Research
Research at the PRC
The research goal of the PRC is to provide the resources and culture that are necessary to facilitate the highest level of population-related research activities. Resource-wise, this most centrally involves providing faculty members and students with high quality administrative, computing and information services that support their population-related research projects. Researchers also are supported by active collaborators and mentors within the PRC, a Brown Bag Series to support and extend their research agendas and interests, and dedicated space to conduct their projects. Culturally, the PRC is oriented toward supporting the submission and support of federal and foundation grants and the production and dissemination of the highest level of population related knowledge. These goals are accomplished within an environment that is intellectually stimulating and demographically diverse, and which emphasizes the support and mentorship of junior-level faculty researchers.
The Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of NICHD undertook to examine its "Population Research Infrastructure Program" which is the set of R24 grants that provides the key infrastructure support for our center. The PRC's current R24 began July 1, 2007 and will run through June 30, 2011; the PRC will re-apply in fall of 2010. The final report concludes with a number of positives about the overall R24 program, and with an enthusiastic recommendation to continue the program for another five years (2012-2016).
Current Research News
Life After Welfare: Reform and the Persistence of Poverty By Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder; with Karen Manges Douglas and Daniel G. Schroeder |  |