健康、环境与发展论坛（FORHEAD）2011年将举办第三期“概念、研究方法与跨学科合作”暑期研修班。

 

鉴于环境变化对公众健康的影响日益受到关注，我们迫切需要高质量的研究，为政府和公众应对这些问题提供有效信息。因为许多健康风险源自自然和社会环境复杂的相互作用，因此不同学科背景研究人员之间的合作必不可少，但目前我们设计和开展这种跨学科研究的能力还很有限。

 

FORHEAD暑期研修班将举办一系列研讨会，以便帮助参与者设计可以提交给社会科学研究协会（SSRC）中国环境与健康项目的合作资助项目或其他资助项目的跨学科研究方案。

 

该研修班包括：

（1）向研究人员介绍关于环境健康问题的不同学科的研究方法，包括关键的概念和方法；

（2）评估若干以前的和正在进行的研究，突出各种多学科方法的优势和不足；以及

（3）为参与者的初步研究设计提供建议。

 

在研修班之后，期望申请者会修改完善他们的申请书，提交给社会科学研究协会（SSRC）环境与健康项目合作资助项目。但是，申请将通过系统的竞争筛选程序，未参加研修班的研究团队也会获得考虑。本资助将最多支持15个项目。

 

研修班将由领域内不同学科背景的专家主持，包括：流行病学、医学地理学、风险管理、经济学、社会心理学、公共政策、社会学和人类学。研修班也会包括跨学科研究的困难与提案写作方面的内容。

 

本期暑期研修班将于2011年6月26日-7月2日在广东省广州市举办。我们欢迎国内学术机构（包括政府研究中心）和非政府组织的个人申请参加。申请人应在25-40岁之间，具有硕士以上学位或同等学力的相关工作经验。申请人应具有在环境健康问题研究方面的培训或工作经验。

 

研讨会将以中文为主。参加人还需提前阅读相关背景资料（约250页）。

 

1）简历。

2）申请信，内容包括目前的研究兴趣，希望参加暑期研修班的原因及如何将之应用于未来的工作，研究团队其他成员的姓名、学科背景、相关教育和培训背景，包括将要和不参加研修班的成员，以及2名推荐专家的姓名。

3）通过参加研修班希望确定的研究提案大纲（不超过3页）。关于提案的撰写请参见社会科学研究协会合作资助项目的要求。

 

中国参会者的食宿和国内旅费将由FORHEAD承担。

 

如有任何疑问，请联系forhead@forhead.org。

 

 

暑期研修班网上申请请点击http://www.forhead.org/cn/feedback.aspx?NID=3c；

合作资助网上申请请点击http://www.forhead.org/cn/feedback.aspx?NID=3c。

 

 

 

与世界上很多国家类似，环境的变化在中国对公众健康的威胁日益加剧。中国迫切需要建立和加强相关的知识积累，为制订应对环境相关的健康风险措施提供基础和依据，并促进研究、政策和实践之间的联系。尽管目前越来越多的资源已经投入到了环境变化和公众健康关系的自然科学研究，但合理的决策还要求人们了解与环境相关的健康问题所存在的经济、政治和社会背景及其带来的限制和机会。这就要求社会科学家更大程度的参与，也要求对现有学科和专业界限进行跨越，并整合相关的知识和资源。

为了促进有关中国环境和健康领域中政策和实践性的社会科学研究成果的产生和传播，社会科学研究协会（SSRC）中国环境与健康项目（CEHI）即将展开其第四轮合作资助项目。

我们将向来自中国的机构组织的申请对象提供不超过15笔，每笔为5,000-15,000美元的资助（总额为100,000美元），这些资助将为促进实现学科间的以及研究机构和政府/民间机构间的合作提供补充性资金。

 

