The Columbia Center for Political Economy seeks applications for grant funding from eligible Columbia University doctoral candidates. The Center will provide graduate students with financial support to conduct research within the field of political economy, understood broadly.
Awards are anticipated to range from $5,000 to $15,000. In extraordinary circumstances with departmental approval, grants may be provided to fund a semester long buyout of teaching responsibilities. Additionally, to encourage collaboration and cross-disciplinary work, grants more than $15,000 may be awarded to collaborative research projects.
Grant funds, for example, may be utilized to:
- Purchase data or computing resources
- Hire research assistants
- Conduct new research
- Travel to archives and/or external academic convenings
- Organize workshops and conferences
- In extraordinary circumstances, provide for a teaching buyout
In evaluating proposals, Center faculty reviewers will prioritize collaborative and multidisciplinary projects, those with the potential to break new ground in understanding the intersections of economics and political and social processes in the U.S., and those advancing theoretical, conceptual, and methodological innovation. Learn more about past Graduate Student Grantees and their research topics here.
Launched in 2022, the Center identifies and advances the most promising contemporary developments within economics and promotes a new political economy with robust, intellectual and policy incubators across distinct themes: Work and Labor, Firms and Industrial Policy, Money and Finance, the Political Economy of Climate and International Political Economy.
More details, including how to apply, topics and key deadlines, are available here.
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