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• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Funding Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
• Papers and Presentations

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Announcements

Reception Scheduled for the AAEA Annual Meetings

The ISU reception will be held on Tuesday, July 28, from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, at the Hyatt Regency, Executive Ballroom B.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

International Journal of Services, Economics and Management

http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/IJSEMcall.pdf

The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization: The Road Ahead

Orlando, Florida, November 15-17, 2009
Abstract deadline: July 13, 2009
http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/files/energy_conference.pdf

Funding Opportunities

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Sloan Research Fellowships
Deadline: September 15, 2009
http://www.sloan.org/fellowships

Norman P. McClelland Distinguished Fellowship

Deadline: August 15, 2009
http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/normanpmcclellandfellowship

Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Sustainable Community Innovation Grants Program
Proposal deadline: October 5, 2009
http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/callpage.htm

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Request for proposals
Deadline: August 7, 2009
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=acea36f409a825882982f7b757f7062c&tab=core&_cview=0
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=972583a2565b1de11a1960dd54c5309d&tab=core&_cview=0

Job Opportunities

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Education
Deadline: August 15, 2009
http://academic.csupomona.edu/faculty/position.aspx?p_id=22

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Economist (two positions)
Deadline: July 24, 2009
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=81840878&JobTitle=Economist%2c+ZP-0110-3&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&q=NMFS-SEFSC-2009-0020&AVSDM=2009-07-06+00%3a03%3a00

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor, Applied Economics and Finance
Deadline: October 30, 2009
https://jobs.illinois.edu/default.cfm?page=job&jobID=757&returnPage=searchResults

Papers and Presentations

Mark A. Edelman

"Community Issues and the Bioeconomy Transition: Moving Independence from Imported Oil and Climate Change Up the Local Policy Agenda." Presented at "Transition to a Bioeconomy: The Role of Extension in Energy," a National Conference sponsored by Farm Foundation, USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, and the University of Arkansas,
Little Rock, Arkansas, June 30-July 1, 2009.

Sonya K. Huffman

(with T. Herzfelt, A. Oskam, and M. Rizov). "Changes in Food, Cigarettes and Alcohol Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia." Presented at the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) 3rd Annual Meeting, June 18-20, 2009, Reims, Champagne (France).

(with H. Jensen and A. Tegene). "Consumer Demand for Lowering Cholesterol through Enhanced Margarine Products." Presented at the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) 3rd Annual Meeting, June 18-20, 2009, Reims, Champagne (France).