Statement from ICPSR Director Margaret Levenstein

January 15, 2018

ICPSR is strongly committed to an inclusive Summer Program that encourages learning and professional collaboration. The Summer Program has trained generations of diverse social scientists. I am extremely proud of the positive contributions the Summer Program has made to the careers of thousands of female social scientists. Behavior that undermines the participation and growth of women, people of color, or other marginalized or underrepresented groups undermines scholarly research and intellectual exchange, and will not be tolerated by ICPSR and its Summer Program. ICPSR is committed to the highest standards of professional conduct and to due process and fairness to individuals.

Sincerely,

Margaret C. Levenstein

Director, ICPSR

Letter from the Summer Program Director

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2019 ICPSR SUMMER PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN!

The 2019 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research is offering over 80 courses on a broad range of methodologies and techniques that are relevant for research in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. 

Courses in the 2019 ICPSR Summer Program are broken down into two formats: Those offered during the four-week sessions and those offered as short workshops. 

Four-week Sessions. We will offer two four-week sessions in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the University of Michigan campus. The first four-week session runs from June 24 to July 19, 2019; the second four-week session from July 22 to August 16, 2019. Participants can register for one or both of these sessions. Registration in a four-week session enables you to take any of the workshops and lectures offered during that session. These courses provide introductory, intermediate, and advanced instruction in almost every area of methodology. Our workshops range from those covering basic skills (e.g., "Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis") to those focused on cutting-edge topics (e.g., "Advanced Bayesian Modeling"), with plenty of others in between (e.g., "Regression Analysis II: Linear Models," "Network Analysis," and "Time Series Analysis."). This summer, we are once again running two-week workshops on "Network Analysis I" and "Regression Analysis I" along with two new workshops on "Machine Learning" and "Race, Ethnicity, and Quantitative Methodology II" in the four-week sessions. And, we are now offering computing lectures on Python in addition to R, Stata, SPSS, and SAS. There are also special lectures open to all four-week participants that cover various analytical tools, professional socialization topics, and methodological issues of race, ethnicity, and gender. 

Short Workshops. The 2019 Summer Program will also offer over 40 stand-alone two- to five-day workshops. These are intensive sessions held in Ann Arbor, MI, and numerous other locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The short workshops start in early May and run through most of August. The short workshops are further subdivided into two sets: Statistical workshops and substantive workshops. This summer, the short statistical workshops will cover a broad range of quantitative and qualitative topics, including Bayesian analysis, network analysis, machine learning techniques, structural equation models, hierarchical models, longitudinal analysis, process tracing, qualitative comparative analysis, and mixed methods.  The short substantive workshops in 2019 will cover topics like the "Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Data User Workshop" and "The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Data User Workshop."

Please check out the 2019 ICPSR Summer Program schedule for a complete listing of this year’s courses in both the four-week sessions and the short workshops. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list for updates about the 2019 Summer Program, send an email to sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu. We also invite you to watch this recorded webinar describing the Summer Program experience. 

We know you will find the ICPSR Summer Program to be a rewarding experience, providing unparalleled methodological training in a one-of-a-kind professional instructional environment.  

We hope you will join us this summer! 

Sincerely,

Saundra K. Schneider

Director, ICPSR Summer Program

Registration is now open for the 2019 Summer Program!

Visit our Registration page for instructions on how to register for all 2019 ICPSR Summer Program courses.

This summer we're offering more than 80 courses! Check out our complete schedule. 

Unfamiliar with the Summer Program? We invite you to watch a recording of the webinar, "An Overview of the 2019 ICPSR Summer Program," in which we discuss our courses, scholarships, registration, and other topics.

We hope you'll join us this summer!

Scholarships

ICPSR and other organizations offer lots of scholarships to support attendance in the 2019 Summer Program.

In order to apply for an ICPSR scholarship, you must fill out the application form and submit all required materials through our online application manager. Additionally, all scholarship applicants must register through our portal for the courses that they would like the scholarship to cover.

Please refer to our scholarships page for a complete list of funding opportunities and application deadlines.

Diversity Initiative receives Gates Foundation grant

We're delighted to announce that we've been awarded a generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will help us expand our Diversity Initiative Scholarships in 2019.

The Gates Foundation award will provide $148,500 in funds to help incoming and returning graduate students from underrepresented groups enhance their methodological skills in our 2019 four-week sessions, with the aim of increasing the likelihood of their academic success as they pursue careers in the social and behavioral sciences.

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We will begin accepting applications for the Diversity Initiative Scholarships in early February 2019. Please refer to our Financial Support page for more information about how to apply.