  路度多已有一些本年度的项目申请将有两种方式：

1)  通过健康、环境与发展论坛（FORHEAD）暑期研修班/提案准备研讨会提交提案草稿；和

2)  直接提交合作资助申请。尽管参加暑期研修班不是必需的，也不能确保该提案的通过，但仍鼓励申请者考虑参加，以便他们在提交前完善其提案。

在准备您的提案之前，请仔细阅读下列标准：

・         项目必须针对与发展相关的环境健康风险，例如采掘和工业化进程、农业生产、禽畜和水产养殖或城市化（建设、交通等）带来的有关问题。

・         项目必须针对已经明确的环境健康风险。尽管我们鼓励自然、医学和社会科学家的合作，但资助不得用于为证明一种健康风险的存在而进行的大量新数据的收集。

・         项目必须明显有助于产生或传播知识，其成果能为政策或政府/民间社团的工作提供依据。因此，项目中必须通过适当的方式对政府治理进行分析。具体可以包括相关法律、政策和法规的分析，和/或其实施的挑战；相关机构对环境健康风险的理解；对信息获取的分析和政府、媒体以及公民社会在风险信息的产生和传播中扮演的角色；利益相关人的兴趣等。

・         申请对象必须具备必要的获取数据的能力、或与地方社区/政府机构的合作关系，以保证项目的成功。

・         如果项目是在地方层面进行，研究人员必须或在该省份生活和工作，或说明该项目能够在当地建立应对环境健康问题的能力。

・         资助将被授予在洛克菲勒兄弟基金会中国南方项目所涵盖的9个省份（广东、广西、贵州、云南、四川、湖南、江西、福建和海南）中进行的工作。有关在中国其它地方及香港和澳门地区进行工作的提案，只有在与国家层面政策明显相关的情况下才会得到考虑。

・         申请对象必须展示自己具有作出达到专业标准的可供传播的研究成果或资料的潜能。

・         项目的预算和时间安排必须与项目工作相吻合，并且是现实可行的（详情见下）。

 

 

提案必须：

・         由致力应对环境和/或健康问题的中国学术机构（大学、学院或其它研究机构）或民间组织提交。

・         有不同学术专长的研究人员之间的合作，包括至少一个社会科学学科（人类学、经济学、地理学、法学/法律研究、政治学/政府研究、社会心理学、社会学），或者是研究机构与政府部门或非政府组织之间的合作。

・         项目可以但不必须包含与一个有相关经验的国际伙伴的合作。

 

资助可被用于：

1）通过分享现有数据或在有限范围内收集更多的数据，把环境或健康观点融入目前只集中关注的一个领域的研究；

2）在现有的发展研究中确立新的环境与健康方面的研究主题，这些发展研究可以是在农村、城市和城市周边地区的背景下进行的；

3）通过与带来不同学科观点或国际经验的伙伴的合作，拓宽研究分析范围；或者　

4）与非政府组织或政府部门的协作，使现有研究结果更容易被公众获取，并有更广泛的用途。

 

・         关注因种族、性别、年龄、地理位置或职业因素而对环境相关健康风险尤为脆弱的社区团体。

・         探索出有潜力超越目前研究的可应用的研究方法或模型。

・         为年轻的研究或工作人员提供专业发展机会。

资助获得者研讨会。资助获得者需要与专家组就对其初步提案的反馈进行探讨。这将通过组织一个两天的研讨会，或就各个主题单独交流的方式进行。

报告。资助期结束时（2012年8月30日），要求资助获得者提供： 1）有关其项目结论的一份报告，以供在中国环境与健康项目的网上平台刊出；2）有关其合作过程中所遇挑战及所学知识的简短总结。这些报告/总结中的见解将在项目网站上发表，成为进入该领域的其他人员的资源。

资源共享。资助获得者将把与项目主题有关的人员、机构和文献列入中国环境与健康项目的网上资源库（http://ceh.resourcehub.ssrc.org），以使他人能对有关该主题的现有研究成果获得清晰了解。

 

