Feature September | No. 1-2019 [two_third padding=”0 10 0 0px”] Research has documented a strong association between children growing up in poverty and being more likely to struggle in school than their more advantaged peers, …
UKCPR (U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers member) and USDA ERS/FNS call for proposals: Food insecurity research using Panel Study of Income Dynamics – Due 11/14/2019
Download the Full Call in PDF format The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and the Food and Nutrition Service, announces a …
DreamUp WI Winner Ruth Schmidt Receives Community Change-Maker Award
Contact: Hilary Shager, hilary.shager@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7990 MADSION—The DreamUp Wisconsin team congratulates Ruth Schmidt, executive director of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA), for receiving the 2019 Community Shares Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award for her …
2019: Increasing Family Income Through Child Support: Lessons from Recent Research
2019 National Poverty Research Center Topical Panel September 18, 2019 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Holiday Inn Washington-Capitol Congressional I 550 C Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 12:45 p.m. Registration 1:00 p.m. Welcome and …
2019 DreamUp Wisconsin Challenge: Student Challenge Call for Initial Proposals – Due: 11/11/2019 12:00 P.M. (CDT)
CALL FOR INITIAL PROPOSALS DUE: Noon (Central Time), November 11, 2019 Download full RFP in PDF format The Alliance for the American Dream Challenge The Alliance for the American Dream initiative, funded by Schmidt Futures, …
2019 Summer Dissertation Proposal Workshop Schedule
May 20–24, 2019 Howard University Washington, DC MONDAY, MAY 20, 2019 9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions Janet Griffin-Graves, Howard University Lonnie Berger, University of Wisconsin–Madison Haydar Kurban, Howard University 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Session I: …
2018 Researcher-Practitioner Evaluation Partnership Grant Awardees
Does the Labor Market Give Credit for Learning Online? Team: Carolyn Heinrich, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education, International Education Policy and Management, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Peabody College, …
Katherine Magnuson assumes IRP directorship as Lawrence Berger’s term ends
Contact: Deborah Johnson, deborah.johnson@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7779 Katherine A. Magnuson will assume leadership of the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on August 19, 2019, when outgoing director Lawrence M. Berger’s …
2018–2019 Scholars-in-Residence
2019–2020 Research Area: Policies and Programs on the Geography of Opportunity
The 2019 to 2020 extramural research funding program supports research that will inform policy and programmatic efforts designed to address and alleviate the effects of differences by geography so all individuals, families, and communities, regardless …