Global Update

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

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

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September-October, 2001

Grant Opportunities
200 l -2002 Dean of Agriculture's International Research Grants Program for faculty and staff. The guidelines and criteria for proposals can be found at: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/global/faculty/isu-funding.html Deadline: October 15, 2001. Contact David Acker, 294-8454, dacker@iastate.edu, for more information.

2001 -2002 International Funding for Graduate Students and Postdocs. The guidelines and criteria for proposals can be found at: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/international/faculty/isu-funding.html Deadline: November 16, 2001. For additional information, contact David Acker, 294-8454, dacker@iastate.edu.

2002 Scientific Cooperation Research Program. U. S. Department Of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. International Cooperation and Development, Research and Scientific Exchanges Division. Deadline: November 2, 2001. For more information: http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/grants/scrp.htm

World Food Prize International Symposium
The World Food Prize International Symposium will be held October 18-l 9, 2001, at the Des Moines Marriott. "Risks to the World Food Supply in the 21 st Century," will provide a strategic overview of the threats to global food security facing the intemational community five years after the World Food Summit and two weeks before the Global Summit in Rome. For information on the program, contact Judith Pim at jpim@worldfoodprize.org or telephone (5l5) 245-3796.

Ag Study Abroad Update
Recent grants that will allow for increased activity, exchanges and scholarship money for ISU students and faculty in Brazil, the EU, Panama, and Peru:

• U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and Brazilian Ministry of Education's Foundation for the Development of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) funded the "Brazil - U.S. Consortium in Agroecology" to develop U.S. - Brazil joint programs including an agroecology curriculum and student and faculty exchange.
  
• U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) funded the "Experiential Learning for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Food and Society Nexus" to develop U.S. - EC joint programs including faculty and student exchange and interdisciplinary modules in the theme areas of food and society.
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Higher Education Challenge Grant for a U.S. - Panama "Collaborative Program in Tropical Agriculture and Sustainable Development" to develop course work and student and faculty exchange.
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Higher Education Challenge Grant for a "Multidisciplinary Experiential Study of International Nutrition in Peru" to develop a month-long nutrition course in Peru, led by FSHN.

For further information on any of these, please contact Shelley Taylor, 4-5393, sztaylor@iastate.edu.

International Visitors to the College of Agriculture

Did You Know That . . .

You can find out what time it is almost anyplace in the world? Check out:

Where Are Faculty/Staff Traveling???

• David Acker, GAP, The Netherlands, Thailand, co-lead workshop; invited speaker
• Burim Ametaj, Animal Science, Denmark, present poster at international conference
• Donald Beitz, Animal Science, Denmark, attend international conference
• Joe Colletti, Forestry, Canada, present invited paper
• Steve Fales, Agronomy, Mexico, distance education project
• Jay-lin Jane, FSHN, Thailand, invited lecture; collaborative research
• Ramesh Kanwar, ABE, Taiwan, Thailand, invited speaker at international conference
• John Mabry, Animal Science, Taiwan, Thailand, invited speaker at international conference
• Dennis Marple, Animal Science, Taiwan, Thailand, invited speaker at international conference
• Laura Merrick, Agronomy, Mexico, research collaboration; distance education program
• Carl Mize, Forestry, Canada, present invited paper
• Ken Moore, Agronomy, Mexico, distance education project
• Max Rothschild, Animal Science, Taiwan, Thailand, invited speaker at international conference
• David Topel, Animal Science, Taiwan, Thailand, invited speaker at international conference
• Mark Westgate, Agronomy, Argentina, Brazil, MOU signing; distance education; present invited paper
• Pam White, FSHN, Korea, invited lecture
• Junwei Zhu, Entomology, Malaysia, attend international conference 

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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