Statistics, Data Sets, and Measures (16)

• Statistics Camps at KU
  The University of Kansas Summer Institutes (aka “Stats Camps”) are presented by the Quantitative Training Program of the Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis.
• Sociometric Collection and Analysis (SCAN)
  SCAN is a patent-pending, comprehensive data collection and assessment tool for sociometric research. It streamlines data entry, removes opportunities for errors, and automatically produces graphical reports and analyses.
• Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity
  Scoring instructions for the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity.
• International Personality Item Pool
  This website is intended to provide rapid access to measures of individual differences, all in the public domain, to be developed conjointly among scientists worldwide.
• Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
  PROMIS, funded by the NIH, is a system of highly reliable, valid, flexible, precise, and responsive assessment tools that measure patient–reported health status.
• Evidence-based Assessment Resources
  Lists and links for standardized measures for APA's Division of Pediatric Psychology.
• GEM: Grid-Enabled Measures Database
  A database of social science measures that allows researchers to share harmonized data.
• United Nations Statistics Division
  This website provides data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, environment and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources.
• Bureau of the Census
  The leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections - Datasets
  Research Connections offers research data suitable for further analysis and statistical results generated from public sources. To make use of this data, you'll need statistical software and a good understanding of statistical methodology.
• Council of European Social Science Data Archives
  CESSDA is an umbrella organization for social science data archives across Europe.
• Harvard-MIT Data Center
  HMDC offers advanced computing facilities and infrastructure, including research computing tools, cluster computing power, application and server hosting, and on-site computer labs. HMDC also offers statistical workshops/classes, as well as desktop support.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.
• National Center for Health Statistics
  This website is a rich source of information about America's health. NCHS compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve people's health.
• Newcastle Cognition Laboratory Data Repository
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Data Centre
  The Data Centre contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication.

Career Development and Training (22)

• Research Mentor Training
  This University of Wisconsin-Madison website is geared toward research mentors for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral researchers. The materials – including pre-made and build-your-own workshops – can be used to help research mentors apply a reflective approach to mentoring and to discuss mentoring approaches with their colleagues.
• Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals
  The Psych Training Center fosters the professional development of students and professionals in the mental health field by connecting them with high-quality training opportunities across the country.
• Career Development Institute (CDI) for Bipolar Disorder
  The CDI for Bipolar Disorder is a 3-day intensive institute for junior investigators interested in a research career, with continuing communication with mentors and peers.
• Career Development Institute (CDI) for Psychiatry
  The CDI for Psychiatry is a 4-day intensive institute for junior investigators interested in a research career, with continuing communication with mentors and peers.
• NYU Child Study Center
  NYU Child Study Center for advanced training in child and adolescent mental health.
• Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative
• Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative
• MIT OpenCourseWare
• NIH Videocasts and Podcasts
• Tufts OpenCourseWare: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services
  CHIPS is a dynamic interdisciplinary training consortium for early career scientists pursuing research careers in the areas of intervention, prevention, and the provision of services for children and adolescents. CHIPS is funded through NIMH.
• National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse
  The National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse is dedicated to furthering interdisciplinary translational research on drug abuse and fostering the development of Hispanic scientists in drug abuse research. They offer an annual research training institute and conference.
• MentorNet
  Web-based e-mentoring program that matches students, postdocs, and early career researchers in engineering and science to mentors in the professions for one-on-one guided relationships. Recognized by a U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering Mentoring and the Cisco Grand Prize for Educational Technology, as well as grants from prestigious funders such as the National Science Foundation.
• NIH Career Award Wizard
  Which NIH K-award is best for you? This interactive tool can help you figure that out.
• CDIP Community Commons at California State University
  Collection of resources to support development of potential future faculty. Designed for CSU faculty, but much of the content is universally applicable.
• NIH Career Development Videocasts
  Videocasts of NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education career development events on topics such as communication, grant writing, and science skills.
• ResearchRaven
  Site designed to advance health research, program development, and scholarship by enabling users to efficiently find current information about funding opportunities, professional conferences, calls for papers, and other research-related materials.
• NIH CSR Early Career Reviewer Program
  The ECR Program enables up-and-coming researchers to learn about the peer review process, write critiques, score applications, and participate in the review discussions, preparing them to become full-fledged reviewers later in their careers.
• NIMH Research Training, Career Development, and Related Programs
• Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers
• Interlink
  Training dissemination and website development services. Interlink is a collection of innovative, professional, web-based technologies and services specifically designed to support academic and research collaboration.
• Graduate Programs in Clinical and Translational Research
  The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences offers fully online 18- and 21-credit graduate certificates and a Master of Science in Health Sciences (MSHS) in Clinical and Translational Research to develop clinical and translational research capabilities of research professionals, junior faculty, and scientists.

