Part-Time RA Opportunities
Participating universities and research institutions offer a variety of part-time RA opportunities. All of the positions below are either part-time or short-term (in the case of summer programs or internships). Some opportunities are geared towards current undergraduates while others are more appropriate for those who have already received a BA. Note there are an many programs geared towards undergraduate development that occur in the Summer. While you may spot some of these application deadlines on this page, please check out our Other Programs page for more information about these opportunities.
The postings below are not PREDOC consortium positions, but are positions at each university or institution, and job seekers must separately apply to each posting to be considered. Job seekers in need of reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should contact the institution directly.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If interested, please use the sign-up form to be emailed directly when positions in your field of interest open. You can learn more about these fields here. PIs looking to hire part-time RAs can email info@predoc.org to advertise on our website. We also encourage all PIs to use our resume book of students who have completed PREDOC initiatives. (Resume book last updated on 11/2023)
- 2025 Summer Undergrad Intern: Economist
Sponsoring Researcher(s): John List
Sponsoring Institution: Walmart
Fields of Research: Economics
Eligibility: A third-year undergraduate majoring in a quantitative field (e.g., Econ, Math, Stats, CS, Engineering)
Deadline: Nov 15, 2024
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- FedUniversity: Internships at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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Register at: - Part-time Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Researcher Livia Alfonsi
Sponsoring Institution: LEAP and Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Prof. Alfonsi specializes in development economics, focusing on labor market frictions and the determinants of labor market participation in low-income countries.
Deadline: Apply ASAP for consideration
Job Posting - Part-Time Research Fellow
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Kejia Hu
Sponsoring Institution: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Fields of Research: Operations Management, Service Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Big Data Analytics
Deadline: Apply ASAP for consideration.
Job Posting - The World Bank Treasury Summer 2025 Internship
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Asset Management & Advisory, Capital Markets & Investments, Treasury Operations, and Pension & Endowments, in addition to the Treasury Risk, Compliance, and Controls teams
Sponsoring Institution: The World Bank
Fields of Research: Financial analysis, investment, private equity
Deadline: October 13, 2024
Visa: The World Bank sponsors the appropriate visa for an incoming intern to work in the United States if required.
Job Posting - Intern, Internal Operations (Fall 2024)
Sponsoring Institution: The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of Berkeley
Fields of Research: People operations/human resources, financial management, fundraising, data analysis and visualization
Eligibility: UC Berkeley student
Deadline: The first review will be on August 30, 2024, after which applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
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- Economic Research and Policy Internship
Sponsoring Institution: The Economic Innovation Group (EIG)
Fields of Research: Research and policy impacting distressed communities, U.S. economic growth, and new business and job creation
Deadline: Apply ASAP for best consideration
Eligibility: Current third or fourth-year undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
Job Posting - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE)
Fields of Research: Interdisciplinary, social science methods applied to sustainability issues.
Eligibility: The University of Minnesota student
Deadline: The application period will end on September 15
Job Posting - Temporary Research Assistant
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Pennsylvania
Fields: Dynamic Adaptation; Data Cleaning, Visualization, and Analysis
Deadline: Rolling
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- Intern - Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics (Fall 2024)
Sponsoring Institution: The Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Fields of Research: Chinese politics and economics
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled
Term: September 2024 to December 2024
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- Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Guillaume Blanc and Masahiro Kubo
Sponsoring Institution(s): The University of Manchester and CERDI
Fields of Research: Economic History, Political Economy, and Cultural Economics
Deadline: Ongoing until position is filled
Location: Remote
Job Posting - Student Researcher, BS/MS, Fall 2024
Sponsoring Institution: Google
Fields of Research: Computer Science
Deadline: Rolling
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- Summer Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Applied Econ MA, Ning Zhang
Sponsoring Institution: University of Arizona
Fields of Research: Development Economics/Political Economics
Deadline: Rolling
Job Posting - Student Assistant-Fairness and the Moral Mind Project
Sponsoring PI: Professor Bertil Tungodden, Scientific Director of FAIR.
Sponsoring Institution: FAIR (Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality, and Rationality)
Fields of Research: Experimental/behavioral economics
Start Date: As soon as possible – the end date is latest September 25.
Deadline: We will evaluate candidates on a rolling basis.
