSDE requests support for five pre-doctoral trainees per year, with total direct costs of $210,298 the first year and $1,051,492 for the period May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2017. This request includes continuing renewal funds for four trainees and a request to fund one more trainee for a total of five trainees. The request for an additional trainee reflects our growing capacity and documented latent demand for demographic training across the UW campus. Predoctoral trainees are selected from applicants who are new or continuing graduate students in PhD programs with a population-related specialization. Annual admission rates to these departments is selective - ~29 percent across the departments. Among the trainees selected for funding from our collaborating programs, average GRE scores are 100 or more points higher and average GPAs are higher than for peers in their respective program. CSDE funded trainees also graduate faster than non-funded student peers by an average of one to four years depending on home department.