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  • 1.  NBER Entrepreneurial

    Posted 01-28-2015 14:16
    from the great ERPN e-list (you can, er, should join via SSRN) curated by the good folks at Kauffman: 

    Call For Applicants
    NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp 2015

    July 14 - 17, 2015, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    The NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group is hosting the 8th Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp (ERBC). This intensive workshop provides an introduction into the leading research topics in the areas of the economics of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance. The workshop is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

    WHEN: Tuesday, July 14 to Friday, July 17, 2015

    Accepted students are also welcome to attend the NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group meeting on Monday, July 13.

    WHERE: NBER, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.

    PROGRAM: The program will be taught by experienced and active researcher professors. Each day will have 6 hours of instruction. The preliminary line-up includes Ajay Agrawal (Toronto), Nick Bloom (Stanford), John Haltiwanger (Maryland), Thomas Hellmann (Oxford), Erik Hurst (Chicago), Josh Lerner (Harvard), Antoinette Schoar (MIT), Scott Stern (MIT) and John van Reenen (LSE).

    FOR WHOM: The boot camp is meant to promote research interest in the areas of entrepreneurship economics and/or entrepreneurial finance. It is particularly well suited for PhD students in economics and finance, who are either considering, or already doing research in these areas. The boot camp is primarily intended for PhD students with an interest in these areas of research. The minimum requirement is that (by the summer) participants will have completed their first year of PhD course work. Participants are expected to carefully prepare for the workshop. In particular, they are expected to read a syllabus of over 50 papers prior to the boot camp.

    COSTS: The ERBC is generously supported by a grant from the Kauffman Foundation. Participation is free and restricted to admitted applicants - no auditors will be admitted. Participants will be accommodated for four nights (five if also attending the NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group meeting). Travel expenses will be covered, provided they are in accordance with standard NBER procedures.

    APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applicants will be selected on a competitive basis. Each applicant should submit an application containing the following items:
    - cover letter that includes complete contact information, as well as the name of the recommendation letter writer.
    - Curriculum Vitae of the applicant, together with a list of all current and completed PhD courses.
    - two-page essay that explains why the applicant wants to attend the boot camp. This should include a brief description of the applicant's current and future research direction.

    One letter of recommendation from the applicant's current or former PhD advisor. Letters of recommendation should be short (no more than 2 pages), they will be treated confidentially, and they can be sent separately from the applicants' application.

    The application package should be assembled into a single pdf and uploaded here:http://papers.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=ERBCs15

    If the letter of recommendation needs to be sent separately, please email it to Brett Maranjian at maranjian@nber.org and she will add it to your application package.

    The application deadline is Monday, March 30, 2015.

    Acceptance decisions will be made in early May. Accepted participants will be expected to come prepared by reading a syllabus of over 50 papers prior to the beginning of the ERBC.

    FURTHER INFORMATION: For any questions concerning academic matters, please contact the academic coordinator:

    Thomas Hellmann
    Said Business School
    University of Oxford
    Park End Street
    Oxford OX1 1HP
    UK
    thomas.hellmann@sbs.ox.ac.uk



    Norris

     "How can I help you to grow entrepreneurs?" 
    Norris Krueger, Ph.D.
    Entrepreneurship Northwest
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