Other Programs

PREDOC is one of many resources for nascent researchers. See below for more.

Summer Schools

There are several institutions and organizations who run summer school programs. Scholarships to access such programs are often available.

Expanding Diversity in Economics+

Expanding Diversity in Economics+ (EDE+) targets early undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to develop their research abilities and technical skills. EDE+ fosters a path toward a research career through a unique interdisciplinary approach from its new home in the Chicago Booth School of Business, exposing students to leading researchers in Economics and related fields such as Finance, Accounting, Behavioral Science, Marketing, to inspire students to ask questions that can change the world.

American Economic Association Summer Program

The AEA Summer Training Program will be held at Howard University for Summer 2024 and in collaboration with the Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race, and economics faculty collaborator, the US Federal Reserve Board.

UChicago Summer Institute in Social Research Methods

The University of Chicago's Summer Institute in Social Research Methods combines classroom instruction, workshops, and hands-on research experience for undergraduate and early-career graduate students. Participants are eligible to access RA positions with faculty at the University of Chicago.

2024 NABE Scholars Program

This program, launched four years ago by The NABE Foundation and the NABE Diversity and Inclusion Committee, provides access to valuable learning and networking opportunities for diverse and underrepresented early-career economists and students interested in pursuing a career in applied economics.

Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference

The Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference (eUSR), which runs each fall, is a FREE online conference where undergraduate statistics & data science students present their work, learn more about careers in statistics & data science, and acquire valuable information about applying to, and succeeding in, graduate school.

John Hopkins School of Education (PREPPEd) Program

Post-bac/graduate Research Edification & Preparedness for Ph.D. in Education (PREPPEd) program is a six-week PhD preparedness and mentoring program for those who are invested in ethnic minority research.

Summer Research Assistantship Opportunities

One of the strongest indicators of success in a predoctoral position is previous research assistant experience. Several organizations and institutions offer research assistantship programs during the summer term. These research positions are ideal to gain experience and thus learn what research in economics and business is all about.

Leadership Alliance

The leadership alliance is a consortium of over 30 institutions—many overlapping with the PREDOC consortium—aimed at training, mentoring, and inspiring students to pursue doctoral studies.

Columbia Business School Summer Internship

This program provides interns an opportunity to work with Columbia Business School's faculty on a research project in economics, accounting, finance, management, marketing, or the behavioral sciences.

Federal Reserve Board Summer Internship Program

The Board's Internship Program provides valuable work experience for undergraduate and graduate students considering careers including, but not limited to, economics, finance and accounting, information systems, and data analysis. Find even more opportunities at the Fed's Econ Jobs website.

Program for Research in Markets and Organizations

PRIMO is a selective ten-week summer community of undergraduates participating in research affiliated with Harvard Business School faculty. PRIMO fellows receive a research stipend.

Pathways to Science

Pathways to Science has a database of paid part-time Summer RA opportunities in a variety of social sciences, as well as STEM fields like computer science and applied mathematics.

Academic Internship Program

This TFAS program track is ideal for students who are passionate about politics and seeking to make an impact on their community through public policy or the nonprofit sector.

2024 Department of Energy Scholars Program

The DOE Scholars Program is a Department-wide program designed to create a pipeline of highly qualified talent in disciplinary fields (such as environmental science, technology, engineering or mathematics) that support mission critical areas of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Information and Workshops about Doctoral Studies

Several organizations provide information and workshops about doctoral studies in business and economics.

IDDEAS

The Introduction to Diversity in Doctoral Education and Scholarship (IDDEAS) program is a two-day immersion workshop to introduce students to doctoral studies in economics and business.

PhD Project

Through partnerships, networking, mentoring, and unique events, The PhD Project empowers our community to help students from historically underrepresented backgrounds earn PhDs so they can inspire and educate the next generation of business leaders.

The Sadie Collective

By empowering and equipping Black women in quantitative sciences, The Sadie Collective addresses the pipeline and pathway problem in economics, finance, data science, and public policy through curated content creation, programming, and mentorship.

The PhD Excellence Initiative

The PhD Excellence Initiative drives diversity in the field of economics by offering rigorous, post-baccalaureate fellowships to high-achieving scholars of color, setting them on the path to pursue doctoral degrees and research careers at the nation’s top institutions.

Economics Mentoring Program

Many students interested in an economics PhD experience disparate degrees of support in the application process. The Mentoring Program aims to mitigate these gaps by helping students from underrepresented groups connect with a graduate student mentor in Duke, Harvard, MIT or Stanford’s PhD economics programs.

NSF GRFP

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a prestigious funding tool for graduate school. Click here for an orientation given by NSF program officials and a past winner of the GRF.

Degree-Granting Programs

Note that degree-granting programs, while they may have financial aid, typically charge tuition. This makes them substantively different from the other programs we outline on our website, which are either paid opportunities or at least incur no extra cost. There are many terminal Master's degree programs that can serve as good preparation for a PhD. Below are a few examples.

HASPERE

Through a partnership between Hunter College and the African School of Economics (ASE), this program aims to increase the number of African American students admitted to Hunter College's master's program in economics and prepare them to compete for acceptance in America's most prestigious PhD programs.

Wharton Statistics and Data Science Bridge

Wharton's Bridge to a Doctorate in Statistics and Data Science is a two-year research master's (AM) degree program which provides advanced coursework and research experience to students who are from groups underrepresented among PhDs in Statistics and Data Science. Bridge Fellows will work with faculty on an individualized curriculum and receive financial support.

Other Programs and Resources

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates: The National Science Foundation provides a list of sites with NSF-funded undergraduate research opportunities. These part-time opportunities span the social sciences. Apply at individual site websites.
University of Virginia Bridge to the Doctorate: UVA’s Graduate School seeks to support post-baccalaureate students from groups that are underrepresented in their disciplines and who have not had sufficient training and research experiences to prepare them for admission to doctoral programs.

Wharton resource page for pre-doctoral training opportunities: Wharton compiled an informational website that contains several links to organizations that offer pre-doctoral training opportunities of various kinds.