The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  March 19, 2010 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Friday
March 26
Barton Lipman (Boston University)
"Costly Self Control and Random Self Indulgence"
(joint with Eddie Dekel)
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Economic Theory


News and Announcements

Research Grants - Agency Financial Reporting Deadline March 31, 2010

March 31st is the fiscal year end for all federally and provincially funded programs (NSERC, SSHRCC, CRC). Please ensure that all charges (travel/expense claims, invoices, etc.) are submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. All regular payments to casual weekly employees for the week ending March 13th must be received in the Payroll Office, Room 5100, Support Services Building by 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 18th to be recorded as a March expense. Any vacation pay that you wish to pay out is also due at this time (please comply with granting agency policy re: vacation pay). For additional information, please see Karin.

Agency Financial Reporting Deadline

Professional Expense Reimbursement (PER) – Deadline March 31, 2010

Final reminder that the filing deadline for PER applications for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 for Full-Time Faculty and Part-Time Teaching Faculty is Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

Information, application forms and to verify your PER allowance

There is no carry forward. Please submit your completed PER application with original receipts to Karin.

Information on Spamtrap

Information from ITS regarding spamtrap (spamtrap.uwo.ca):

  • Messages that are considered spam and sent into the spamtrap box do NOT use up quota space.
  • Messages received outside of spamtrap, also marked spam, haven’t been included within the spamtrap box because they aren’t considered enough risk. If you have consistent e-mail messages that you want marked spam, you can add the e-mail addresses to the spamtrap using the “rules link”. Messages also may be “always allowed” or “always rejected”.
  • If you don’t want spamtrap, after logging into it from (spamtrap.uwo.ca), select preferences and choose the opt out / enable or disable buttons.

Senate Committees - Call for Applications and Nominations

The Senate Nominating Committee invites applications and nominations from members of the University community to serve on various Senate Committees.

Information on the work of Senate Committees

Information on the Senate's Nominating Cycle

The deadline for applications (via email) is April 1, 2010.

Searle Centre on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth - Research Symposiums

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth announces the following two research symposiums to be held at Northwestern University School of Law, 357 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. Research Symposium on Economics and Law of Internet Search, June 10-11, 2010 and Research Symposium on Economics and Law of the Entrepreneur, June 17-18, 2010.

European Summer Institute 2010

Prague's Centre for Public Policy announces the forthcoming European Summer Institute 2010 (ESI 2010) on the Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels that will take place July 3-10, 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic. This seven-day academic program is designed to bring together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to deepen their knowledge of the current EU politics through exchange of ideas with academics, policy practitioners and fellow students from different cultural environments. The early bird application deadline is April 30, 2010 and the final deadline is May 15, 2010.


Research Notices

SSHRC

Research Development Initiatives
Internal Deadline - March 31, 2010
Agency Deadline - April 7, 2010

*Please submit a hard copy of all research grant applications, internal and external, to Karin for review and subsequent Chair signature prior to electronically submitting your applications.

**The newly enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is now available and must be filled out by all grant applicants to obtain institutional approvals for their grant applications. Please see Karin if you need assistance.

Funding Announcements