Dear NBER Colleagues,
I am forwarding an announcement for this year's ASA/NSF/BLS Fellowship Program that may be of interest to some of you. The program has been in existence for some time and offers the opportunity to work with confidential BLS microdata. The expectation is that Fellows will spend some time in residence at BLS, either during the academic year while on leave from their home institution or during the summer. Graduate students cannot apply to be fellows, but it is possible to build into the budget for a faculty member's project funding for a graduate research assistant to help with data analysis. From past experience, the student's work could turn into something that becomes part of a dissertation. Note also that fellows are not required to be U.S. citizens.
Past fellows have tended to be statisticians rather than economists, but the BLS is interested in involving more economists in the program. The deadline for applications for this year's program is February 8, 2016. Jeff Gonzalez would be happy to speak with anyone who might have an interest in applying.
Katharine
Katharine G. Abraham
Director, Maryland Center for Economics and Policy
Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Email: kabraham_at_umd.edu
Telephone: 301-405-3489
From: Gonzalez, Jeffrey - BLS [mailto:Gonzalez.Jeffrey_at_bls.gov]
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Subject: 2016 ASA/NSF/BLS Fellowship Program
Importance: High
Dear colleagues,
We have just posted information about the 2016 ASA/NSF/BLS Fellowship program. Shortly, I'll post this announcement to the typical listservs (WSS, AAPOR, SMRSNet, and SMSNET), but please feel free to send it to any additional persons and/or listservs (especially any Economics research listservs). If you do forward it to a listserv, then please let me know, so I can keep track of our outreach efforts. Finally, please note that the application deadline is February 8, 2016 with final decisions expected in late Spring.
Thank you!
Jeff
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Are you interested in expanding your research to new and interesting domains? Are you doing research that could benefit the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)? If so, consider applying for our Research Fellow Program!
The program's main objective is to facilitate collaboration between academic scholars and government researchers in fields such as statistics, mathematics, economics, survey methodology, behavioral science, and other related fields. Research Fellows have unique opportunities to expand their work to address some of the difficult methodological problems and analytic challenges BLS faces. Fellows are funded to conduct research at the BLS headquarters in Washington, DC, use BLS data and facilities, and work closely with BLS staff.
There is more information available on our website at
http://www.bls.gov/osmr/asa_nsf_bls_fellowship_info.htm or in our brochure at
http://www.amstat.org/careers/pdfs/ASANSFBLSFellowshipProgram.pdf. Proposals are due is February 8, 2016.
Fellowship applicants should have a recognized research record and considerable expertise in their area of proposed research. Applicants must submit a detailed research proposal, which will be evaluated on the applicability of the research to BLS programs, the value of the proposed research to science, and the quality of the applicant's research record. Applicants do not need to be U.S. Citizens, but they must be employed by a U.S. institution of higher learning or a non-profit institution (IRS code 501(c)(3) entity) and are expected to retain their position for the duration of the fellowship. U.S. Government employees are not eligible.
We encourage interested researchers to contact us before submitting a proposal, so we can provide assistance in tailoring the proposed topic to best utilize your skills and interests in addressing BLS issues.
The BLS coordinates our Research Fellow Program in cooperation with the American Statistical Association (
http://www.amstat.org/) (ASA), under a grant from the National Science Foundation (
http://www.nsf.gov/) (NSF).
Please contact Jeffrey Gonzalez (Gonzalez.Jeffrey_at_bls.gov<mailto:Gonzalez.Jeffrey_at_bls.gov>) if you have any questions.
Jeffrey M. Gonzalez, PhD
Research Mathematical Statistician
Office of Survey Methods Research
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Suite 1950
Washington, DC 20212
(202) 691-7517
(202) 691-7426 (fax)
Received on Wed Nov 11 2015 - 16:58:27 EST
