Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, December 22, 2006

Main Office Hours
During semester break, December 18-January 5, rooms 260 and 266 Heady will be open 7:30 am-4:00 pm with the exceptions of December 22 and December 27-29 when hours will be 7:30 am-11:30 am. All university offices will be closed December 25, 26, and January 1.
Congratulations to Our Latest Award Recipients!
Judy Strand will receive the P&S CYtation Award from President Geoffrey on January 19 for her self-initiated efforts on behalf of women in economics._x000d_
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The following employees will receive awards at the College of Agriculture Spring Convocation on January 24: _x000d_
Donna Otto, Merit Staff Award for Achievement and Service_x000d_
Chad Hart, P&S Staff Award for Achievement and Service_x000d_
Roger Ginder, Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension

New AAEA Competition for Graduate Students
The Extension Section and the Graduate Student Section of AAEA have developed a new competition for graduate students that will award a $500 first place prize and other cash awards._x000d_
Deadline: February 1, 2007_x000d_
http://www.aaea.org/sections/extension/communications/AAEA_Grad2006.pdf

2007 AAEA Annual Meeting submissions
Deadline: January 15, 2007_x000d_
Submissions Guidebook for Selected Papers, Selected Posters and Organized Symposia for the 2007 AAEA Annual Meeting_x000d_
http://www.aaea.org/2007_COS_Instruction.pdf

Homesteading Reconsidered
Lincoln, Nebraska, May 17-19, 2007_x000d_
http://www.unl.edu/plains/seminars/2007/indexsymp.html
China's Agriculture Trade: Issues and Prospects
Beijing, China, June 8-9, 2007_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/IATRC.pdf
3rd International Conference on Linking Farmers and Markets: Exploring Leading Practices to Foster Economic Growth in Rural India
New Delhi, India, March 11-15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.globalfoodchainpartnerships.org/India/
2007 Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics (SBIES)
St. Louis, Missouri, May 4-5, 2007_x000d_
Abstract deadline: March 1, 2007_x000d_
http://www.olin.wustl.edu/faculty/conferences/sbies/
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Innovation Policy and the Economy_x000d_
Proposal deadline: March 15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.nber.org/fellowships/callforprop_ipe.pdf

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity_x000d_
Proposal deadline: February 13, 2007_x000d_
http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp-HERround2.pdf
UCLA International Institute
The Global Fellows Program_x000d_
Deadline: February 15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.international.ucla.edu/globalfellows/
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Entrepreneurship Initiative Travel Grants_x000d_
Deadline: January 15, 2007_x000d_
http://www.nber.org/workinggroups/ent/Enterpren_travelgrant.pdf
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Examining the Links Between Social Stressors, Biodiversity and Human Health_x000d_
Deadline: April 19, 2007_x000d_
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_biodiversity_health.html