ECON Departmental Scholarships Available!

The Economics Department is pleased to announce the availability of several undergraduate scholarships recognizing academic excellence for the 2025 - 2026 academic year. They are:

The Kenneth L. Bupp Scholarship
The Rupa Duttagupta Fellowship
The Melanie E. (Lee) Easley Memorial Scholarship
The Honorable Idamae Garrtott Memorial Scholarship
The Moskowitz Family Scholarship
The Peggy Rae and John Sapienza Scholarship
The Mark C. Sullivan Economics Scholarship
The Mark D. and Tracye C. Turner Scholarship in Economics

Detailed information including scholarship descriptions, eligibility requirements, and application instructions can be found at https://go.umd.edu/econscholarships.

BSOS Experience Funds Applications Still Open

Do you have an unpaid internship, research opportunity, or have a professional conference coming up you would like to attend? If you are a BSOS student with financial need that is preventing you from taking advantage of an experiential learning opportunity, apply for BSOS Undergraduate Experience Funds. 

Apply by February 7, 2025 for best consideration. Applications will be accepted after that day pending available funds.

UMD Fellows Program (Maryland, Federal and Global Fellows) – Submit Admissions forms now!

Call for applications for the University of Maryland Fellows Program (Maryland, Federal, or Global Fellows)! Open to all majors!

 

Apply Now! Apply by Sunday, February 23, 2025 for first wave consideration! 
Are you interested in gaining professional experience in federal, state, or local government; non-profits; international organizations; embassies; think tanks and more? Apply for the UMD Fellows program (formerly Federal and Global Fellows), a one-year program that combines a fall seminar and a spring internship. We offer a unique opportunity to integrate your academic learning with real world experience and professional development. Join a passionate, multi-disciplinary, and engaged student cohort and become a life-long member of a thriving network of over 2000 alums! 
 
Program Perks Include:
A Fall Seminar Course, taught by expert practitioners, meets once a week, mostly scheduled in the evenings. (Each seminar is cross-listed with Honors). 
Connecting you to Internships through our rich network and partnerships with prestigious sites such as foreign embassies, congressional offices, the Maryland General Assembly, federal agencies, Maryland state agencies, non-profits, and many more! 
 
A Spring Internship for 3-9 credits that you can register for through our program or through your own major’s experiential learning course.
 
Professional Development Opportunities including site visits, resume and cover letter workshops, personalized one-on-one coaching, interview preparation, and much more!
 
Earn transcript notation as a Maryland, Federal, or Global Fellow.
 
Prospective Student Virtual Information Sessions are open to all! Join us to learn about the program and the application on one of these days:

• Friday, February 7, 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00pm, Zoom Session

• Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:00:am-12:00pm, Zoom Session

• Friday, February 21, 2015, 2:00-3:00pm, In-Person; Fellows office (2407 Marie Mount Hall, University of Maryland)

You may also drop into our office at 2407 Marie Mount Hall anytime between 10:00am-3:00pm M-F!
For more in depth information visit the UMD Fellows Website. You can also connect with us on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or X. 

New research job opportunity in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution!

The Center for Economic Security and Opportunity are looking for a research assistant to start in Summer 2025. Research Assistants should have a bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field by their start date. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume as well as academic transcripts (unofficial) when they apply.

For more info and to apply:

Research Assistant, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity

Summer 2025 Paid Internship Opportunities + More

Upcoming opportunities from the Do Good Institute for the Spring 2025 semester include paid summer internships for Summer 2025!

The Do Good Institute (dogood.umd.edu) offers immersive programs, funding opportunities, and internship experiences that prepare Terps with the skills, experiences and resources to Do Good throughout their lives. There are several upcoming programs and opportunities you may be interested in for this spring:

Internship Opportunities

• Impact Interns: Impact Interns is a professional development and leadership program that connects passionate and talented students to paid social impact-based internship opportunities with Do Good partners and local organizations. The program is designed to provide emerging social sector leaders with meaningful opportunities to gain professional experience, develop skills, build a professional network and learn more about working in the nonprofit and social impact sphere.  Internships take place in Summer 2025. Internship positions are available for both undergraduate and graduate students. Work areas are diverse (communications, research, fundraising, program management) and across different fields (arts, civics, education, environment, health, international development, justice and equity, and social services). Hybrid, remote, and in-person options are available. Apply now through February 23 at go.umd.edu/impactinterns. 

