The Fiscal Solutions Tour is designed to help Americans think constructively about how to build a stronger economic future by meeting the challenges of unsustainable budget policies. Cutting through the usual partisan rhetoric, ideological divides and political smoke screens to focus on the positive: Where do we go from here? What key decisions need to be made in the not-too-distant future? How can reforms lead to a brighter future?

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 7 PM, Sun Room, Memorial Union

David Walker was U.S. comptroller general until 2008, one of his three presidential appointments. He then served as president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, where he worked to promote federal financial responsibility. In 2010 he became president and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative (CAI) focused on promoting and achieving specific fiscal solutions. CAI received a three-year grant from the Peterson Foundation to engage the public and promote fiscal solutions, including those outlined in Walker’s book Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility.

Robert L. Bixby is executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to fiscal responsibility. The Concord Coalition was founded in 1992 by former U.S. Senators Warren Rudman (R-NH) and the late Paul Tsongas (D-MA). Former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE) cochairs the organization. Prior to his work with the Concord Coalition, Bixby practiced law and served as the Chief Staff Attorney of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. He has a juris doctorate from George Mason University School of Law and a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Executive Vice President and Provost Betsy Hoffman will moderate the discussion.

Sponsored by: ISU Department of Economics, Economics Club, College Republicans, ISU Democrats, Committee on Lectures (funded by GSB)

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/12_afri_nifa_fellowship.pdf

Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 19, 2012

Program Areas (Fellowship Categories):

1. NIFA Predoctoral Fellowships - Letter of Intent Deadline − November 8, 2011 (5:00 p.m., ET); Application Deadline – January 19, 2012; Proposed Budget Requests – Predoctoral Fellowship applications must not exceed $75,000 total (including institutional allowance) for project periods of up to 2 years.

2. NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Letter of Intent Deadline − November 8, 2011 (5:00 p.m., ET); Application Deadline – January 19, 2012; Proposed Budget Requests – Postdoctoral Fellowship applications must not exceed $130,000 total (including institutional allowance) for project periods of up to 2 years. - Program Area Priority – NIFA Fellowships will support Research or Education Projects that address one or more of the following issues:

Projects aligned with one of the five AFRI Challenge Areas:

1. Agricultural Science for Climate Variability and Change;
2. Childhood Obesity Prevention;
3. Food Safety;
4. Food Security; and
5. Sustainable Bioenergy

Projects aligned with one of the six AFRI Foundational areas:

1. Plant health and production and plant products;
2. Animal health and production and animal products;
3. Food safety, nutrition, and health;
4. Renewable energy, natural resources, and environment;
5. Agriculture systems and technology; and
6. Agriculture economics and rural communities.