Dissertation Fellow, Gender in the Economy
NBER’s Gender in the Economy group, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is offering three dissertation fellowships for doctoral students in economics and allied fields to encourage research on gender issues across the globe and through history. Topics may include victimization and violence against women, household finance, women’s roles in health and education, gender and the labor market, economic development and female labor force participation, women- and child-centered policies, and masculinity norms.
Fellows will be expected to participate in the Gender in the Economy meetings at the NBER Summer Institute in summer 2027.
Fellows will be selected based on their potential to make important contributions to the field and given recommendations from our selection panel.
Compensation
Stipend of $45,000, plus $3,000 to support research costs, and $13,000 to defray tuition and fees.
Eligibility
- Full-time PhD student at a US or Canadian university
- Must be advanced to dissertation candidacy status by the start of the fellowship
Application Deadline
January 20, 2027 at 5 pm EST
Application Requirements
- Curriculum vitae
- Research proposal (maximum 3 pages double-spaced text, 2 pages tables/graphs, 1 page references) describing an independent research proposal on gender in the economy
- One recommendation letter
Funder
The Gates Foundation
Contact
Elisa Pepe (epepe@nber.org)