Thanks to the generosity of Harris alumnus John Bartlett, SM’08, and the Bartlett family, EPIC, in conjunction with the Harris School of Public Policy, offers paid fellowships to Harris Master’s students so they can gain hands-on experience in energy, environment, and climate economics and policy research. Students are paired with EPIC-affiliated faculty to garner a better understanding of the research process on a part-time basis during the academic year ($8,250 stipend) or a full-time basis during the summer ($6,500 stipend).

EPIC OPPORTUNITIES (ACADEMIC YEAR AND SUMMER)

Bartlett Fellows assist EPIC-affiliated faculty with research and data collection, or conduct their own research projects under faculty guidance in the area of energy, environment, and climate economics and policy research. Research will culminate in a final report. EPIC strives to align fellows with their preferred area of research, but cannot guarantee work with any particular faculty member. While research will be the focus of the fellowship, students may also gain experience with grant and proposal writing, communications, and program coordination on an as-needed basis within the Institute. Fellows are invited to participate in seminars and weekly workshops and to attend EPIC-sponsored conferences and events for which they may be asked to draft summary reports.

HOW TO APPLY

Bartlett Fellowships are open to all currently-enrolled Harris School of Public Policy Master’s students with an interest in conducting meaningful policy research on topics related to energy, environmental and climate fields.

Applications for select Summer 2026 Bartlett Fellowships are now closed.

Contact Sativa Volbrecht, svolbrecht@uchicago.edu, with any questions.

Current Bartlett Fellows

Dohyun Kim

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2026

Wendy Wang

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2026

Yuxuan Zhang

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2026

Xiaokang Zhou

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2026

Past Bartlett Fellows

Trevor Dean Arnold

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2018

Madeleine Augostini

Bartlett Fellow, Hajin Kim

Fatima Azmat

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2020

Emily Bablitch

DRW Fellow, 2019-2020; Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2019

Ishan Banerjee

Consultant, McKinsey & Company

Claudia Barrera

Bartlett Fellow, 2016-2017

Kriti Bhardwaj

Project Coordinator, Resource Innovations

Andrew Bray

Sr. Associate, Aurora Energy Research

Camila Carrasco

Bartlett Fellow 2016-2017

Brandon Charles

Doctoral Student, Syracuse University, Bartlett Fellow, 2020-2021

Chris Dunlap

Bartlett Fellow, 2025-2026

Cagatay Dursun

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2016

Maggie Fan

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2016

Jordan Graham

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2020

Lily Grier

DRW Fellow 2020-2021; Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2020

Will Seonmin Heo

Bartlett Fellow, 2019-2020; DRW Fellow, Summer 2019

Lindsay Hiser

Bartlett Fellows 2022-2023

Simoni Jain

Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Class of 2022; Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2019

Asad Javed

Bartlett Fellow, 2025-2026

Sanya Jha

Bartlett Fellow, 2018-2019

Yue (Luna) Jian

Bartlett Fellow 2023-2024

Nikhil Konatham

Bartlett Fellow, 2024-2025

Sahila Kudalkar

Bartlett Fellow 2022-2023

Joshua Kruskal

Barlett Fellow, Summer 2019

Theo Kulczycki

Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Class of 2017

Rahul Kulkarni

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2020

Liana Lan

Bartlett Fellows 2022-2023

Pedro Liedo

PhD Student, UC Davis

Ziyi Liu

Bartlett Fellow, 2021-2022

Will Macheel

Bartlett Fellow 2023-2024

Emma Mares

Bartlett Fellow, 2025-2026

Rukhshan Mian

Bartlett Fellow, 2020-2021

Riley Morrison

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2025

Firouz Niazi

Bartlett Fellow, 2025-2026; DRW Fellow, Summer 2026

Kurt Nugent

Bartlett Fellow, 2018-2019

Lina Gonzalez Paez

Bartlett Fellow, 2024-2025

Tarren Peterson

Bartlett Fellow, 2021-2022

Eshan Prashar

Bartlett Fellow, Dr. Kim Wolske

Jerry Jiarui Qian

Bartlett Fellow 2019-2020

Chenyu Qiu

Bartlett Fellow, 2015-2016

Anu Raj Rana

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2025

Aditya Retnanto

Bartlett Fellows 2022-2023

Jonathan Rockower

DRW Fellow, 2020-2021; Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2020

Pete Rodrigue

Environmental Policy Analyst, US EPA

Ayan Sarkar

Bartlett Fellow, 2025-2026

David Lopez Soto

Bartlett Fellow, 2020-2021

Max Snyder

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2021; DRW Fellow 2021-2022

Shwetha Srinivasan

Bartlett Fellow 2023-2024

Xiaoting Sun

DRW Fellow, Summer 2021; Bartlett Fellow, 2021-2022

Lukman Edwindra Syafwardi

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2025

Clarice Kimberley Tee

Bartlett Fellow, 2024-2025

Robert Walatka

Bartlett Fellow, 2021-2022

Xinyi Wang

Bartlett Fellow, 2018-2019

Manyi Wang

Bartlett Fellow, 2016-2017

Vera Wang

Bartlett Fellow, 2017-2018

Jason Winik

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2021; DRW Fellow, 2021-2022

Feiyu Xiang

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2025

Shujie Medy Xu

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2018

Xiner Xu

Bartlett Fellow, 2017-2018

Chloe Xuke

Bartlett Fellow, 2017-2018

Alfred Yuan

Bartlett Fellow, 2025-2026

Max Zahrah

Bartlett Fellow, Eyal Frank

Emily Zhang

Bartlett Fellow, Summer 2020

Miao Zhang

Bartlett Fellow, 2016-2017

Yawen Zhao

Bartlett Fellow, 2015-2016

Zeyuan Zhou

Bartlett Fellow, 2015-2016

Zixin Zhou

Bartlett Fellow, 2024-2025

Xiling (Celia) Zhu

Bartlett Fellow, 2020-2021

Zhichun Zhu

DRW Fellow, Summer 2025; Bartlett Fellow, 2024-2025

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