Research Tools (8)

• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections - Understanding Research
  Guidance on how to evaluate the quality of social science and policy research and information about data collection methods commonly used in child care policy and other social science research.
• VA Health Services Research and Development
  The VA HSR&D pursues research that underscores all aspects of VA healthcare: patient care, care delivery, health outcomes, cost, and quality.
• Surveier
  Online research survey system designed by researchers for researchers.
• Research Toolkit
  Online library of resources to facilitate multi-site collaborations for health research. Topics include developing proposals, starting up a study, disseminating research, and more.
• Team Science Toolkit (National Cancer Institute)
  User-generated collection of information and resources that support the practice and study of team science.
• TeamScience.net
  Online learning tool to enhance skills needed to perform cross-disciplinary, team-based biomedical research. Includes four online learning modules on team science.
• Digital Anthology of Behavioral and Social Science Research Methods
  Interactive textbook with authoritative answers to methodological questions on behavioral and social science research.
• Working Together: A Guide to Collaborative Research in HIV Prevention
  Published by the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UC-San Francisco, this manual was created to encourage and support community collaborative research.

Clinical Trials (3)

• Clinical Trials - NIH
• The Cochrane Collaboration
  Systematic reviews of clinical trials and other intervention studies around the world relating to healthcare.
• NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN)
  The CTN provides an enterprise in which the National Institute on Drug Abuse, treatment researchers, and community-based service providers cooperatively develop, validate, refine, and deliver new treatment options to patients in community-level clinical practice.

Funding (13)

• ResearchRaven
  Site designed to advance health research, program development, and scholarship by enabling users to efficiently find current information about funding opportunities, professional conferences, calls for papers, and other research-related materials.
• NIH Center for Scientific Review
  The CSR receives all research grant applications sent to NIH and handles the review of more than 70% of those applications. Their mission is to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews.
• All About Grants Podcasts
  NIH staff members provide valuable insights on diverse grant topics. Designed for investigators, fellows, students, and research administrators. In MP3 format and updated every other week. Transcripts are also provided.
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
  The SSRC, a nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of social science research and scholarship, is an international resource for interdisciplinary, innovative public social science.
• GrantCraft - Ford Foundation
  Practical wisdom for grantmakers.
• NIH Peer Review Revealed video
  A series of videos produced by the Center for Scientific Review to provide an inside look at how scientists from across the country review NIH grant applications for scientific and technical merit.
• NIH RePORTER
  Reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities.
• NIH Mechanisms
• NIMH Research Training, Career Development, and Related Programs
• Presentations by Anthony Coelho, PhD, on peer review and grantwriting
• RAISE Project
  A list of national awards for women scientists. The RAISE project is a campaign to increase the status of professional women through enhanced recognition of their achievements in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics.
• William T. Grant Foundation
  The Foundation supports empirical studies designed to improve youth settings and increase understanding of how those settings work. They are also focused on understanding how research evidence is used to influence policy and practice that affect youth.

Ethics (3)

• ethicsresearch.com
  Clinical, forensics, and ethics resources.
• NSF's Conflicts of Interest and Standards of Ethical Conduct
• Office of Research Integrity's Forensic Tools
  Forensic tools for quick examination of scientific images and plagiarism.

Conferences and Events (14)

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Meetings and Online CME
• ResearchRaven
  Site designed to advance health research, program development, and scholarship by enabling users to efficiently find current information about funding opportunities, professional conferences, calls for papers, and other research-related materials.
• Science of Team Science Conference
• Gene and Immunotherapy Conference - Vietnam
• American Psychological Association - Events
• National Institute of Mental Health - Scientific Meetings
• National Institute of Nursing Research - Events
• New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) - Scientific Meetings
• NIH Videocasting and Podcasting - Events
• OBSSR Summer Institute on RCTs
• Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health - Annual Conference
• Society for Prevention Research - Annual Meeting
• Society for Research on Adolescence - Biennial Meeting
• Society for Social Work and Research - Annual Conference