  路度多已有一些本年度的项目申请将有两种方式：

1）通过FORHEAD暑期研修班/提案准备研讨会提交提案草稿；和

2）直接提交合作资助申请。尽管参加暑期研修班不是必需的，也不能确保该提案的通过，但仍鼓励申请者参加，以便他们在提交前完善其提案。

提案的语言使用中英文皆可。

申请对象应做好准备，在8月29日起的一周内回答有关其提案的问题。资助获得者名单将于9月9日公布。

有关问题请发送到forhead@forhead.org。在提问前请仔细阅读以上资助标准和下面的提案要求。

 

提案应该包括：

对项目将如何产生或传播有助于政府或民间社会应对环境相关健康风险的研究成果作出简短描述。说明项目需要的预算。

B. 项目描述 (不超过6000字中文)

对项目的描述应该针对以下问题：

1.  项目寻求解决的问题是什么？影响那些人群？

2.  研究关注的核心问题是什么？如果提案是研究者与NGO或政府部门的合作，将出于什么目的分享哪方面的知识？

3.  为什么不同学科和组织间的合作对项目的成功很必要？

4.  合作过程如何、包括谁？他们将在什么阶段以什么方式参与？他们各自的学科或专业背景将会怎样有助于项目的成功？

5.  项目将如何利用有关该问题的现有研究和宣传成果？

6.  项目将会使用什么数据、 工作人员将如何收集或获得这些数据？如果项目要求当地社区、政府机构或其他成员的合作，这些必要的关系是否已经存在？

7.  项目的创新意义在哪里，比如开发新的合作方法或框架？

8.  项目结果将是什么？

9.  如何评估项目的成功？

10.项目更广泛的意义是什么？项目结果的潜在受众是谁？如何向他们传播这些信息？

・         申请及合作机构简介（各不超过400字中文），包括机构宗旨、服务对象、工作的地理范围、以及年度预算。

・         每个伙伴带给该合作关系的相关知识、数据或技能。

・         申请和合作机构中主持人的姓名、所属机构、研究经历和简历（每人最多两页）。

提案可以作出不超过15,000 美元的预算，并详细列出各项主要开支。

预算应当与项目工作相吻合，并标明：

1．其它资助的数额和来源，包括实物支持

2. 人员和咨询费用

工资应以每位参与者的实际工资百分比和在项目中投入的时间（百分比或月/周/日数）为基础计算。国际合作者的咨询费只有在个别情况下才会得到考虑。

3.     现场调查费用 （包括付给调查对象的酬金）

应提供以交通、食宿和其他费用为基础计算的费用预计。

4.     相关差旅费用

应说明差旅目的和目的地，其目的应与项目活动直接相关。可以包括国际合作者的合理的旅费。

5. 传播和宣传推广费用

资助只支持项目直接相关传播宣传活动。我们将邀请资助获得者参加一些项目范围的成果发布活动（包括FORHEAD年会和主题研讨会）。本项目不能支付新建网站的费用，但是将通过FORHEAD网站对项目成果进行宣传。

6.  行政管理费用

不应超过总预算的8%

7.  其他费用

申请者如不确定其他费用是否可以纳入资助范围，请发信至forhead@forhead.org，与CEHI工作人员联系。

CEHI可以要求申请者调整项目预算。

 

网上申请请点击这里。

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Forum On Health, Environment and Development (FORHEAD) is pleased to announce its third Summer Institute on Researching Environment and Health: Concepts, Methods, and Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration.

 

Concern about the impact of environmental change on public health in China is mounting and there is a pressing need for high quality research to inform government and public responses. Because many health risks stem from complex interactions between the natural and social environments, collaboration between researchers with different disciplinary expertise is essential if they are to be addressed effectively. But capacity to design and carry out such research is limited.

