First IAAE 2015 Carl K. Eicher Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation

FIRST IAAE 2015 CARL K. EICHER AWARD FOR BEST DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

by Evgeniya Anisimova | February 19, 2015

Family, friends and colleagues of the late Carl K. Eicher have established a fund under the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) to support an award for the best doctoral dissertation on Africa to honor the outstanding contributions of the late Professor Eicher to African agricultural research and education. 

The first award will be made at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Milan in August, 2015, consisting of cash prize of $1,000 and partial travel support to attend the conference.

The IAAE is now calling for nominations for the award.

  • Any Dept. of Agricultural Economics or other Dept. of Economics or allied discipline with a specialization in Agricultural Economics can present through its Head of Department a maximum of one nomination.
  • All doctoral dissertations relating to agricultural economics (according to the JEL classification) applied to an African problem (defined according the FAO classification of African countries) are eligible.
  • Doctoral dissertations must have been completed during the years, 2012, 2013 or 2014.
  • Each nomination must include a cover memo of two pages maximum on why the dissertation has been selected for nomination, as well as an electronic copy of the dissertation.
  • Nominators are also expected to provide the IAAE with the name of a recognized Agricultural Economist who has agreed to serve as a member of the Review Committee to select the winning entry.

Nominations should be sent to iaae@gwdg.de  by 24:00 hrs. GMT March 15th , 2015.

 

Cross-posted from IAAE

Photo of Dr. Eicher - Michigan State University, https://www.afre.msu.edu/people/eicher_c