The Department of Sociology at Loyola University Maryland invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor to begin July 2025. Tenure-track faculty teach three courses per semester and actively engage in research in the area of their scholarly interest. 

The department seeks to hire an individual who has research interests in inequality, health, and the social and physical environment, and who makes use of qualitative or quantitative methodologies to explore access to resources, equity of outcomes, and/or activism pertaining to health/medicine. Successful applicants will also have the desire to teach sociological theory, introductory sociology, and an introductory course in society and policy as an introduction to environmental studies. While the department is open to any focus, special consideration will be given to applicants who can extend the department’s global focus or focus on the ways in which race, gender, and class intersect to impact health outcomes at a systemic level.

Application review will begin on October 15, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. For complete details and to apply, see the online position announcement.

The Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative (WCEC) is seeking a Database and Diversity Specialist (DDS) who embodies the values, principles, and priorities that guide their initiatives. This contract position is ideal for a professional with a passion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging,  to oversee the daily administration of programming at the WCEC. This position will collaborate in the maintenance of the forthcoming Inspiring Leaders Profiles Database that highlights the expertise of Women of Color in Engineering for the growing collaborative. This position will also collaborate in the maintenance of the forthcoming Resource Center, a comprehensive hub of resources curated from our growing collaborative. This position will also assist in other WCEC program administration. This remote position requires a commitment of up to 10 hours per week with an initial training week of up to 20 hours.

Application Deadline:August 16, 2024

See the complete listing on Idealist.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s U.S. Program (USP) works to expand access to life-changing opportunities. Their primary focus in education is ensuring that all students--especially Black and Latino students, and students from low-income backgrounds--have an opportunity to earn a degree or certificate that prepares them for a successful career and fulfilling life.

As Senior Program Officer, you will be at the forefront of transforming the education-to-workforce data ecosystem to advance equity and opportunity for all learners. In this critical role, you will apply your expertise in education data, AI, and other emerging technologies to collaborate with internal and external partners to develop, refine, and implement innovative solutions that enhance the availability, adoption, and use of key education and workforce outcome metrics related to equitable value.

The position is based in either Seattle or Washington, DC. For complete details and to apply, see the position announcement online.

The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time, hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation.

NASEM is seeking early-career scientists, engineers, and medical professionals and/or late-stage graduate students with a strong interest in science and technology policy work. International students already based in the United States and individuals with under-represented backgrounds in the sciences, engineering, and medicine are encouraged to apply. They highly encourage those with strong interest but little experience in policy to apply.

The full 12-week program will take place in-person in Washington, D.C. from March 3 – May 23, 2025. Applications Close September 9, 2024, 11:59pm EDT.

For complete information, see the NASEM website

NYU Langone Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation (CEHRT) is seeking applications for Year 4 of its pilot project program, intended to initiate innovative developmental and translational research to address children’s environmental health (CEH) issues.

See complete details in the attached PDF.

The Pipeline Grants Competition seeks to support early- career scholars (Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Adjunct Assistant Professors) and promote diversity by prioritizing applications from scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences and/or employed at under-resourced colleges and universities. This includes racial, ethnic, gender, disciplinary, institutional, and geographic diversity. The program is a collaboration between the Russell Sage Foundation and the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Only faculty who have not previously received a research grant or a visiting fellowship from RSF are eligible to apply. RSF expects to fund about 20 one-year projects by assistant professors, lecturers, and adjunct assistant professors. Proposals are due on October 22, 2024, for funding starting in Summer 2025. Individual applicants can apply for grants of up to $35,000; teams of two or more eligible applicants can apply for grants of up to $50,000. RSF will pair grantees with mentors conducting research on related issues and provide an honorarium for the mentors. On occasion, RSF will deem a project or applicant more appropriate for its Presidential Grants Competition and review a Pipeline Grants proposal as a letter of inquiry for that competition instead.

See complete program details online.

Call for proposals from organizations:

Since 2015, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has supported research efforts and advocacy to update policies that dictate minimum standards for the collection, analysis, and reporting of race and ethnicity data. RWJF funding has aimed to advance data equity—especially to make more visible populations that have been historically underrepresented in data—and to more fairly consider such groups in the creation of policies, allocation of resources, and design and implementation of programs.

This funding opportunity will support a multifaceted research project that yields recommendations for actionable Asian American subgroup categories to be applied in the collection and analysis of race and ethnicity data. The goal of this award is to develop community-informed and evidence-based recommendations for how researchers should cluster the diverse Asian American population into smaller subgroups in ways that are feasible for real-world implementation. Advancing systematic disaggregation—whether it is at the collection, analysis, or reporting phase—can improve the health and social services fields’ ability to target their resources where they are most needed in communities experiencing significant disparities.

Deadline for receipt of brief proposals: August 13, 2024 (3 p.m. ET)

See the complete Call for Proposals online.

Mirror Group is a Washington DC-based consulting firm with staff and clients all over the nation. They leverage partnerships with fellow evaluators, researchers, subject matter experts, and change-makers to bring collaborative, participatory, utilization-focused evaluation and capacity-building to a broader range of organizations.

Mirror Group is searching for full-time new and/or emerging Research and Evaluation Assistants at two levels: Research and Evaluation Assistant (entry-level) and Senior Research and Evaluation Assistant. Both roles will bring qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods skills, drive, and energy to support multiple MG research, evaluation, learning, and strategy contracts. The ideal candidates will combine technical skills with lived experience and a commitment to make data and information accessible to priority communities and learning organizations.

See complete position details online (link to Google doc)

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM or STEM education. NSF actively encourages submission of applications from the full spectrum of diverse talent that society has to offer which includes underrepresented and under-served communities.

NSF GRFP was established to recruit and support individuals who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions in STEM. NSF especially encourages applications from undergraduate seniors and Bachelor's degree-holders interested in pursuing research-based graduate study in STEM. First- and second-year graduate students in eligible STEM fields and degree programs are also encouraged to apply.

The application deadline for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (among other disciplines) is October 18, 2024.

Full details are available at the NSF website.

Loyola University Maryland seeks affiliate instructors to teach sections of Introduction to Criminal Justice Fall 2024. The survey course should address crime and the processing of it from a sociological perspective. That is, the course should explain how the criminal legal system works in theory and also acknowledge/explore its racist, classed, and gendered history and the ways in which its current operation reproduces social inequality. An online course (synchronous or asynchronous) would be considered from an instructor with a track record of teaching the subject online. Compensation: Affiliate faculty receive a salary dependent on terminal degree ($4000 for MA; $4500 for PhD). Contact Sociology Department chair, Amanda Konradi, (akonradi@loyola.edu) for further information. A decision will be made by 7/31/2024.