Dear NBER Researchers -
As a result of a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
the NBER will be able to provide two dissertation support grants for the
next academic year (2015-16) for Ph.D. students in economics whose
research focuses on "The Economics of an Aging Workforce." This topic
area encompasses research on, but is not limited to, issues such as the
determinants of work and retirement behavior by older workers; the roles
of public and private policies, and workplace attributes, in
facilitating or discouraging work at older ages; age discrimination in
labor markets; and the effects of an aging workforce on firm-level and
aggregate productivity. Further details are provided in the attached
fellowship announcement, and on the NBER home page at
http://nber.org/jobs/ .
Each dissertation grant will provide a stipend of $25,000, as well as up
to $12,000 in tuition support. The grants will be for one year. To be
eligible for fellowship support, a student must be working toward a
Ph.D. at a North American university during the 2015-16 academic year.
I hope that you will forward this message to students who might be
interested in applying for fellowship support. Please note that a
nomination process requires a letter of recommendation, and that the
closing date for fellowship applications is *Wednesday, December 17,
2014.* I am writing early in the academic year so that students who may
be interested in applying for support will have time to plan their
applications, and so that we can announce decisions before students need
to make commitments for teaching or other support in the next academic
year. Please note that student applications as well as short nominating
letters from their advisers must be received by this data. We will not
be able to consider applications that are not complete by that date.
Fellowship applications, as well as questions about the fellowship
program, may be sent to Ms. Raquel Greene, greener_at_nber.org. Thank you
for helping to call attention to this important program of research
support. All best wishes.
Jim Poterba
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Received on Wed Oct 08 2014 - 10:14:43 EDT
