SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Designing New Models for Explaining Family Change and Variation
- Notice Date
- 11/20/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7510
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-NICHD-2003-03
- Archive Date
- 5/20/2003
- Point of Contact
- Virginia DeSeau, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-435-6947, Fax 301-402-3676, - Charles Grewe, Deputy Chief, Contracts Management Branch, Phone 301-435-6957, Fax 301-402-3676,
- E-Mail Address
-
vd9t@nih.gov, cg59b@nih.gov
- Description
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is planning to award a contract for a program entitled, ?DESIGNING NEW MODELS FOR EXPLAINING FAMILY CHANGE AND VARIATION.? Based on a thorough interdisciplinary analysis and assessment of relevant research, theory, and scientific methods, NICHD seeks to develop a model (or models) for a coordinated research and data collection program reflecting an integrated approach to the study of family change and variation. The model research and data collection program will integrate previously disparate streams within family research, including research on fertility, marriage and cohabitation, sexual behavior, and parenting, and will have the potential to significantly advance understanding of the factors and processes that drive family change at both the individual and societal levels. The model(s) may have several components which together comprise a coordinated program of research capable of testing specific, theoretically driven hypotheses while also serving as a resource for researchers addressing a broad set of policy-relevant and scientific questions. The model(s) should have the ability to expand and contract to respond to varying funding levels, and they should complement existing data and research resources related to family and fertility. The model research and data collection program will be developed under the direction of a Principal Investigator who is a noted expert in family, fertility and research design, in conjunction with a core working group. The working group will devise and implement strategies to seek input from population and other scholars in performing reviews of research and theory, conducting original methodological and theory-development research, and shaping and refining the design for the model research and data collection program. The working group will develop a theory or set of theories to explain family change that integrate and build upon major approaches in different disciplines. The planning process and supporting research will be designed to consider theories from a wide variety of disciplines (e.g., anthropology, biology, demography, economics, family studies, policy, psychology, and sociology). It will also consider methodologies drawn from a diverse set of disciplines and assess the potential of a variety of innovative research and data collection strategies. The working group will articulate the compatibilities and contradictions across theories and formalize the theories to be tested and the research and data collection design for testing them. The working group will conduct original research, such as-meta-analytic research, qualitative studies, secondary data analyses, and methodological studies, as appropriate to review and integrate theory, review current scientific knowledge, conduct preliminary studies in un-researched areas, evaluate potential methodologies, design alternative models, evaluate models, and prioritize the models and/or component parts. The working group will make substantial use of consultants, commissioned papers, working groups, committees and sub-committees, and workshops, as appropriate, to ensure that the model program reflects relevant expertise from the broadest possible set of disciplines and research areas. The required service is defined as code 541990 under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on or before December 5, 2002 through the web site at http://FedBizOpps.gov . All responses must be submitted on or before March 10, 2003, to: Virginia A. DeSeau, Contracting Officer, NICHD, CMB, 6100 Building, suite 7A07, 6100 EXECUTIVE BLVD MSC 7510, BETHESDA MD 20892-7510 (if sending by overnight carrier, use 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, Rockville, MD 20852). Fully electronic copies will not be accepted, but portions of the proposal may be provided on disc. The reference number to be used for this announcement is: RFP NICHD-2003-03. All correspondence must cite the reference number as provided.
- Record
- SN00208016-W 20021122/021120213159 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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