ANNOUNCE: Newly Announced Opportunities for Dissertation Support and ResourcesRelated to Data Sets from the Kauffman Foundation

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

From: E. J. Reedy [mailto:ereedy at kauffman.org] 
Date: Fri 16 November 2007 16:41

The Kauffman Foundation is pleased to announce several new research
support programs and resources for scholars studying entrepreneurship
and innovation.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Small Grants Research Projects for Data Sets Presented at the 2007
Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
<blocked::http://www.kauffman.org/datasymposium> 

Research funding will be awarded in amounts up to $10,000 for individual
scholars and up to $20,000 for groups of scholars in three
entrepreneurship and innovation funding categories:

*	Dissertations: for doctoral students wishing to use one of the
data sets presented at the Symposium to write dissertations. 
*	Database Improvements: for scholars willing to improve the
understanding of the data sets by merging across data sets. 
*	Policy Analysis: for scholars interested in advancing
understanding of a particular aspect of entrepreneurship or innovation
policy. 

Proposals are due on January 15, 2008 by 5pm CST.  Details are available
at http://www.kauffman.org/dataSymposium/news_detail.cfm?news_id=255
<blocked::http://www.kauffman.org/dataSymposium/news_detail.cfm?news_id=
255> 

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Research Development Funding Program for Kauffman Firm Survey Research
Projects

For the 2008-2009 program, research funding will be awarded in amounts
up to $10,000 for individual scholars and up to $20,000 for groups of
scholars in three funding categories:

*	Dissertations: for junior scholars wishing to use the KFS
dataset through the Enclave to write dissertations. 
*	Database Improvements: for scholars willing to improve the
quality of KFS data by merging outside datasets and providing
documentation for other researchers. 
*	Methodological Advances: for scholars interested in advancing
the state-of-the-art in terms of methodology. 

The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2008 by 5pm CST.  Details are
available at http://www.kauffman.org/kfs/news_detail.cfm?news_id=256
<blocked::http://www.kauffman.org/kfs/news_detail.cfm?news_id=256> 

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Kauffman Foundation-Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Conference on
Entrepreneurial Finance

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland are co-sponsoring a conference on entrepreneurial finance, to
take place in Cleveland, Ohio at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
on March 12-13, 2009. A pre-conference will be held at the Kauffman
Foundation in Kansas City, MO., on August 21-22, 2008. A subset of the
papers presented at the conference will be published in a special issue
of the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. Abstract submissions of up
to 2000 words are due May 15, 2008.  Details are available at
http://www.kauffman.org/kfs/news_detail.cfm?news_id=257
<blocked::http://www.kauffman.org/kfs/news_detail.cfm?news_id=257> 

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PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE FROM 2007 KAUFFMAN SYMPOSIUM ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND INNOVATION DATA

The 2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data was
held at the Kauffman Foundation on November 1st and 2nd.  This symposium
provided a venue to discuss 35 new or newly-updated data sets of
interest to researchers studying entrepreneurship and innovation.  The
proceedings of the Symposium, including PowerPoint presentations, data
overviews, and audio of presentations are now available at
http://www.ssrn.com/link/2007-Kauffman.html
<blocked::http://www.ssrn.com/link/2007-Kauffman.html> .

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