Links to Other Resources

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research(ICPSR)website

The ICPSR is an organization of member institutions working together to:

• Acquire and preserve social science data
• Provide open and equitable access to these data
• Promote effective data use

ICPSR encourages and facilitates research and instruction in the social sciences and related areas by acquiring, developing, archiving, and disseminating data and documentation relevant to a wide spectrum of disciplines, and by conducting related instructional programs.

MIDMAC Website

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (MIDMAC), is an interdisciplinary research group that consists of thirteen scholars from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.  It was established in 1989 to study a little known period in the lifespan: middle age.

Institute on Aging

The mission of the Institute on Aging of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is to promote, through excellence in multidisciplinary research, education, and practice, the health and well-being of the rapidly-expanding aging population in our local community, state, and society at large.

MIDUS Pilot Program

Two pilot project grants will be awarded for innovative interdisciplinary research on adult health and well-being, with an emphasis on integrative approaches to understanding life course and subgroup variations in physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive functioning. All research must be based on the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) data set, or its satellite studies including the National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE) and sibling/twin subsample studies.

For information on the past pilot grant recipients and their research projects, click here or go to www.rci.rutgers.edu for other details.