The Program for Economic Research (PER) invites proposals for the 2021 PER Summer Research Fellow program. PER will award up to 17 grants of $2,000 each for Ph.D. student working with a faculty in the Department of Economics. Each Ph.D. student will work jointly with a faculty member.
Proposals are evaluated on the intellectual merit and innovation of the proposed project, on the grant’s relationship to the proposed project, on the project’s organization and judicious use of funds, and on the plausibility of the student’s plan to scale the project. The allocation of funds is subject to student’s employment eligibility. Variables include the student’s citizenship and appointment/fellowship status with the University.
Ph.D. students in the Department of Economics at Columbia University are eligible to apply for the PER Research Fellow program. Sponsoring faculty members are encouraged to provide extra funding support for the PER Research Fellow; the magnitude of faculty support can be stated in the proposal. Award recipients are required to identify PER’s sponsorship on all published papers.
Applicants should submit:
- An Application Form
- A 2-page proposal (typically less than 500 words) that describes the proposed research, and the work the student will be doing for /with faculty, including: (1) objective(s) and economic significance of the proposed work; (2) suitability of the methods to be employed; (3) nature of the collaboration between faculty and graduate student; (4) effect of the activity on the discourse/ field; (5) whether a) the student’s work will be done independently with faculty oversight or b) the student’s work is in support of an ongoing faculty research project; (6) present the merits of the proposed project clearly and should be prepared with care and thoroughness.• A 2-page proposal (typically less than 500 words) that describes the proposed research, and the work the student will be doing for /with faculty, including: (1) objective(s) and economic significance of the proposed work; (2) suitability of the methods to be employed; (3) nature of the collaboration between faculty and graduate student; (4) effect of the activity on the discourse/ field; (5) whether a) the student’s work will be done independently with faculty oversight or b) the student’s work is in support of an ongoing faculty research project; (6) present the merits of the proposed project clearly and should be prepared with care and thoroughness.
- Full contact information of student and faculty
Proposals should be submitted electronically as a single PDF FILE document to: econ-per@columbia.edu
Duration: June, July, August
Award Amount: $2,000
Application Deadline: Monday, March 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
Please contact PER at econ-per@columbia.edu with any questions on this process.
