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Missouri Valley Economic Association
(www.mvea.net) Call for Papers &
Proposals--The 44th Annual Meeting will be held October 25-
27, 2007 at the Marriott Country Club Plaza Kansas City, MO. For more
information, click
here.
The Graduate Student Professional and
Personal Development Collaborative website is now available online,
a comprehensive source for information about graduate student resources,
events, and funding opportunities. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/gsppd/index.html
Graduate Student Publications are available
online at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/graduateprogram/publications
This year the council of Economics
Graduate Students (CEGS) has elected to use $1,500 of its budget to
support the research expenses of its members. Recently there was a
call for proposals for this program. These submissions were evaluated,
and these are the results of the competition: Robert
Hammond has been awarded a research fund of $800, to defray expenses
associated with his project entitled “An Experimental Investigation
of Pricing in Auction and Posted-Price Markets”. Tamara Trafton
has been awarded $700 for her project entitled “What are the
Effects of Allowing Choice in Charitable Giving?” Congratulations
to both of our winners.
Graduate Students on
the Job Market: Congratulations to graduate students
Tomas Cvrcek, who has accepted a Tenure-track assistant professor
position at Clemson University and Jong Hun Kim,
who accepted a Tenure-track, assistant professor position at Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology.
The winner of the "Rendigs
Fels Award for Graduate Excellence" for the academic
year of 2006-07 is Ali-Sina Onder. The award is presented
annually by Emeritus Professor Rendig Fels, at a banquet held by the
Economics Department with the staff, faculty, graduate students and
teaching assistants all in attendance. Congratulations Tamara! Click
here to see a list of past recipients.
Rosa Ferrer is the recipient of the Household
International Best Research Paper Award in AY 2006-2007.
This award carries a monetary prize of $250 and an engraving on a
plaque to be placed in the Economics lounge. Congratulations, Rosa.
Keep up the good work.
Robert
Hammond, Valeska Groenert, and Demet Ulker are the recipients of the 2007 Summer Research Awards from the College of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations to Robert, Valeska, and Demet! Have a productive summer!”
Rosa Ferrer is the recipient of the Kirk Dornbush Research Assistantships for the 2007-2008 academic year. The award is funded through a generous endowment contributed by Mr. Kirk Dornbush, a Vanderbilt Alum and former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Osayi Ovbiosa-Akinbosoye, Katharine Livingston and Suman Seth are this year's winner of
the Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grant.
Upcoming Conferences
TBA
Other Links to Upcoming Conferences:
Resources for Economists’ Future
Conferences page: http://rfe.wustl.edu/Conferences/Fut_Conf/index.html
Conferences with Econometric Interest:
http://www.feweb.vu.nl/econometriclinks/#conferences
Grant and Fellowship
Application Deadlines
The Center for the Americas is offering a limited number of Graduate
Fellowships to Vanderbilt doctoral students whose interests are interdisciplinary
and comparative. The application announcement can be found at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/graduateprogram/documents/CFAFellowship.pdf.
Spring 2007 Competition for Dissertation
Enhancement Grants The Graduate School is having its fall competition
for these grants. To apply you should submit your application to the
Director of Graduate Studies by the deadline, Friday, February 16,
2007, 4:00 p.m. If you have passed or will have passed your thesis
proposal (the Ph.D. qualifying examination) by the deadline, you are
eligible for consideration for the grants. The Grant information is
available here: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/graduateprogram/documents/Dissertation-Enhancement-Application-Spring-2007.pdf
Travel Grant sponsored by Graduate
Student Council: $2,000 to be given away; split by semester: Eight
$250 grants, keep it to 4 per semester. Rolling application process
until they are filled, by May 15th. Application and details will be
available soon on the GSC website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gsc/grants.html
Graduate School’s Travel Grant
for conference presenters. The maximum award is $500/yr for domestic
travel and $1,000/2yrs for an international meeting. Apply at least
two weeks before planned travel. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/graduateprogram/documents/request_for_travel.pdf
Brookings Institution Research Fellowships
in Economic Studies, Foreign Policy Studies, or Governmental Studies:
$20,500; 1 year; candidates are nominated by a graduate department.
Nominations must have been received by December 15, 2004. Completed
applications from nominees are due by February 15, 2005. www.brook.edu/admin/fellowships.htm
National Science Foundation Grants
for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research: in the Directorate for
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences and in the Directorate for
Biological Sciences; Ph.D. students enrolled at institutions; up to
24 months; open, allow up to 6 months for normal processing. Target
deadlines for fellowships are August 15, 2005 and January 15, 2006
and must be submitted through Vanderbilt's Office of Sponsored Research.
www.nsf.gov
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
for Research Related to Education. No citizenship requirement, but
doctorate must be sought at a university; $20,000 over a period of
one-two years; deadline is October 27. www.spencer.org
Visit the following link for other
dissertation fellowships:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/prospective_students/fees_and_financial_support/index.html
Visit the following link for Professor
Crucini's student guide to grant writing.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/graduateprogram/documents/phd-grants.pdf
Department of
Economics, Research Awards/Support Programs
1. Kirk
Dornbush Research Assistantship
2. The
Noel Dissertation Fellowship
3. The
Household International Research Support Program
4. Kirk
Dornbush Summer Research Grants
5. The
Household International Best Research Paper Award
6. The
Summer Research Awards Program in Arts & Science, 2008
7. Social
Science Dissertation Fellowships, 2008-2009
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