Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, February 6, 2009

External Seminars and Workshops

First Egg Industry Issues Forum
Des Moines, Iowa, April 8, 2009_x000d_
Early-bird registration deadline: March 1, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EICForum.pdf
2009 BIGMAP Symposium
Food and Fuel Crops: Issues, Policies, and Regulation_x000d_
Ames, Iowa, April 21-22, 2009_x000d_
Poster abstract deadline: April 7, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/BIGMAPPoster.pdf_x000d_
http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/_repository/2009/bigmap/pdf/agenda.pdf

Conferences and Calls for Papers

18th Biennial Meeting of the Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies
New Delhi, India, June 19-20, 2009_x000d_
Proposal deadline: March 1, 2009_x000d_
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/aiefs/documents/aiefs-biennial-new-delhi-...
17th Annual Food and Agriculture Policy Conference
Washington, DC, April 15-16, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/WashConf2009.pdf
Ratio Colloquium 2009: Labour Markets at a Crossroads
Stockholm, Sweden, August 20-22, 2009_x000d_
Application deadline: March 9, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/RatioColloquium2009.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)_x000d_
Letter of intent deadline: March 23, 2009_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/specialtycropresearchinitiative.cfm_x000d_
Biomass Research and Development Initiative Competitive Grants Program (BRDI)_x000d_
Deadline: March 6, 2009_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/biomassresearchanddevelopmentinitiative.cfm
George Mason University
Mercatus Master's Fellowship_x000d_
Deadline: March 15, 2009_x000d_
http://www.mercatus.org/ContentDetails.aspx?id=20446

Job Opportunities

University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor/Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Water Resource Management_x000d_
Deadline: March 1, 2009_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UCRiverside.pdf