Deadline: Travel Grants for Economists from LI-LMI Countries

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The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Trust invites nominations for economists from low and lower-middle income countries to be awarded full travel grants to attend the 2015 AAEA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA July 26–28, 2015. Nominees should be professional economists who are from and residing in a low income or lower-middle income country. A complete list of qualifying countries is available here, under the headings “Low-income economies” and “Lower-middle-income economies”: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income. Or see list below.
Nominees should be working in one or more of the following fields or another closely related field of applied economics: Agribusiness Economics and Management, Agricultural economics, Economic development, Food and consumer economics, Regional Economics, or Resource and environmental economics.
Nominations should include:

1. Nominee’s name, institution, postal address, and e-mail address.
2. Nominator’s name, institution, postal address, and e-mail address.
3. Brief statement of support written by the nominator.
4. Brief statement of interest written by the nominee.
5. Proposed travel budget.
6. Paper (no longer than 20pp. double-spaced pages, including tables and figures) describing the research to be presented at the meetings

Eligible nominators include department chairs or administrators, advisors, or any AAEA member.
Nomination packages should be submitted electronically in a single PDF to Brian Mondragon Jones at bmjones@aaea.org by 5:00p.m. CST on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.
Selected applicants will be scheduled to present their research (as a paper or poster) during the meeting. Details regarding presentation will be provided after the acceptance notices are sent out.
The funds for these travel grants are provided by a grant from USDA-ERS.

Travel Grants for Economists from Low Income or Lower-Middle Income Countries

The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Trust invites nominations for economists from low and lower-middle income countries to be awarded full travel grants to attend the 2015 AAEA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA July 26–28, 2015. Nominees should be professional economists who are from and residing in a low income or lower-middle income country. A complete list of qualifying countries is available here, under the headings “Low-income economies” and “Lower-middle-income economies”: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income. Or see list below.

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Lower Middle Income Economies

Armenia Bhutan Bolivia Cameroon Cabo Verde Congo, Rep. Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guyana Honduras Indonesia India	Kiribati Kosovo   Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Lesotho Mauritania Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Moldova Mongolia Morocco Nicaragua Nigeria   Pakistan   Papua New Guinea   Paraguay Philippines Samoa	São Tomé and Principe Senegal Solomon Islands South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Timor-Leste Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep.  Zambia

Low Income Economies

Afghanistan Bangladesh Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep Eritrea Ethiopia

Gambia, The Guinea Guinea-Bisau Haiti Kenya Korea, Dem Rep. Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Myanmar

Nepal Niger Rwanda Sierra Leone Somalia  Tajikistan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zimbabwe

                             

                                                              2014 Travel Grant Recipients

• Rajib Sutradhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• Sendhil Ramadas, Directorate of Wheat Research, India
• Taiwo Ejiola Mafimisebi, Mulungushi University, Zambia
• Opeyemi Ayinde, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
• Alaba Modupe Dare, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria
• Assa Maganga, Lilongwe University, Malawi

Call for Hosts: LI-LMI Pre-Conference Workshop at Annual Meeting

Earlier this year, the AAEA Trust Committee awarded six economists from low income and lower middle income (LI-LMI) countries full travel grants to attend and present their research at the 2014 AAEA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. AAEA would like to pair each of the grant recipients with a host who will be attending the meeting to encourage networking, communication, and collaboration among a more diverse pool of professionals. The main role of the host is to attend a Pre-Conference workshop on Saturday, July 26 and help the delegate prepare for the presentation of their research in a Selected Presentation session.
Our hope is that some of the travel grant winners and their hosts will apply for the Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship program which provides funding for a mentorship relationship between an AAEA member and an economist from a low income and lower-middle income country. Eugenie Maïga, from the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) in Ghana, was a LI-LMI grant recipient last year and won the Uma Lele Fellowship this year. The ultimate goal for this workshop is to create vibrant, long-lasting networks of scholars working on current and newly emerging challenges to economic development in these regions.
If you are interested in participating or would like to nominate someone, please contact Angela Ludwig (aludwig@aaea.org) at the AAEA Business Office.
Winners of the 2014 Travel Grant for Economists from Low Income or Lower-Middle Income Countries

• Opeyemi Ayinde, from the University of Ilorin in Ilorin, Nigeria, will be presenting her paper “Analysis of Supply Response and Price Risk on Rice Production in Nigeria”
• Alaba Modupe Dare, from the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Nigeria, will be presenting her paper “Rural Households' Access, Willingness to Pay (WTP) and Factors Influencing WTP for Safe Water and Sanitation in Southwest Nigeria”
• Taiwo Ejiola Mafimisebi, from Federal University of Technology in Akure, Nigeria, will be presenting his paper “Responsiveness of Spatial Price Volatility to Increased Government Participation in Maize Grain and Maize Meal Marketing in Zambia”
• Assa Maganga, from Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Consortium (ANAMARC) in Lilongwe, Malawi, will be presenting his paper “A Food Demand System Estimation for Rural Malawi: Estimates Using Third Integrated Household Survey Data”
• Sendhil Ramadas, from the Directorate of Wheat Research in Haryana, India, will be presenting his paper “Performance and Relevance of Wheat Futures Market in India - An Exploratory Analysis”
• Rajib Sutradhar, from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, will be presenting his paper “Procurement of Fresh Produce by Modern Marketing Channels and their Impact on Farming Household-Evidence from India”

Call for Applications: AARES-AAEA Young Professionals Exchange Award

Applications are now invited for the 2014 Heading North award.

The Australian Agricultural andResource Economics Society (AARES) and the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) through the AAEA Trust will jointly offer this travel award to members of AARES or AAEA normally resident in Australia or New Zealand.  Applicants for the award must be a member of AAEA to be eligible to participate in their conference.

The objective of the award is to provide the winner with an opportunity for professional and personal development and international professional and cultural exchange.  The award will have a value of US $3,000.00 to be used to assist the winner to participate in the 2014 Annual Meeting of AAEA to be held in Minneapolis from 27-29, July 2014.  Applicants for the award must be a member of either AARES or AAEA.

Selection Process

The 2014 Heading North selection committee will be chaired by the President-Elect of AARES (Ross Cullen).

Applications should include:

• a paper for presentation at the AAEA 2014 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, for which the applicant is the sole or first author and which represents their original and unpublished work,
• a one-page biographical statement, and
• a one-page statement in support of their application, indicating what they would hope to accomplish through the award, why they would be deserving of the award, and confirming that they would be unable to attend the conference without this financial support.

Submission Deadlines and Details

Friday, 1 March 2014 (for travel in July 2014)

Electronic submissions (in PDF form) for this award must be emailed to Annie Hurst at office@aares.org.au by the due date.

Travel Grants Available for AAEA Annual Meeting

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Travel Grants Available for Economists from Less Developed Countries

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