Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2007 Take Our Member Survey Frequently Asked Questions Jobs Funding Opportunities Problems with your AJPS subscription? Make sure your mailing address is current in your member profile. Click here to log in. Deadline Nears for Call for Papers and Proposals The October 17 deadline is fast approaching for the call for papers and proposals for the 2008 MPSA National Conference. Read how to use our new online submission system. First Podcast Explores Religion in U.S. Politics Does religion matter in U.S. politics? If it does, has its influence on politics changed over the years? These are among the questions that are examined in, “A Matter of Faith? The Past, Present, and Future of Religion in U.S. Politics,” a thought-provoking roundtable chaired by David Campbell, University of Notre Dame, at the 2007 MPSA National Conference, and the first in a series of podcasts presented by MPSA. Dissemination and Implementation Research: A 'Critical, but Still Emerging Area of Science' The implementation of a new OBSSR strategic prospectus that identifies increasing the "science of implementation" as a key avenue for moving behavioral and social science forward was part of the impetus for the NIH conference that drew a sold-out crowd in September. Angela Sharpe, Deputy Director for Health Policy, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), reports. Culture Change: NIH Launches Interdisciplinary Research Consortia   Continuing its efforts to lower the “artificial organizational barriers” and advance science, on September 6 the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Roadmap for Medical Research, announced that it will fund nine interdisciplinary research consortia. MPSA News is published five times a year in February, May, September, October, and December by the Midwest Political Science Association, 320 West Eighth Street, Suite 218, Bloomington, IN 47404. Telephone (812) 558-0588, FAX (812) 335-1510. MPSA News encourages submissions of articles (1,000 words or less), job listings, and member announcements (promotions and job transitions, publications, awards, and obituaries). Materials for consideration should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word or RTF format to info@mpsanet.org with the subject line “MPSA News.” MPSA News reserves the right to reject submissions that are not consonant with the purposes of the association. Copy may be condensed or rejected because of length or style. The deadlines for submissions are: •   January 15 for the February issue; •   April 15 for the May issue; •   August 15 for the September issue; •   September 15 for the October issue; and •   November 15 for the December issue. MPSA News does not accept display advertisements. (Job announcements are accepted, and there is no fee for this service.) For information about advertising in the American Journal of Political Science, click here. For information about exhibiting at the MPSA Annual National Conference or advertising in the conference program, click here. © 2007 Midwest Political Science Association, 320 West Eighth Street, Suite 320, Bloomington, Indiana 47404. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter by e-mail, please send an e-mail with the subject line "Unsubscribe" to info@mpsanet.org .