Graduate and Early-Career Fellowships on the Fiscal and Economic Effects of Innovation and Productivity Policies

Funding: $34,000 stipend plus up to $13,000 in tuition assistance for dissertation fellows. Who can apply: Doctoral students in economics or economics-adjacent fields (e.g., public policy) at US and Canadian universities who will have advanced to dissertation candidacy by the fellowship start; early-career researchers with PhDs from 2014 or later may apply for the unfunded track. Length: One academic year (2026-2027 cycle). Invitation to a year-end research conference; unfunded fellowship track also available for early-career researchers who received their PhD in 2014 or later. Field: Economics and Financial Policy. Deadline: January 4, 2026, 5:00pm EST (2026-2027 cycle; this cycle has closed).