DOL Scholars Program 2018-19 Announcement

Greetings.

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), I am pleased to announce a competition to fund independent research during 2018-19, culminating in a high-quality working paper relevant to the Department’s policymaking. I am emailing you because we believe that you are an administrator in an academic department or unit that could have interested applicants.

Awards will be made in the range of $20,000–$50,000 for projects that would contribute to the Department’s mission of fostering, promoting, and developing the well-being of wage earners, retirees, and job seekers.

DOL has contracted with Avar Consulting, Inc. to oversee the 2018–19 DOL Scholars Program. Application materials are available at https://www.avarconsulting.com/scholars. Applications are due April 06, 2018.

I would appreciate it if you would share this announcement with your faculty, staff, and graduate students.

Sincerely,

Mark

PS: Information on projects that have been funded in the past (including final working papers) is available at https://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/currentstudies/1.htm. The funding of particular topics in the past does not necessarily affect future funding priorities.

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Mark Low, Ph.D.

Project Director

DOL Scholars Program

c/o Avar Consulting, Inc.

301.825.8161 (direct)