Fellowship responsibilities span all stages of research, including managing projects, collecting and analyzing data, creating presentations, and editing manuscripts. The research involves using quasi-experimental methods and globally comprehensive data to analyze climate and energy data. In addition to working closely with faculty as research assistants, pre-doctoral fellows typically attend classes and seminars at EPIC, the University of Chicago, and affiliate institutions.
Applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree by June of the year they are applying, and have strong quantitative and programming skills. Candidates with research experience are strongly preferred, especially those with experience in Stata, R, Python or Matlab. The ideal candidate would begin in June and work for EPIC for one or two years before applying to graduate school in Economics or another quantitative social science. EPIC offers a competitive salary and employee benefits.
Applications for pre-doctoral fellowships are reviewed in fall and winter cycles. The fall deadline is in mid-November, with final decisions made in mid-December. The winter deadline is the beginning of March, with final decisions made around toward the end of March.
Fall 2023 Information Sessions
Interested in learning more about PREP and the application process? Virtual information sessions with the PREP team and current Research Professionals will be offered on October 3, 2023 from 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. central and October 9, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Register for a session using the following link.
Opportunities:
Sponsoring Researchers: Koichiro Ito
Sponsoring Institution: The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Fields of Research: Domestic and international environmental policies, randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental research design, and structural estimation.
Application deadline: October 15
Sponsoring Researchers: Fiona Burlig
Sponsoring Institution: The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Fields of Research: Energy, the environment, development, and agriculture.
Application deadline: October 15
Sponsoring Researchers: Shaoda Wang
Sponsoring Institution: The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Field of Research: Environmental economics, development economics, and political economy (China)