Subject: Announcing Spring D&D Grantees!
From: Mark Spranca <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:09:58 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

The D&D (Development and Dissemination) Review Committee (Anna Belova, Minki Chatterji, Jacob Klerman, Lisa LeRoy, Lauren Olsho, Laura Peck, Bill Rhodes) met in February  to review proposals for funding beginning April 2015.  They received 8 proposals.   Three were awarded full D&D grants.

Sam Dastrup (SEP):  “Neighborhood Change and New York City Public Housing Residents.”

Matthew Ranson (ENR):  “Interpreting Panel Hedonic Regression Coefficients as Willingness to Pay for Policy Interventions .”

Kamala Smith (USH):  “Examining Domestic Violence High Risk Teams: A Qualitative Assessment of this Promising Approach in Massachusetts.”

The other five proposals received Mini-D&D grants to give a presentation at JASG/Journal Author Support Group and further develop their papers and proposals for submission for the August 2015 competition with the possibility of funding to begin October 2015.

Lauren Brown (ENR):  “Including Adult Benefits for Rules Reducing Lead Exposures: The Case for Cardiovascular Mortality.”

Lindsay LeClair (SEP):  “Postpartum Visit Attendance in the Massachusetts Early lntervention Partnerships Program.”

Jenna Sirkin (USH):  “On the Road to ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Health Records: An analysis of implementation factors in federally qualified community health centers.”

Ann Speers (ENR):  “Tradeoffs, Social Norms, Status, and Pro-Environmental Behavior: Adoption of Conservation Practices by Lakefront Households.”

Susan Taylor (ENR):  “Marsh Platform Flow, Hydroperiod and Plant Productivity Associated with Living Shoreline Barrier Design).”

All eligible Abt staff (Associate and below) are strongly encouraged to begin attending JASG.  In future D&D competitions, attendance at JASG will be a consideration (potential applicants are encouraged to keep a log of when they attend JASG).

JASG meets four times a week for the presentation of papers—D&D awardees and others.  Those wishing to be added to the distribution list for JASG should contact Kathryn Niforos.  Those wishing to give a presentation at JASG, should contact Jacob Klerman.  Those receiving a “revise and resubmit” from a journal (or a rejection, with intention to submit elsewhere) are encouraged to present the comments received and to discuss how to respond and can receive a JASG Mini-Grant for doing so.  In addition, funds are available for new PhDs to attend JASG (contact Jacob Klerman to discuss).

I want to thank the Review Committee for its careful and prompt review, the DVPs and others for encouraging so many strong proposals, and our many journal authors from across the company for making publishing a priority.

Thanks,

Mark

Mark D Spranca, PhD | Vice President of Reputational Capital and Technical Leadership | Abt Associates

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