MEMORANDUM
TO: Labor Studies Program Members
FROM: David Card
DATE: May 18, 2010
RE: Summer Institute
The NBER Labor Studies Summer Institute will be held July 26-30. This
year there will be four joint mornings, in addition to regular
"labor" papers all day Monday, and each afternoon. The joint sessions are:
Tuesday morning July 27- joint with Public Economics
Wednesday morning July 28- joint with Education
Thursday morning July 29- joint with Education
Friday morning July 30- joint with Personnel
Thanks to everyone who submitted: I think it will be an exciting and
diverse program with something for all tastes. If you want to
nominate a graduate student to be invited to the Summer Institute,
let me know as soon as possible.
Also, you will receive your Summer Institute formal invitation this week.
RE: Grants
I encourage you to consider submitting NSF and NIH grants through the
NBER. The NBER has many advantages over the typical sponsored
projects administration.
- Efficient and hardworking staff who will process your grants
accurately and quickly
- Expeditious human subjects committee (no 3 month queues!)
- 20% pension contribution on top of your summer salary
- Flexible arrangements for hiring RA's
- Easy to co-ordinate grants across institutions
If you have never applied for a grant I'd be pleased to discuss my
own experiences with the NBER service, and also to talk over
strategies for NSF, NIH R01 and R03 grants. Applications for R01
grants--the "big" grants--are now only 20 pages, and there is a push
to put more emphasis on innovative and significant work.
Some important deadlines:
Regular NSF grants-- August 15.
NSF CAREER grants-- July 18.
NIH R03 grants-- June 16, October 16, and February 16
NIH R01 grants-June 5, October 5, and February 5
Received on Tue May 18 2010 - 11:26:02 EDT
