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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Folks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Again, from David Lipten, a Dissertation Fellowship opportunity from CRR re retirement and disability.  See below.  Best, Neil<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Institute for Successful Longevity<a href="http:// www.isl.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue"> www.isl.fsu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Psychology, Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:charness@psy.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">charness@psy.fsu.edu</span></a>; <a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> David Lipten <dlipten@foundation.fsu.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 10, 2020 9:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Neil Charness <charness@psy.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Dissertation Fellowship Program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Neil,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi again. Here’s something else from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. It’s not something that would run through me. But, I thought it might be helpful and worth sharing:
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement or disability research.  The program is funded by
 the U.S. Social Security Administration and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement or disability issues. Research
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RDRC-Focal-Areas-for-FY2021-1.pdf__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhMHD5z4Fg$">
<span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">focal areas</span></a> include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#343434"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Trends in disability;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Determining disability;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Requirements of work in the modern economy;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Informing long-term projections and models;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Improving communication and outreach;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">State and local pensions for non-covered workers;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Modernizing totalization agreements;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Economic security of SSA beneficiaries;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Work-activity retention of disabled beneficiaries with overpayments; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#343434">Improving service delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">Fellowship Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">Up to three $28,000 fellowships are awarded to doctoral candidates enrolled in an accredited program at a U.S. university. Grant recipients may be required to present their work to
 the Social Security Administration in Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">“Virtual Office Hours” Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">The CRR offers the opportunity for potential applicants to ask questions about topics, datasets, and research design. The goal of this service is to strengthen the quality of the applications
 and ensure that proposals closely align with the U.S. Social Security Administration’s research
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RDRC-Focal-Areas-for-FY2021-1.pdf__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhMHD5z4Fg$">
<span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">focal areas</span></a>. Please contact CRR Senior Economist
<a href="mailto:wettsteg@bc.edu"><span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">Gal Wettstein</span></a> during the month of November to take advantage of this service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">Submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">The deadline for the 2021 Dissertation Fellowship Program is January 31, 2021. Download the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2021-Dissertation-Guidelines.pdf__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhM9Wn_kyY$"><span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">proposal
 guidelines</span></a> and the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2021-Dissertation-committee-form.docx__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhMB_tAClA$">
<span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">dissertation committee chair form</span></a>. Review sample proposals that received awards:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/1980/12/Sample-Dissertation-Fellowship-Proposal_1.pdf__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhMtx_vo-E$">
<span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">Sample 1</span></a>, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/1980/12/Sample-Dissertation-Fellowship-Proposal_2.pdf__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhMX8O2jQ4$">
<span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">Sample 2</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#343434">Please contact Marina Tsiknis with any questions about the Dissertation Fellowship Program at 617-552-1092 or <a href="mailto:tsiknis@bc.edu"><span style="color:#42B4D2;text-decoration:none">tsiknis@bc.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2021-Dissertation-Guidelines.pdf__;!!PhOWcWs!kI2ra3yrr0Pde-qiq0J-UyIQRlxGe5gd4iKVEWfzu9CpiielyM2cPHUSzqhM9Wn_kyY$">https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2021-Dissertation-Guidelines.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this is helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">David Lipten, Ph.D.<br>
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Florida State University Foundation<br>
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