It is time to begin preparing for the 2024 edition of the APC Resource Guide so please consider this the official call for your Center's submission.
To help you and your staff prepare your Center's submission, below please find an outline of instructions as well as explanations of the content categories. Hopefully, this will answer most, if not all, of your questions. However, please do not hesitate to contact Francesca if you or your staff have any questions or concerns. These instructions have been emailed to both Center Directors, as well as administrators and other staff members who appear as contacts for APC business. (We recognize that each Center delegates tasks differently, and this is an effort to ensure this reaches the appropriate staff.)
NEW for 2024
- Please read all instructions below. There are a few NEW CHANGES from previous years.
- All Centers must fill out this form in its entirety (do NOT fill in "same as last year"). We are also no longer accepting Word document submissions.
- There is no word limit; however, each center is limited to two pages in the same format, which optimizes the clarity and visual appeal of the profiles and provides greater consistency across profiles (for more guidance, see the description under each section of this form). Submissions will be formatted by our Guide resource team: please submit only the information requested for each section. Each profile varies, and fit will depend on how the content is distributed across different sections. It will be our discretion to eliminate content that does not fit or conform to specifications, so please prioritize.
- The entry form allows you to move back/forward and save your progress. Links are embedded into this online form and are the color blue. If a section does not pertain to your Center, please enter "NA" in the entry field.
- The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 1. We strongly encourage people to submit their profiles earlier. This deadline is necessary to allow for the necessary lead time for our printing and meeting timelines.
- If there is a particular staff member(s) whom you would like me to include in future correspondence concerning this project, please let us know by emailing francesca@popassoc.org.
Submissions prior to the deadline will be gratefully accepted!
Instructions for Preparing Center Profiles for the 2024 APC Resource Guide
The APC Resource Guide is an important tool that communicates the value of the federal investment in Population Centers by collecting individual center profiles into one convenient, comprehensive publication. Collectively, these profiles tell the story about the breadth and depth of population research that is taking place across the country, which is essential to sustain and ultimately increase support for the federal investment in this field. The profiles also work well as stand-alone documents to be used by individual centers in outreach and communications efforts.
The following guidelines were developed following a formal review by an APC working group tasked with helping us improve on earlier editions of the Guide, to achieve a final product that is visually appealing, consistent, and "readable."