There are several institutions and organizations who run summer school programs. Scholarships to access such programs are often available.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (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. This program is open to students from all backgrounds.
EDE+
The AEASP Team is an excellent opportunity for late-stage undergraduates especially to sharpen their research skills.
American Economic Association Summer Program
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.
UChicago Summer Institute in Social Research Methods
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.
Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference
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.
John Hopkins School of Education (PREPPEd) ProgramOne of the strongest indicators of success in a pre-doctoral 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.
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.
Leadership Alliance
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.
Columbia Business School Summer Internship
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.
MIT Summer Research 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.
Federal Reserve Board Summer Internship Program
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.
Program for Research in Markets and Organizations
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.
Pathways to Science
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.
Dissemination and 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.
Academic Internship ProgramSeveral organizations provide information and workshops about doctoral studies in business and economics.
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 Sadie Collective
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 PhD Excellence Initiative