The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, including Queens College. In this new year 2024, again, ICPSR brings data users new resources.
New Scholarship
For students: NEW Data Communication Scholarship
The NEW Data Communication Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Promoting a research study from the ICPSR catalog by creating a compelling short video, students are able to compete for scholarships up to $1000. Apply by Feb. 23.
2024 ICPSR Summer Program: improving data skills with scholarships
The scholarships for 2024 ICPSR Summer Program cover one of the General Sessions, which are available online, asynchronously or live, or in person. All materials for the Sessions are available through December 31, 2024. Courses in these Sessions aim to assist data users in quickly advancing and strengthening skills in data analysis, quantitative methods, and statistics.
View the full list of scholarships. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Monday, February 26.
New Changes
Besides the new home page, ICPSR has updated its data user authentication process to assist data users in transiting from MyData to Researcher Passport.
ICPSR’s Researcher Passport helps data users take advantage of the new Research Data Ecosystem, a National Science Foundation-supported project, in support of the research lifecycle. Using Researcher Passport, Data users are able to securely and safely connect, access, store, and manipulate data.
Love Data Week: Feb. 12-16
Join Love Data Week to participate in new activities and draw on resources suitable for all levels:
- Scavenger Hunt – 9 questions with hints and answers
- Crossword Puzzles – 2 puzzles with 8 questions each
- Search and Find activity
- Material for K-6 with instructions