The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) is announcing a new fellowship to support early career researchers through its Pre-Doctoral Fellows program. The new fellowship is supported by a generous gift from EPIC Advisory Group Member Ted Brandt, MBA ‘87, the founder and chief executive officer of Marathon Capital, a Chicago-based advisory firm solely dedicated to servicing the clean economy.
“We believe that all national economies and virtually all businesses are directly or indirectly affected by some combination of energy economics and the geopolitical tensions resulting from both energy competition and trade,” says Brandt. “EPIC asks the difficult questions and provides cutting-edge answers about the energy industries, as well as questions about the externalities and the various policy choices governments and businesses face. Michael Greenstone is a national treasure. My wife Elizabeth and I are proud to be a part of this important effort.”
The Brandt Research Fellows will join cohorts of pre-doctoral fellows who work at EPIC for one or two years as a bridge between college and a doctoral program. These fellowships provide young researchers with an in-depth understanding of the research process while undergoing intensive career development in a tight-knit community. The fellows gain hands-on experience in a full-time work environment under the guidance of EPIC-affiliated faculty and researchers. Fellows leave with the strong support network of professors, postdoctoral scholars, and colleagues who helped advance their research skills, knowledge base, and career paths. Additionally, their contributions help faculty accelerate the pace of discovery, expand the scope of their research, and address some of the most pressing challenges in climate and energy policy.
EPIC’s outstanding pre-doctoral fellows have gone on to some of the world’s top PhD programs. Six pre-doctoral fellows have won prestigious and highly-competitive National Science Foundation grants.
Learn more about the Pre-Doctoral Fellowships program here.