April 2018 Issue 9
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AAEA News 2018 AAEA Election Candidates for President-Elect In order to participate in the 2018 AAEA Executive Board Election and AAEA Section Elections, you must join AAEA by May 5, 2018. Log into your AAEA "My Account." The Election will close May 15, 2018. |
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Renew Your AAEA Membership for 2018 You can renew your AAEA membership for 2018 on the AAEA website. Simply log in to the “My Account” section to renew. Completing your renewal online saves you time by filling out most of the information for you automatically. The benefits of your AAEA membership only last through the spring of 2018, so be sure to renew soon to ensure that you keep receiving services from AAEA throughout the upcoming year. You will need to be a current AAEA member in order to vote in the Executive Board Election, which runs April 15-May 15. Call for Applications The AAEA Trust seeks applications for Early Career Professional and Graduate Student Travel Grants. These grants defray housing and transportation costs associated with attending the 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on August 5-7. The amount of the travel grant awarded will depend on the number of applications received. The deadline for submission is May 23, 2018. To apply, please visit https://aaea.execinc.com/edibo/TravelGrants2018App. Call for Applications The AAEA Trust seeks applications for AAEA Annual Meeting International Travel Grants. These grants defray housing and transportation costs associated with attending the 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on August 5-7. The amount of the travel grant awarded will depend on the number of applications received. The funds for these travel grants are provided by a grant from USDA-ERS. The deadline for submission is May 23, 2018. To apply, please visit https://aaea.execinc.com/edibo/TravelGrants2018App. AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2019 ASSA Annual Meeting President-Elect David Zilberman is soliciting proposals and suggestions for AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2019 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, January 4-6, 2019. The objective of AAEA sessions at the ASSA Annual Meeting is to share new knowledge of interest to economists. The AAEA encourages sessions that will draw widely from ASSA attendees, including sessions jointly sponsored with other ASSA member associations. Please send proposals by May 31, 2018, in Word or PDF format to Mary Annen at mannen@aaea.org. 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting Post-conference Workshop: August 8, 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park Workshop Description: AAEA has engaged the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology to conduct a communications workshop for our members. This four hour workshop will be divided into two parts. The first part, termed Science Communication Fundamentals, focuses on the core components of successful public engagement. Participants are introduced to the AAAS public engagement framework, a guide they can apply to all kinds of interactions. Participants also learn how to identify a public engagement goal, determine the relevant audience, craft tailored messages to achieve their goal and rehearse their engagement scenario. This workshop includes both facilitator presentations and attendee exercises. 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting: On behalf of the Undergraduate Student Section of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, we cordially invite you and your students to attend and participate in the 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., August 5- 7. Our section offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities for undergraduate students of agricultural and applied economics:
2018 AAEA Annual Meeting The AEM/Graduate Student Section Case Study Competition allows graduate students to test their communication skills and their ability to apply their knowledge of agricultural economics and agribusiness subjects to practical situations. Students competing in the competition will receive a copy of the case study at least two weeks in advance of the AAEA annual meetings. 2018 AAEA Employment Center and Job Fair Registration is now open for the 2018 Employment Center taking place August 5-7, during the 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. New this year, AAEA will be hosting a job fair on Sunday, August 5, 2018. This one-day event will take place in the Employment Center from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. This is a great opportunity for employers to connect with potential candidates. For more information, please visit the online Employment Center. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Sarah Kenner. We hope to see you in D.C.! 2018 AAEA Annual Meeting: The Extension and Graduate Student Sections of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association announce a competition for graduate students for 2018. This competition, sponsored jointly by the Extension Section and the Graduate Student Section, provides graduate student competitors the opportunity to develop extension and outreach programs from their research. The development of education materials and presentations suitable for a general public audience is expected. Other News NBER Call for Proposals: The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is planning a project, supported by the Economic Research Service, on “Research and Innovation in Agriculture.” The project will be led by NBER Research Associate Petra Moser of New York University, and will explore the role of public and private sector support for agricultural R&D, the effect of different institutional structures (such as business-university partnerships) on the conduct and impact of R&D, differences in R&D spending and outcomes across countries, differences in intellectual property rights, as well as other factors that encourage the adoption of promising new agricultural technologies and crops. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research Guest Editor: Chennat Gopalakrishnan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Please prepare your papers in accordance with the guidelines posted at http://www.editorialmanager.com/jnrpr under “Instructions for Authors.” Inquiries may be directed to the Editor-in-Chief at: jnrpr@press.psu.edu. Deadline: May 1, 2018 |
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