Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, June 27, 2008

Congratulations!
Bob Jolly and Stacey Noe received a second place award for their Ag Entrepreneurship Annual Report in the "Development Print Media Annual Reports" category at the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association meetings held recently in Hawaii.

Introduction to Learning-centered College Classrooms
Ames, Iowa, August 13-15, 2008_x000d_
Registration deadline: July 25, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/ProjectLEARN.pdf

67th International Atlantic Economic Conference
Rome, Italy, March 11-14, 2009_x000d_
Submission dates: September 15-November 1, 2008_x000d_
http://www.iaes.org/conferences/future/Rome_67/index.htm
Transition to a Bioeconomy: Environmental and Rural Development Impacts
St. Louis, Missouri, October 15-16, 2008_x000d_
Paper deadline: August 1, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EnvironandRural.pdf

National Science Foundation
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)_x000d_
Letter of intent deadline: August 19, 2008_x000d_
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08569/nsf08569.htm
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Request for pre-proposals (RFP) Summer 2008_x000d_
Deadline: August 18, 2008_x000d_
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/research/rfp/2008.html
Department of Defense
Minerva Research Initiative (MRI)_x000d_
White paper deadline: July 25, 2008_x000d_
Full proposal deadline: October 3, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/MinervaRFP.pdf

University of Minnesota
Assistant/Associate Professor, Energy Economics_x000d_
Deadline: September 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofMinnEnergyEconomics.pdf
University of Florida
Assistant/Associate Professor_x000d_
Deadline: September 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofFloridaAsstAssocProf.pdf
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Research Associate_x000d_
Deadline: July 8, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/RutgersResAssoc.pdf

Wallace Huffman
(with Greg Colson and Matt Rousu). "Consumers' Willingness to Pay for New Genetically Modified Food Products: Evidence from Experimental Auctions of Intragenic and Transgenic Foods." Presented at the 12th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), Ravello, Italy, June 12-14, 2008._x000d_
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(with Xing Fan). "The Impact of Public and Private R&D on Profit Function Choices: Evidence from Eight Midwestern States, 1960-2004." Presented at the USDA-ERS and AIEA2 International Conference, "The Economic Impact of Public Support to Agriculture," Bologna, Italy, June 19-21, 2008.