 

The FORHEAD Summer Institute will offer a series of intensive workshops to assist researchers in developing proposals for interdisciplinary projects to be submitted to the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) China Environment and Health Initiative (CEHI) Collaborative Grants Program or other funding opportunities. The Institute will 1) introduce researchers to different disciplinary approaches to researching environmental health issues, including key concepts and methods; 2) evaluate a number of previous and ongoing studies, highlighting the strengths and weakness of various approaches to interdisciplinarity; and 3) provide feedback on participants’ preliminary research designs.

 

Following the Institute, applicants will be expected to revise their proposals for submission to the SSRC Collaborative Grants Program. However, selection will be through a competitive review process and applications will also be accepted from teams that have not participated in the Institute. A maximum of 15 Collaborative Grants will be awarded.

 

Workshops will be led by experts in the field with different disciplinary expertise, including: Epidemiology, Medical Geography, Risk Management, Economics, Social Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, and Anthropology. Sessions will also be offered on the challenges of interdisciplinary research and on proposal writing. 

 

The Summer Institute will take place from June 26 �C July 2, 2011 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Applications are invited from individuals based at Chinese academic institutions (including government research centres) and non-governmental organizations. Applicants should be between the ages of 25-40 and have at least a Master’s degree or equivalent work experience. They should have demonstrated training and/or experience that prepares them to study environment and health problems.

 

The workshop will be held predominantly in Chinese. Applicants will be expected to read a volume of background materials (about 250 pages) before the meeting.

 

1)      C.V.

2)      An application letter indicating your current research interests, reasons for wanting to participate in the Institute, and how you expect it to inform your future work. Please also provide the names, disciplinary backgrounds and relevant education or training of other team members, including both those who will attend the workshop and those who will not; and the names of two professional references.

3)      An outline of the proposal you want to develop through participation in the workshop (no more than 3 pages). In developing this proposal please refer to the Request for Proposals for the SSRC Collaborative Grants Program.

 

Accommodation, meals and domestic travel costs will be covered by FORHEAD for Chinese participants.    

 

Please direct any questions to forhead@forhead.org.

 

 

Please click here for Summer Institute online application; click here for Collaborative Grants online application.

 

 

 

 

As in many other countries, environmental change in China presents a growing threat to public health. There is an urgent need to develop the knowledge base on which to formulate responses to environment-related health risks, and to forge stronger links between research and policy and practice.  Although greater resources are now being committed to natural science research on the relationship between environmental change and health, informed decision-making also requires an understanding of the economic, political and social contexts in which environment-related health problems are embedded, and of the constraints and opportunities they present. This calls for greater engagement by social scientists and for bridging existing disciplinary and professional boundaries.

            The China Environment and Health Initiative (CEHI) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce the fourth round of its Collaborative Grants Program to stimulate the generation and dissemination of policy and practice-oriented social science research on environment and health in China. 

            Up to fifteen grants in the amount of $5,000-15,000 (total of $100,000) will be made to applicants located at Chinese institutions. Grants will provide supplementary funds to enable collaboration across disciplines and between research institutions and government or civil society organizations.

 

The Collaborative Grant Program has 2 application streams:

1) Through the Forum On Health Environment and Development (FORHEAD)  Summer Institute/Proposal Preparation Workshop with a draft proposal; and

2) Direct application to the Collaborative Grants Program.  Although participation in the Institute is not required, and will not guarantee proposal acceptance, applicants are encouraged to consider applying in order to strengthen their research proposals before submission.  

 

 

Please review these criteria carefully BEFORE preparing your proposal

Proposals must be:

 

Grants may be used to:

1)      integrate environment or health perspectives into research currently focused on a single domain by sharing existing data or conducting limited additional data collection;

2)      develop a new focus on environment and health within the context of ongoing research on development, whether in rural, urban, or peri-urban contexts;

3)      broaden the scope of analysis through collaboration with partners who bring additional disciplinary perspectives or international experience; or

4)      work with NGO or government partners to make existing research more accessible and useful.

 

 

Grantee workshop. Grantees will be expected to revise their initial proposals based on feedback from expert resource people. This will be organized either through a two-day grantee workshop, or through individual consultations as appropriate in light of the topics covered.  

