Economics Pipeline Project Research Funds
The AEA Pipeline Project seeks proposals from Pipeline Project members and their mentors on any research topic. The awards will range from $750 to $1,000.
The funds can serve a variety of purposes. For example, the funds can be used to cover the transportation and lodging such that graduate students can travel to their mentor’s location and spend several days working on the project, or cover the costs of data and supplies.
Selection will be based on the project’s potential to generate a co-authored peer-reviewed article, publication and dissemination strategy (e.g., having the graduate student present the paper at conferences and departmental seminar series) and the mentor’s ability to match these funds. Recipients must commit to present a draft manuscript at the Project’s Summer 2007 Conference.
Applications should describe how these criteria will be met and contain a budget. Applications will be accepted throughout the year; however, due to a limited amount of resources, we recommend that proposals be sent by October 15, 2006.
Link to the AEA Pipeline Project: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/CSMGEP/Pipeline/index.htm
Purpose of the AEA Economics Pipeline Project
The Economics Pipeline Project is an existing initiative of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP). The primary objective of the near decade old Pipeline Project is to increase the number of minorities who complete Ph.D.s in economics. This primary goal is advanced both by steps to increase the numbers who enter the field, and by steps to decrease the numbers who exit the track toward a Ph.D. These steps include programs to encourage interest in economics careers, to disseminate information about graduate programs, to improve the match between each student and his/her graduate program and to facilitate professional contacts. We also advise students in the pipeline about courses, exams, research topics, support options, and to involve faculty at the students’ home institutions in pipeline activities.