Lowe Faculty Student Research Program Academic Year 2024-25
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Submission Date: August 15, 2024
The Lowe Institute of Political Economy invites faculty to apply to the 2024-25 Lowe Faculty-Student Research Program. We welcome proposals from all areas of economics as well as from adjacent fields such as finance, government, psychology, or history whose work may be of relevance to the study of the economy and economic behavior. The twin goals of the program are to involve students in research and to publish papers in top field journals in economics or their equivalent in associated fields. Faculty participating in the Program will receive a $9,000 stipend for a completed project and will be awarded research assistant support. (
The Application Process
To apply for a Lowe Faculty-Student Research Program, please write a one-to-two-page proposal outlining your research project. The proposal should include a description of how students will be involved in the project.
To ensure full consideration of your application, please submit your proposal to the Lowe Institute by August 15, 2024.
Identifying Student Research Assistants
The Lowe Institute supports both decentralized and centralized matching of students and faculty. Ideally, faculty will have already found students suited to and interested in working on the project. This tends to assure the best match. The Lowe Institute then simply approves and funds the project. In this case, please include the names of students that might be interested in working on the project.
For faculty who have not identified student RAs, the Lowe Institute will solicit interest from students, screen for abilities and temperament, and match them with appropriate faculty projects. In this case, faculty ought to explain which skills they would like their RA to have.
How Proposals Are Evaluated
Proposals will be evaluated on:
- The feasibility of the idea, to be demonstrated with some modest level of detail on the approach
- The idea’s relevance to economics, public policy, or closely related fields
- The involvement of students in the research process
To ensure full consideration of your application, please submit your proposal to the Lowe Institute by August 15, 2024.
Stipend Distribution
Faculty will receive the first half of their stipend in September 2024. Faculty will receive the second half of their stipend once a completed draft is submitted to the Lowe Working Paper Series. Ideally, papers will be completed by June 1, 2025.
Submit Your Proposal
Please submit your proposal to Kelly Alexander at the Lowe Institute. Thank you!