International Update

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A newsletter from International Agriculture Programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University

104 Curtiss Hall PHONE: (515) 294-8454 FAX: (515) 294-9477
Email: iap@iastate.edu URL: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/international/

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May-June, 2000

Funding Opportunities
National Research Council: Twinning Programs 2001-2002 Supporting Scientific Collaboration with Ukraine. Deadline is October 1, 2000. Please contact Elena Polouchkina (4-8493) for RFP copy.

National Science Foundation: COBASE project development and Initiation Grants for Collaborative Research with Central/Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States support American specialists who wish to host and/or visit their CEE or NIS colleagues in order to initiate research projects and prepare collaborative research proposals for submission to NSF. Postmark deadlines: August 28, 2000; January 8, 2001. Application forms and instructions: http://www.nationalacademies.org/oia

IREX is seeking proposals for short-term travel grants providing support to U.S. scholars for visits of up to 2 months to conduct postdoctoral research, present papers at conferences, or consult with colleagues in countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Iran and Turkey. IREX website: http://www.irex.org/programs/stg/index.htm

Ag Study Abroad Update
There are more than 100 students traveling on College of Agriculture programs this summer.

Travel Courses - Summer, 2000:

• Argentina, Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Products, 15 students, Sergio Lence
• Mexico, Introduction to Tropical Forest Ecology, 5 students, Patricia Negreros-Castillo
• China, Sponsored by Cargill, 21 students, Lynn Jones and Al Hasselman
• England, Horticulture of England, 26 students, William Graves, Jeff Iles and Cindy Haynes
• Ireland, Agriculture and Rural Development in Ireland, 11 students, Paul Lasley and Melea Reicks

Internships - Summer, 2000:

• Argentina: 2 ISU students to Argentina; 4 Argentinean students to ISU
• Spain: 5 ISU students to Lleida, Spain; 5 Spanish students to ISU
• Mexico: 2 ISU students to Mexico; 3 Mexican students to ISU
• Costa Rica: 2 ISU students to EARTH in Costa Rica
• Panama: 7 ISU students
• Germany: 4 ISU students
• Greece: 4 ISU students
• Ghana: 1 ISU student
• Australia: 1 ISU student
• Thailand: 1 ISU student

Award
Alienor Gilchrist, a senior in Microbiology, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Grant to study in the Ivory Coast next year.

Did You Know That. . .
The U.S. Bureau of Consular Affairs has a web site with a wealth of information including consular information sheets, current warnings and announcements, travel publications, passport information, visa services, travel health information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and U.S. Customs? Check out the web site at http://travel.state.gov.

International Visitors to the College of Agriculture

Dates of Visit	Country	Group Leaders	Purpose/ISU Contact
April 9-July 7	India	Dr. Vijay Pal Singh, CCSHAU	FAO training program; Candice Gardner
May 4	France	Drs. Choquet and Diemer, ISAB	Learn about College of Agriculture; establish long-term relationship
May 9	Senegal	SEPAS	Learn about ISU/College of Agriculture
May 20-26	India	Drs. Poonia and Malik, CCSHAU	Natural resource management;Ramesh Kanwar
May 15-August 15	India	Dr. Tatineni R. Babu	FAO training program; Joel Coats

Where Are Faculty/Staff Traveling???

• Raymond Arritt, Agronomy, Denmark, plan/coordinate international project
• Tom Baas, Animal Science, Denmark/Sweden/Finland, present invited paper, farm visits
• Eduarda Becerra, IAP, Spain/Panama, lead student study abroad trips
• Denise Bjelland, IAP, China, partnership project with Zhejiang University
• Karen Bolluyt, Ag Admin, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Dan Burden, CCUR, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Lorna Michael Butler, Wallace Chair, Cuba, establish exchange and collaboration
• Roxanne Clemens, UCAP, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Derrick Exner, Agronomy, Cuba, establish exchange and collaboration
• Edith Fernandez-Baca, Soc/NCRCRD, Ecuador/Peru, conducting interviews and research
• Rohan Fernando, Animal Science, Switzerland, present lectures and hold discussions
• Clark Ford, FSHN, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Bonita Glatz, FSHN, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Mark Gleason, Plant Pathology, China, initiate collaborative research
• Eric Hoiberg, Ag Admin, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Jay-lin Jane, FSHN, Poland/Hungary/Austria, attend international starch convention
• Sue Jarnagin, MIAC, Cuba, establish exchange and collaboration
• Helen Jensen, Economics, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Larry Johnson, CCUR, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Robert Jolly, Economics, Ukraine, ag policy project
• Ramesh Kanwar, ABE, India, attend international research advisory committee meeting
• Allen Knapp, Agronomy, Jamaica, present workshop
• Matt Liebman, Agronomy, Cuba, establish exchange and collaboration
• Grace Marquis, FSHN, Ghana, develop joint research proposal
• Ken Moore, Agronomy, Jamaica, present workshop
• Lois Wright Morton, Sociology, Cuba, establish exchange and collaboration
• Michael Owen, Agronomy, Honduras/Brazil, develop research program
• Marlin Rice, Entomology, France/Belgium/Switzerland/Austria, invited lectures
• Ricardo Salvador, Agronomy, Austria/Cuba, international conference, establish exchange and collaboration
• Huixis Shou, Agronomy, China, cooperative project
• Eugene Takle, Agronomy, Denmark, conduct international meeting on climate
• Shelley Taylor, IAP, Australia, site visits for student study abroad programs
• Tong Wang, FSHN, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• · Pam White, FSHN, England/Belgium, participate in faculty/staff development trip
• Wendy White, FSHN, Ghana, develop joint research proposal
• Bob Wisner, Economics, China, partnership project with Zhejiang University

If you are planning to travel internationally and want it included in the International Update, please send or fax a copy of your Out of State Travel Authorization to Sue Finestead, 104 Curtiss Hall, FAX: 294-9477.

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