Julia Lane of NORC has asked me to pass on the following annoucnement.
Dan Feenberg
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:05:51 -0600
From: Lane-Julia <Lane-Julia_at_norc.uchicago.edu>
To: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg_at_nber.org>
Subject: Another request
Header: Invitation to Kauffman Foundation sponsored Reception for the
NORC Data Enclave at ASSA meetings
You are invited to attend a reception at the ASSA meetings in New
Orleans
6-8 pm, January 5, Edgewood Room, New Orleans Sheraton
We will have information about the remote access to business microdata
available through the NORC Data Enclave (http://dataenclave.norc.org),
including the datasets that are available in the enclave. We will also
have information about two research funding opportunities.
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has made funding available to
scholars and researchers studying entrepreneurship, innovation, and
related topics. Funding recipients will be able to access its Kauffman
Firm Survey (KFS), a unique source of firm-level data available through
the NORC Data Enclave. Award amounts are up to $10,000 for individual
researchers and up to $20,000 for research teams. The deadline to apply
is January 15, 2008. More information is available is at
http://dataenclave.norc.org/announcement_kauffmanfunding.html.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology's Technology
Innovation Program has announced the availability of research funding in
amounts up to $25,000 to study technology, innovation and
entrepreneurship using NIST's Advanced Technology Program data at the
NORC Data Enclave. Award categories include dissertations, database
improvements, and methodological enhancements. The deadline for
applying has been extended to January 31, 2007 for ASSA attendees; a
second call is likely to be made in the spring. For more information,
visit http://dataenclave.norc.org/announcement_resdevfundingprog.html
Thanks!
Julia Lane
Senior Vice President
Director, Economics, Labor and Population
NORC/University of Chicago
DC Office Ph 202.887.2337; Fax 202.223.6104
Chicago Office Ph 312.325.2584 Fax: 312.759.4004
Home page: http://client.norc.org/jole/SOLEweb/JLHome.html
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Received on Wed Dec 12 2007 - 08:27:49 EST
