Summer Funding

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: PhD SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

DEADLINE: March 23, 2025

 

The Department of Economics seeks requests for proposals to support graduate student research activities that contribute to the timely completion of their field papers and dissertations. Proposals must be vetted and approved by an advisor, who is the faculty member chairing the student’s Committee on Studies or Dissertation committee.

Eligibility is restricted to applicants who are:

  • Pursuing a PhD
  • Received UNM or UNMH funding in the Fall of 2024 or the Spring of 2025
  • In their 2nd – 5th year of the program and making normal progress:
    • 2nd year students have passed the Core and Econometrics exams
    • 3rd year students ideally will have completed their research requirement by the end of the spring semester. Students who have started on a well-defined research requirement project will also be eligible.
    • 4th year students have completed their research requirement, have assembled a dissertation committee, and have begun data work for at least one dissertation project.
    • 5th year students will have completed at least one dissertation chapter and plan to go on the job market in the Fall

Terms and deliverables:

  • Fellows will receive $3,000, paid as a scholarship.
  • Fellows are expected to devote 107 hours to Fellowship activities.
  • Fellows must deliver to the Department a 48” x 36” pdf poster file that presents the research project supported by this Fellowship by August 1, 2025.
    • The poster must be approved by the Fellow’s advisor.
    • The Department will print the posters.
    • Fellows will present their posters in-person during Economics Research Day on Friday, August 15, 2025.
    • Faculty will review the posters and award up to three cash prizes.

Application materials:

  • Complete the application form. The form allows you to upload pdf files of your CV and proposal.
  • See https://careerdevelopment.princeton.edu/guides/resume-cv-cover-letter-diversity-statement/building-your-cv-guide-graduate-students for a useful guide. Olivia also has examples she can share with you.
  • 2-page (900-1000 word) proposal composed of:
    • Brief summary of your research requirement or dissertation. Please include the motivation for your topic (why it matters)
    • Overview of progress already made on your research requirement or dissertation, or whether you are just beginning
    • Description of summer project and how it contributes to your field paper or dissertation
    • Goals for what you hope to accomplish on the project this summer
    • Advisor review and signature. Include the following text at the end of your proposal and have your advisor sign:

I have reviewed the Fellowship expectations and deliverables and my advisee’s application materials, which consist of a CV and this proposal. If awarded, I agree to oversee the Fellow’s proposed activities and to review and approve the poster that the Fellow must submit to the Department by August 1.

 

 

 

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