This site aims to summarize resources useful for academics in agricultural economics, such as information on writing, the job market an funding opportunities.
Writing Papers
These guidance documents help to structure the writing of scentific paper s
- The Introduction Formula (Keith Head)
- The Conclusion Formula (Marc Bellemare)
- The "Middle Bits" Formula (Marc Bellemare)
- How to write an abstract that stands out (Andy Tay)
Job Market
Here is a (very incomplete) list of job boards from various agricultural economics associations:
EAAE: https://eaae.org/Vacancies.aspx?id=10
IAAE: https://iaae-agecon.org/page/employment-opportunities
AES: https://aes.ac.uk/vacancies
AAEA: hhttps://www.aaea.org/employmentopps
AARES: https://www.aares.org.au/careers
CAES: https://caes-scae.ca/view-openings/
GEWISOLA: https://www.gewisola.de/information/stellenangebote
AIEAA: https://www.aieaa.org/job_opportunities
Beyond Agricultural Economics, but relevant also for some agricultural economists:
AEA: https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/listings
EAERE: https://www.eaere.org/job-market/
ISEE: https://www.isecoeco.org/jobs-fellowships/jobs/
ESEE https://ecolecon.eu/jobs/
Personal Grant Opportunities
The main focus for this overview is on i) grants that are substantial and lead to financing own positions (e.g. no travel grants), and ii) are focused on CH, EU and D, with links to global programs.
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility fellowships are aimed at researchers who have done a doctorate and who wish to conduct a research stay outside of Switzerland (up to 24 months) https://www.snf.ch/en/XIZpfY3iVS5KRRoD/funding/careers/postdoc-mobility
SNSF Ambizione grants (currently under revision) are aimed at early career researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution. https://www.snf.ch/en/N18L3oGWomTSSGkF/funding/careers/ambizione
The SNSF Starting Grants represent the SNSF’s highest level of career funding. The call enables researchers to carry out their own independent project and lead a research team in Switzerland. Applicants must have several years of research experience following their PhD https://www.snf.ch/en/w728UqT1Yw256Mz2/funding/snsf-starting-grants
Switzerland and elsewhere but not via SNSF
Early-Career Fellowship Collegium Helveticum https://collegium.ethz.ch/fellowships/early-career-fellowship
Branco Weiss Fellowship https://brancoweissfellowship.org/ The fellowship is designed to support postdoctoral researchers after their PhD and before their first faculty appointment.
ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship programme https://grantsoffice.ethz.ch/funding-opportunities/internal/eth-fellowships.html
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
DFG (Germany): After completion of your doctorate, the Walter Benjamin Programme supports you in further developing your research career on the basis of your own independent research project. https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/research-careers/after-phd
DFG (Germany) Emmy Noether Programme funds outstanding researchers with a minimum of two and a maximum of four years of post-doctoral experience. If you are accepted onto the programme, you can lead an independent junior research group for six years. https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/research-careers/after-phd
DFG Heisenberg Programme: If you already meet all the requirements for appointment to a professorship, you can submit a proposal to the Heisenberg Programme. Through this programme, the DFG will provide you with funding for up to five years, allowing you to acquire further academic merits for an academic leadership role. https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/research-careers/after-phd
DFG Research Units finances various forms of own groups and positions https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/programmes/coordinated-programmes/research-units
EU
EU Postdoctoral Fellowships https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
EU: ERC Starting Grant https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant
Others
AXA Post-Doctoral Fellowships https://axa-research.org/fund-your-research/post-doctoral-fellowships
Netherlands, NWO Talent Programme, Veni, Vedi, Vici, : https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/nwo-talent-programme
Scholarships globally https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/service/scholarships-for-study-abroad/government-scholarships