EPIC Pre-Doctoral Fellowships

The Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) invites applications for full-time pre-doctoral
fellows for the academic year 2018-19. An interdisciplinary research and training center at the
University of Chicago, EPIC is contributing innovative solutions to the global energy challenge:
How can we ensure that people around the world, today and in the future, have access to reliable,
affordable energy needed for human development without putting our health, environment and
climate at risk? Previous results from EPIC projects have been influential with policymakers
worldwide and featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other leading
publications.

Successful candidates will report to either Michael Greenstone, Professor of Economics at the
University of Chicago and Director of EPIC, another EPIC faculty affiliate, or work with the
Climate Impact Lab under the direction of Michael Greenstone. Applicants will automatically be
considered for all open positions but may list preferences within their cover letter.

Responsibilities span all stages of research, including managing projects, collecting and analyzing
data, creating presentations, and editing manuscripts. Typical research projects involve the
analysis of environmental and energy data from the United States, India, China, and other countries
utilizing quasi-experimental and experimental methods, as well as development of computational
economic models of energy markets. 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.



The program is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students
interested in empirical economics. People in this or similar positions have gone on to Economics
Ph.D. programs at Harvard, MIT, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, and
similar schools upon completion of this program.

Applications for the fellowship are reviewed in fall and winter cycles. The fall deadline is October
22nd, with final decisions made around November 10th. The winter deadline is February 18th, with
final decisions made around March 9th.

Applicants must have completed a Bachelors or Master’s degree by June 2018 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
on June 1, 2018 and work for EPIC for one or two years before applying to graduate school in
Economics or another quantitative social science. EPIC offers competitive salary and employee
benefits.

To apply, please send your resume, transcript, and a writing sample to
epic.predoctoralfellowship@gmail.com.