Reporting. At the end of the grant period (August 30, 2012), grantees will be required to provide 1) a report on the findings of their project for publication on project’s web-based platforms, and 2) a short account of the challenges they faced in the process of collaboration and what they have learned. Insights from these narratives will be published on the project website as a resource for others entering the field.

Resource mapping. Grantees will map the people, institutions, and writings associated with the project topic into the online Resource Hub (ceh.resourcehub.ssrc.org) of the China Environment and Health Initiative in order to provide a review of relevant existing research on the topic.

 

Proposals may be submitted in Chinese or English.

There are 2 application streams:

1) Through the FORHEAD Summer Institute/Proposal preparation workshop with a draft proposal.

2) Direct application to the Collaborative Grants Program. 

Although participation in the Institute is not required, and will not guarantee a proposal’s acceptance, applicants are encouraged to apply in order to strengthen their research proposals before submission

Applicants should be available to answer questions about their proposals the week of August 29. Successful applicants will be announced on September 9.

Questions should be sent to forhead@forhead.org.  Please read the funding criteria above and proposal structure below carefully first. 

 

The proposal should include:

A short description of how the project will generate or disseminate research that can inform government or civil society responses to environment-related health risks.  Indicate the budget amount requested.

 

B. PROJECT DESCRIPTION (5 pages)

The narrative description of the project should address the following questions:

1.      What is the problem the project seeks to address? Who is affected by it?

2.      What are the key questions the research will address? Or if the proposal is for collaboration between researchers and NGOs or government departments, what kind of knowledge will be shared and for what purpose?

3.      Why is collaboration of different disciplines or organizations necessary to the success of the project?

4.      What is the collaborative process and who are the people involved? At what stages and in what ways will they participate?  How will their particular disciplinary or professional training contribute to the success of the project?

5.      How will this project build upon existing research and advocacy on this issue?  

6.      What data will be used and how will project staff collect or gain access to it? If the cooperation of local communities, government agencies or other actors is required, are the necessary relationships in place?

7.      How is the project innovative, for example in developing new methods or frameworks for collaboration?

8.      What will be the project outcomes?

9.      How will the success of the project be assessed?

10.  What is the broader significance of the project? What is the potential audience for the results? How will they be disseminated?

 

・         A description of the proposing and collaborating organization(s) (max. 200 words each), including mission, constituency, geographical scope of work, and annual budget.

・         The relevant knowledge, data or skills that each partner brings to the collaboration?

・         The name, institutional affiliations, research experience, and CV of the lead partners in the proposing and collaborating organizations (maximum 2 pages each).

 

 

A budget of up to $15,000 may be submitted, with itemized major expenditures.

The budget should be appropriate to the work to be conducted, and indicate:

1.      Other funding support �C amount and source, including in-kind contributions

2.      Personnel and consultant costs

Salary should generally be costed as a percentage of actual salary with the time commitment for each individual indicated as a percentage or number of months/weeks/days.  Consultancy fees for international partners will only be paid under exceptional circumstances.

3.      Fieldwork expenses (including honoraria for respondents)

Cost estimates should be provided for flights, lodging and food and other expenses.

4.      Other relevant travel

This should indicate destination and purpose of trips, which must be directly related to project activities. Reasonable travel expenses for international partners may be included.

5.      Dissemination, outreach costs

Funds will be provided only for dissemination activities directly related to the project.  Grantees will be invited to participate in program-wide dissemination activities (including the Annual FORHEAD Conference and topical seminars). The program cannot pay for the establishment of new websites but will assist in dissemination of project materials through the FORHEAD website.

6.      Administrative overhead

This item must not exceed 8% of the total budget

7.      Other

If applicants are unsure about whether other particular costs may be included they should consult with CEHI Program Staff at forhead@forhead.org. 

In the event of funding, CEHI may request adjustments to project budgets.  

 

 

Please click here for online application.