NextGenPop is an undergraduate pipeline program in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scientists. It is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (R25 HD105602).
NextGenPop Fellows will study population composition and change through the lens of pressing contemporary issues, including race and income inequalities, health disparities, immigration, and family change. This June, DUPRI will host 21 fellows from 19 universities across the nation for a 2-week, in-person, on-campus summer experience. The theme will be Inequality and Health.
The NextGenPop workshop is successively hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2022), Cornell University (2023), Duke University (2024), University of California, Irvine (2025), and University of Minnesota (2026). Sites share a common core curriculum on population perspectives, research methods, and professional development. Each site also features a signature theme that reflects their cutting-edge research and expertise.