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NBER: NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp 2017 - Call for Applicants
NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp 2017 - Call for Applicants
>NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp 2017
>Call for Applicants
>
>The NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group is
>hosting the 10th Entrepreneurship Research Boot
>Camp (ERBC). This intensive workshop provides an
>introduction into the leading research topics in
>the areas of the economics of entrepreneurship
>and entrepreneurial finance. The workshop is
>sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
>
>When: Monday, July 17 (late afternoon) to Friday, July 21, 2017.
>Accepted students are also welcome to attend the
>NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group meeting on Monday, July 17.
>
>Where: NBER, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
>
>Program: The program will be taught by
>experienced and active researcher professors.
>Each day will have 6 hours of instruction.
>Previous year speakers include Philippe Aghion
>(LSE), Nick Bloom (Stanford), John Haltiwanger
>(Maryland), Thomas Hellmann (Oxford), Erik Hurst
>(Chicago), Josh Lerner (Harvard), David Robinson
>(Duke), Antoinette Schoar (MIT) and Scott Stern (MIT).
>
>For Whom: The boot camp is meant to promote
>research interest in the areas of
>entrepreneurship economics and/or
>entrepreneurial finance. It is particularly well
>suited for PhD students in economics and
>finance, who are either considering, or already
>doing research in these areas. The boot camp is
>primarily intended for PhD students with an
>interest in these areas of research. The minimum
>requirement is that (by the summer) participants
>will have completed their first year of PhD
>course work. Participants are expected to
>carefully prepare for the workshop. In
>particular, they are expected to read a syllabus
>of over 50 papers prior to the boot camp.
>
>Costs: The ERBC is generously supported by a
>grant from the Kauffman Foundation.
>Participation is free and restricted to admitted
>applicants no auditors will be admitted.
>Participants will be accommodated for four
>nights (five if also attending the NBER
>Entrepreneurship Working Group meeting). Travel
>expenses will be covered, provided they are in
>accordance with standard NBER procedures.
>
>Application: Applicants will be selected on a
>competitive basis. Each applicant should submit
>an application containing the following items:
>A cover letter that includes complete contact
>information, as well as the name of the recommendation letter writer.
>A Curriculum Vitae of the applicant, together
>with a list of all current and completed PhD courses.
>A two-page essay that explains why the applicant
>wants to attend the boot camp. This should
>include a brief description of the applicant’s
>current and future research direction.
>One letter of recommendation from the
>applicant’s current or former PhD advisor.
>Letters of recommendation should be short (no more than 2 pages), they will be
>treated confidentially, and they can be sent separately from the applicants’
>application.
>
>The application package should be assembled into
>a single pdf and uploaded here:
>
><http://papers.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfapp?id=ERBCs17>http://papers.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfapp?id=ERBCs17
>
>(Please use your name for topic of work)
>
>If the letter of recommendation needs to be sent
>separately, please email it to Brett Maranjian
>at maranjian_at_nber.org and she will add it to your application package.
>
>The application deadline is Friday, March 31, 2017
>
>Acceptance decisions will be made in early May.
>Accepted participants will be expected to come
>prepared by reading a syllabus of over 50 papers
>prior to the beginning of the ERBC.
>
>For any questions concerning academic matters,
>please contact the academic coordinator:
>Thomas Hellmann
>Saïd Business School
>University of Oxford
>Park End Street
>Oxford OX1 1HP
>UK
>thomas.hellmann_at_sbs.ox.ac.uk
Received on Wed Jan 25 2017 - 13:24:30 EST
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