Other Programs

The AEASP Team is an excellent opportunity for late-stage undergraduates especially to sharpen their research skills.

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.

The Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute (PS-PSI) is a week-long training program for students who are considering pursuing a Ph.D. in political science or a closely related field. Applications are now open and due on March 1, 2026.

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 graduate school.

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.

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. 

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.

The MIT Summer Research Program provides full-time summer RA opportunities. It seeks to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT.

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. 

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 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.

The Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science in Health Disparities at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine announced the 2025 Dissemination & Implementation Science Summer Program in Chicago.

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.

The Sadie Collective is developing the next generation of leaders in economics and related fields, furthering the legacy of Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander. We hope to dismantle barriers, forge pathways to success, and foster inclusive excellence.

The PhD Excellence Initiative is a two-year pre-doctoral program that identifies high-achieving students whose research promises to bring new, important perspectives to the discipline of economics and prepares them for the rigors of pursuing a PhD in the field.

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.