Research Centers and Networks (14)

• Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
  The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-Chapel Hill seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services.
• Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
  The Center provides infrastructure support to almost 70 research and training grants and over 50 affiliated scientists.
• National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse
  The National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse is dedicated to furthering interdisciplinary translational research on drug abuse and fostering the development of Hispanic scientists in drug abuse research. They offer an annual research training institute and conference.
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), San Francisco
  The mission of the CAPS is to conduct research to prevent new HIV infections, improve health outcomes among those infected, and reduce disparities.
• Center for Child and Family Policy
  Housed at Duke University, the Center for Child and Family Policy bridges the gap between research and public policy to improve the lives of children and families.
• Center for Developmental Science (CDS)
  Housed at UNC-Chapel Hill, the CDS is an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary center that serves as a catalyst for scholarship by providing a cooperative mechanism for research and training applications and initiatives.
• UGA Center for Family Research
  Housed at at the University of Georgia, the Center for Family Research is a behavioral science research center whose research is guided by a concern for the difficulties faced by African American families living in the rural South.
• Child & Adolescent Services Research Center
  The mission of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center is to improve publicly funded mental health service delivery and quality of treatment for children and adolescents who have or are at high risk for the development of mental health problems or disorders.
• Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC)
  The MIRECC were established by Congress with the goal of researching the causes and treatments of mental disorders and using education to put new knowledge into routine clinical practice in the VA.
• National Implementation Research Network (NIRN)
  The mission of the NIRN is to close the gap between science and service by improving the science and practice of implementation in relation to evidence-based programs and practices.
• Oregon Social Learning Center
  The Oregon Social Learning Center is a collaborative, multidisciplinary center dedicated to increasing the scientific understanding of social and psychological processes related to healthy development and family functioning and applying that understanding to the design and evaluation of interventions that strengthen children, adolescents, families, and communities.
• Prevention Research Center (PRC) - Berkeley, CA
  PRC's focus is on conducting research to better understand the social and physical environments that influence individual behavior that leads to alcohol and drug misuse. It is one of 16 centers sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
• Program in Child Affective and Anxiety Disorders (PCAAD)
  PCAAD's mission is to provide the highest level of expert clinical care to children and adolescents suffering from a variety of anxiety and affective (mood) disorders and to work as researchers with other sites around the country to expand what is known about the causes, diagnoses, and treatments for these disorders.
• Yale Child Study Center
  The mission of the Yale Child Study Center is to understand child development, social, behavioral, and emotional adjustment, and psychiatric disorders and to help children and families in need of care.

Publications and Journals (30)

• Psychological Medicine
• Archives of General Psychiatry
• The Consort Group
  Guidelines for standardized reporting of RCTs
• PubMed
  PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
• To Your Health: How to Understand What Research Tells Us about Risk
  Published by Helena Kraemer, Karen Kraemer Lowe, & David Kupfer.
• BioMedSearch
  BioMedSearch contains PubMed documents, plus other journals and a collection of theses and dissertations.
• International Social Science Journal
• Journal of Community Psychology
• Applied Psychological Measurement
• American Journal of Psychiatry
• Development & Psychopathology
• International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
• American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
• Annual Review of Psychology
• APA Journals
• Archives of General Psychiatry
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Child Development
• Depression and Anxiety
• International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• Journal of the American Medical Association
• Journal of Applied Social Psychology
• Journal of Attention Disorders
• Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
• Journal of Pediatric Psychology
• Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Psychological Medicine
• Research on Social Work Practice

Editor's Picks (6)

• Interlink
  Training dissemination and website development services. Interlink is a collection of innovative, professional, web-based technologies and services specifically designed to support academic and research collaboration.
• Surveier
  Online research survey system designed by researchers for researchers.
• Methodspace
  This site is an online network for researchers engaged in research methods. It provides a forum for students and researchers to network and share research and resources. Registered users get free access to selected journal articles, book chapters, and more. Created and maintained by SAGE.
• Beyond Scientific Publication: Strategies for Disseminating Research Findings (PDF)
  Publication by the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE). Includes guidance on developing a dissemination plan, general writing guidelines, a dissemination checklist, and more.
• Creative Commons - Science
• Scout Report
  Published every Friday both on the web and by email, the Scout Report provides a way to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet. Professional librarians and subject matter experts select, research, and annotate each resource.

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