The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  June 10, 2011 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

There are no workshops scheduled for next week.


News and Announcements

Teaching Support Centre - Course on Teaching at the University Level

The Teaching Support Centre will offer a four-day comprehensive course, Teaching at the University Level, for faculty who are new to teaching, August 8-11, 2011, in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 122, The D.B. Weldon Library. Registration is restricted to full and part-time faculty members with less than five years of teaching experience.

1st RCEA Workshop in Canada - Call for Papers - Deadline Extended

Sponsored by the Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis (LCERA), the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis in Canada (RCEA-Canada) and the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Italy, the first RCEA workshop in Canada, Zero Bound on the Interest Rates and New Direction in Monetary Policy, will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, on October 7-8, 2011. The revised deadline for submission of one-age abstracts is now June 30, 2011.


Research Notices

SSHRC

SSHRC Internal Research Program - 2011 Summer Competition
SSHRC Internal Conference Travel Program - 2011 Summer Competition
Dean's Deadline:  July 4, 2011
RD&S Deadline: July 15, 2011

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Research Grant - 2011 Summer Competition
Guidelines & Applications
RD&S Deadline: July 25, 2011
Sponsor's Deadline: August 1, 2011

Messages from Research Services

SSHRC Standard Research Grant Program

Starting with the Fall 2011 Competition, the Standard Research Grants Program will be replaced by the Insight Grants Program. Official guidelines will be available June 15, 2011.

Important Dates
SSHRC Insight Program
Insight Program FAQ

NSERC Discovery Grant Program

Important Changes for Discovery Grants

*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