Job Posting - Internship, International Economics, History, Summer 2024
Sponsoring Institution: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Blavatnik Internship Program and Robina Franklin Williams Internship Program
Fields of Research: Political science, political philosophy, history, economics, or related fields
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Location: New York
Job Posting - Council on Environmental Quality Internship Program (Fall 2024 Interns)
Sponsoring Institution: Council on Environmental Quality at the White House
Fields of Research: Environmental justice, sustainability, climate change, resilience, public lands, water, and transportation
Deadline: Last Friday in June
Start and End Date: September – December
Job Posting - EPIC Summer Research Fellowship
Eligibility: Juniors
Sponsoring Researchers: Michael Greenstone
Sponsoring Institution: Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Fields of Research: Economics, climate change
Deadline: Rolling
Job Posting - Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure (SURE) Internships 2024
Sponsoring Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Fields of Research: Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Computer Science and Engineering, Management, Mathematics, Climate Change, Heritage Science and Technology, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, etc.
Deadline: October 3, 2024
Job Posting - Internship, Education, Marketing, Summer 2024
Sponsoring Institution: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Blavatnik Internship Program and Robina Franklin Williams Internship Program
Fields of Research: Marketing, international relations, education
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
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- Part-Time Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Malika Korganbekova
Sponsoring Institution: Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Economics and quantitative marketing research projects.
Deadline: Deadline for application: October 30th, though applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis starting October 15th.
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- Research Associate (Economics)
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi); Dr. Prabhat Barnwal (Michigan State University)
Sponsoring Institution: Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Fields of Research: The work will include one or more projects relevant to multiple fields in energy and environmental economics. The RA will work with large administrative data sets, and secondary surveys such as NSS, PLFS and CMIE-CPHS - clean data, and analyse it using econometrics methods.
Deadline: Apply ASAP for best consideration.
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- Part-time Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Researcher Livia Alfonsi
Sponsoring Institution: LEAP and Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Prof. Alfonsi specializes in development economics, focusing on labor market frictions and the determinants of labor market participation in low-income countries.
Deadline: Apply ASAP for consideration
Job Posting - Casual Hourly - Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Elke Weber
Sponsoring Institution: BSPL, Princeton University
Fields of Research: Human motivation and human decisions processes
Eligibility: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Public Policy, or similar quantitative behavioral science
Deadline: 9/30/2024
Job Posting - Temporary Research Assistant
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Pennsylvania
Fields: Dynamic Adaptation; Data Cleaning, Visualization, and Analysis
Deadline: Rolling
Job Posting - Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Guillaume Blanc and Masahiro Kubo
Sponsoring Institution(s): The University of Manchester and CERDI
Fields of Research: Economic History, Political Economy, and Cultural Economics
Deadline: Ongoing until position is filled
Location: Remote
Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
Job Posting - Statistical Intern
Sponsoring Institution: College of Nursing at The University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Statistical programming and data analysis
Deadline: Rolling
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- Summer Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Applied Econ MA, Ning Zhang
Sponsoring Institution: University of Arizona
Fields of Research: Development Economics/Political Economics
Deadline: Rolling
Job Posting - 2024 NABE Scholars Program
Description: The NABE Scholars Program seeks to increase diversity within the business economics profession by providing opportunities for outstanding early-career economists and economics students from groups historically underrepresented within the profession. The NABE Foundation plans to award twenty (20) scholarships to early-career economists and students interested in pursuing a career in applied economics to attend NABE Foundation events (see site for further details).
Sponsoring Institution: National Association for Business Economics
Fields of Research: Applied economics
To be eligible, one must be a current student OR an early-career professional meeting the following criteria: Have worked in the economics field for seven years or less; Currently be involved in a position that uses economic principles and theory; Hold an undergraduate college degree or higher
Deadline: May 5, 2024
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Sponsoring Institution: The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
Fields of Research: Data analysis, financial reporting, budget forecasting, and management
Deadline: Rolling
Location: West, Hybrid Eligible
Job Posting - The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Science, Technology and Policy (STP) Program
Sponsoring Researchers: DOE staff
Sponsoring Institution: DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
Fields of Research: Educational and professional development of scientists and engineers interested in energy efficiency and renewable energy policy.
Deadline: Applications for the STP program are accepted and reviewed all year.
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