Faculty and Student Support

Faculty Support and Exchange Activities, 2007-2008

Travel support for Laura Kalambokidis to present a paper at the International Institute for Public Finance, U of Warwick, UK ($2000)

Glenn Pederson received a $10,000 micro-grant for project, "Evaluating the economic burden of diseases"

Funded Ariel Dinar's travel expenses to Minnesota to give 2 class lectures (APEC 5651 and APEC 5991) Nov. 27-28, 2007 ($663)

Funded space-reservation deposit at the McNamara Alumni Center, site for Paul Glewwe's 2009 Midwest International Economic Development Conference ($1500)

Travel funding for Bill Easter to present invited paper at the Conference on Sustainable Irrigation held in Alicente, Spain June 11-13, 2008 ($3000)

Qiuqiong Huang received a $10,000 micro-grant for project, "Water resource management in northern China" (support is for RA in analyzing survey data)

Student Support, 2007-2008

Granted Omar Da’ar financial support for living expenses while he works on an internship at the World Trade Organization June-Aug 2008 ($2500)

Travel support for Ph.D. student Eugenie Maiga to collect thesis data in Burkina Faso in June 2008 ($2975)

Travel support for Ph.D. student Kshama Harpankar to present at AEA ann conf at Royal Ag College Cirencester, UK ($700)

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Faculty Support and Exchange Activities, 2006-2007

Travel support ($1,500 each) for Vernon Eidman, Terry Hurley, Ben Senauer, Terry roe, Rodney Smith, Bill Gartner and Phil Pardey to attend the 2006 IAAE Conference in Australia

Travel support ($700) for Glenn Pederson to attend the Tropical Food Chains Conferrence at Wageningen University, Netherlands

CIFAP granted $7,000 to support a symposium on trade and agriculture held May 2007 honoring the retirement of G. Edward Schuh

QQ Huang received a $10,000 grant to support joint research with the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jeff Apland received a $10,000 grant to support a project on “A Minnesota Agricultural Sector Model for the Economic Analysis of Environmental and Energy Problems”

CIFAP supported the 10th U.S.-Italy Joint Conference on Agriculture, Trade and the Environment held in Duluth, Minnesota in August, 2006 ($30,000)

CIFAP funded the 2006 Minnesota International Economic Development Conference held at the University McNamara Alumni Center ($10,000)

Travel support for Harald von Witzke to attend IATRC in July 2006 ($500)

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Student Support, 2006-2007

Granted $600 to Ph.D. student NaiChia Li to cover data collection expenses for thesis research

Approved travel grant for Ph.D. student Rachael Dettmann to conduct research at the University of Padova, Italy ($3,300)

Granted a dissertation research travel grant to Ph.D. student Kenji Adachi for work in Japan ($2,500)

Provided funds for travel expenses for Ph.D. student Meng Zhao to present paper at the ITRAC Conference in Beijing, China ($1,200)

Gratned travel funding for data collection in China on forest tenure to Ph.D. student Haochi Zheng ($1,300)

Approved travel funding to Ph.D. student Qihui Chen to conduct survey of children and families in China ($1,420)

Travel support ($1500 each) for Ph.D. students Amy Damon and Shefali Mehta to present papers at the IAAE Conference in Australia in August 2006

Travel support for Ph.D. student Diego Bonta to conduct research in Ethiopia in August 2006 (research now in Uganda; postponed until January 2007) ($2000)

Travel support for Ph.D. student Yoshifumi Konishi to travel to Kyoto Conference, July 3-7, 2006 ($1500)

Faculty and STudent Support, 2005-2006 (pdf)

Faculty and STudent Support, 2004-2005 (pdf)

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