Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, October 14, 2005

Filing Cabinets Available
If you need an extra filing cabinet in your office, please contact Deb Thornburg, dlthorn@iastate.edu or 4-7395.
Kliebenstein Receives Award
Jim Kliebenstein and thirteen others received the American Society of Agricultural Engineers' ASAE Blue Ribbon Award for outstanding entry in the 2005 Educational Aids Competition.

NELD-NC, the North Central Segment of the National Extension Leadership Program
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/extleadership/inside/elders.html
IAAE 2006 Conference
Queensland, Australia, August 12-18, 2006. The closing date for submitting contributed papers: Oct. 31, 2005. http://www.octanedigital.com.au/test/hoteliers/iaae06/enews_oct05.htm
Agribusiness Seminar
Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, January 8-11, 2006._x000d_
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/agb/index.html
20th Annual Fall Outlook Conference
Global Economic Structures Impacting Business Investment and Trading, Memphis, Tennessee, November 16-17, 2005._x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/InformaFallConf2005Brochure.pdf
BIO 2006
Chicago, Illinois, April 9-12, 2006. Registration opens in November._x000d_
http://www.bio.org/events/2006/
2006 Corn Utilization & Technology Conference
Dallas, Texas, June 5-7, 2006._x000d_
http://www.corntechconf.org/
61st International Atlantic Economic Conference
Berlin, Germany, March 15-19, 2006._x000d_
http://www.iaes.org/conferences/future/berlin_61/paper_sub/index.htm

Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture requests applications for its Higher Education Challenge Grants program. Applications are due Feb. 2, 2006. Proposal submission guidelines and abstracts of recently funded projects are available online._x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/educationchallengehigheredhep.html
ISU's CIP Grants
The Council on International Programs seeks proposals for internationalization or globalization grants (up to $5,000 to be spent by June 30). Proposals are due Nov 4._x000d_
http://www.iastate.edu/~cip/Grants/Grant.html
CEEPA Visiting Fellowship
Under funding from the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), CEEPA will be implementing the first phase of a regional program to strengthen capacity building in environmental economics and policy in Africa over the next three years. One visiting international fellow will be funded annually. Please see the announcement in 260 Heady for details. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2005.
Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program
Deadline: December 2, 2005._x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1113

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Dean, Academic Programs_x000d_
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/Announcements/items/position_AcadProgr_AssocDea...
University of Florida
Assistant Professor, International Development Economist_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/Files/Universityo...
Texas State University-San Marcos
Chair, Department of Agriculture, College of Applied Arts_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/TexasStateUniversitySanMarcos.pdf
University of California, Riverside
Two tenure-track assistant professor appointments, macroeconomics and international economics_x000d_
http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/0510d/html/joe032.html
Clemson University
Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/ClemsonUniversity.pdf