Michigan’s Population Studies Center

PSC was established in 1961 and has a rich history as an interdisciplinary community of scholars in population research and training. PSC is one of five centers within the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR).

PSC receives core funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (P2CHD041028). The Population Dynamics and Health Program (PDHP) , which supports research in population health, is part of PSC.

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The Dorothy S. Thomas Award and PSC’s Legacy of Training ‘Master Craftsmen’

The Dorothy S. Thomas Award and PSC’s Legacy of Training ‘Master Craftsmen’

Dorothy Thomas’s obituarist summarized her life tightly: Her aim was “to be a master craftsman and to turn out master craftsmen,” and she succeeded in both. The legendary population scientist Dorothy Thomas (1899-1975) who was the first female professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is also the namesake of the most…

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PSC Small Grants

Private gifts are a true investment in the research and training conducted at the Population Studies Center. They are used to support graduate students, young faculty, and international scholars, and to seed small research projects.

Currently six funds have been established at PSC. Learn more about these funds— those they honor, and the work they support– or browse all PSC Small Grants awarded.