The Review of Economics and Statistics Fellowship for NBER Summer Institute

The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) will sponsor five early-career researchers with the aim of broadening the set of scholars who are able to participate in the applied microeconomics research meetings at the 2025 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Institute. 

The Review of Economics and Statistics will sponsor five early-career researchers at the applied microeconomics research meetings at the 2025 Summer Institute. Researchers who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend and those who broaden the set of scholars and/or the range of topics covered are encouraged to apply. 

In past years, economists from more than 400 institutions have presented and discussed new research findings at the meetings that collectively comprise the Summer Institute. Each REStat fellowship will cover travel costs to attend this conference, and local hotel accommodations for up to four nights, up to a maximum of $2,000. Travel reimbursements will be subject to the NBER’s travel regulations which can be found at the following link:

https://www.nber.org/conferences/travel-reimbursement-policy

To be eligible for fellowship support, applicants must contribute to broadening the set of researchers who participate in the Summer Institute, for example by being faculty members at institutions that have historically not been represented at the conference, or by studying questions or using methods that are not well-represented. They must have received a PhD in economics in 2015 or later and must be conducting research in one of the following sub-fields of applied microeconomics: economics of aging, economics of children, economics of crime, development economics, economics of education, energy and environmental economics, health economics, labor economics, law and economics, or public economics. Further details on the Summer Institute, including meeting dates, may be found at the following link:

https://www.nber.org/conferences/summer-institute-2025

To apply, applicants should prepare a single PDF with:

(i) A cover page including name, email address, current college or university affiliation, date of PhD, a personal website link (when appropriate), a short summary of current research activity, a description of the distinctive perspective they can contribute to the Summer Institute’s research community, what they hope to the gain from the experience, and which Summer Institute session(s) they are most interested in attending

(ii) A curriculum vitae

(iii) A recent research paper

Upload the PDF no later than 11:59 pm ET on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Applications that are not complete by that time will not be considered.

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee consisting of editors of REStat. The committee will place particular emphasis on the capacity of the applicant to benefit from the research exposure and interactions that the Summer Institute offers. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decisions in mid-May.

Please direct questions about the fellowship program to Heidi Morgans (restat@hks.harvard.edu) and questions involving technical difficulties with uploading files to confer@nber.org.