Experiential and Cohort Programs

• Changemaker Pathways: Want to Do Good but don’t know where to start? Explore ways that you can Do Good in your personal, professional and educational life through this 6-week experiential program for first-year, second-year and transfer students. Register now through February 16 at go.umd.edu/changemakerpathways.
• Impact Bootcamp: Take your passion and turn it into progress. Have an idea for impact but unsure where to start? Need help improving your existing efforts? Start or strengthen your social impact alongside fellow changemakers through this 6-week interactive program for students or teams with new ideas or existing initiatives. Register now through February 16 at go.umd.edu/impactbootcamp.
• Accelerator Fellows: Spend the semester scaling and developing your social impact project or venture and receive a $2,000 stipend. Accelerator Fellows is a great fit for students or teams with developed initiatives that are currently in the implementation stage of their work. Students in the early stage of their initiatives, or still at the idea stage, should consider Impact Bootcamp. Apply now through February 9 at go.umd.edu/acceleratorfellows.

Competitions

• Do Good Challenge: This annual, campus-wide social impact competition has doubled its prize awards this year! Students and teams can compete to win a share of $40,000 by pitching the impact they’ve made in front of a panel of expert judges and an audience of hundreds. Apply now through February 16 at go.umd.edu/dogoodchallenge.

Opportunities to Learn More

• Information Sessions: New to UMD? Heard of Do Good Institute but don’t know what we do? Join one of our in-person or virtual information sessions to learn about the Do Good Institute, what we offer, and how you can get involved. Learn about our immersive programs, funding opportunities, and internship experiences available to help you make a difference while at UMD. Sign up at go.umd.edu/newtodgi.

To stay up to date on program announcements and deadlines, follow the Institute on Instagram (@DoGoodatUMD) or sign up for the student newsletter, Do Good Now (go.umd.edu/dgnnews). #dogoodumd

Help Center is UMD's student-run peer crisis and counseling intervention hotline. We have currently opened our application to all freshman and sophomores to volunteer and be a peer counselor! We are looking for any majors. 

Apply here!!

Application deadline = Feb 12th

Apply Today: Smith Minor Applications OPEN until Feb. 17th

 

For additional details visit: go.umd.edu/smithminors

Opportunity Insights Predoctoral Fellowships

Opportunity Insights (OI) recently completed a successful round of hires for our predoctoral program from our Fall 2024 hiring process. 

OI is excited to announce our Spring 2025 hiring round where we will identify additional fellows for our predoctoral program beginning in July 2025. These full-time positions will be based in Cambridge, MA. Predoctoral fellows will work closely with Raj Chetty (Harvard), John Friedman (Brown), Nathan Hendren (MIT), and other OI collaborators at Harvard and other universities.

 

The predoctoral fellowship is geared toward students interested in working with us for two years after graduating from an undergraduate or master’s program. Predoctoral fellows will work on research and analyses related to economic mobility. Additionally, predoctoral fellows have opportunities to participate in seminars and other research activities in a team-oriented lab environment. The program serves as a good bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in applied economics and mobility scholarship. Our Spring application deadline is Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

 

We particularly encourage applications from groups traditionally under-represented in Economics. Even if applicants are uncertain whether their technical research skills or subject-matter knowledge will be competitive, we strongly encourage their application.

 

Further details and application instructions are available on our website. 

PWBM Data Analyst Position Accepting Applications

Data Analyst  

Institution: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) is seeking to hire one or more Data Analysts with a deep interest in economic research and public policy to assist with research on topics such as tax reform, education, immigration, entitlements reform, and the federal budget. Job responsibilities include assisting with research and model development, compiling and maintaining databases, performing statistical analyses, writing research reports, and providing research-related technical programming support. 

Candidates are required to have a bachelor’s degree, preferably in Economics, Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline. A thorough understanding of economics and public policy, ability to use statistical and programming tools, and self-motivation are highly valued in performing these functions. The ideal candidate is interested in spending two years with us before heading to graduate school.

Apply for this position at:  

https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/upenn/careers-at-penn/job/3440-Market-Street/Data-Analyst--Penn-Wharton-Budget-Model_JR00099644-1?q=Penn%20Wharton%20Budget%20Model

Applicants should include the following in their resume: overall GPA, GPA by field(s), a partial list of advanced courses taken in related disciplines listed above, and any computer skills, including coding languages.  

More about PWBM: 

PWBM informs policy discussions in Washington, D.C. by supporting the production of data-driven, non-normative research on issues at the intersection of business and public policy. Its work is widely cited and has been influential in many key recent policy discussions, including tax reform, infrastructure, health care and entitlement reform, immigration, education, and the federal debt outlook. PWBM is non-partisan and does not make policy recommendations. For more information visit:  https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/