Leadership Alliance
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 AllianceOne of the strongest indicators of success in a predoctoral 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 AllianceThis 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 InternshipThe 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. Find even more opportunities at the Fed's Econ Jobs website.
Federal Reserve Board Summer Internship ProgramPRIMO 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 OrganizationsPathways 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 ScienceSeveral institutions and organizations run summer school programs. Scholarships to access such programs are often available.
The EDE Summer Institute identifies and supports talented undergraduates interested in economics. The Becker Friedman Institute will host 30-40 students in a three-week program including daily lectures, skill-building coursework, networking, and mentoring.
Expanding Diversity in Economics: A UChicago Summer InstituteThe AEASP Team announced that the AEA Summer Training Program will be held at Howard University for Summer 2021. The faculty and fellows are excited to deliver high-quality instruction and enriching real-world experiences unique to the nation’s capital.
American Economic Association Summer ProgramThe 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 MethodsSeveral organizations provide information and workshops about doctoral studies in business and economics.
The PhD Project’s expansive network helps Black/African-Americans, Latinx/Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans attain their business PhD and become the business professors who will mentor the next generation of leaders.
PhD ProjectBy empowering and equipping Black women in quantitative sciences, The Sadie Collective addresses the pipeline and pathway problem in economics, finance, data science, and public policy through curated content creation, programming, and mentorship.
The Sadie CollectiveThe PhD Excellence Initiative drives diversity in the field of economics by offering rigorous, post-baccalaureate fellowships to high-achieving scholars of color, setting them on the path to pursue doctoral degrees and research careers at the nation’s top institutions.
The PhD Excellence InitiativeNote that degree-granting programs, while they may have financial aid, typically charge tuition. This makes them substantively different from the other programs we outline on our website, which are either paid opportunities or at least incur no extra cost. There are many terminal Master's degree programs that can serve as good preparation for a PhD. Below are a few examples.
Through a partnership between Hunter College and the African School of Economics (ASE), this program aims to increase the number of African American students admitted to Hunter College's master's program in economics and prepare them to compete for acceptance in America's most prestigious PhD programs.
HASPEREWharton's Bridge to a Doctorate in Statistics and Data Science is a two-year research master's (AM) degree program which provides advanced coursework and research experience to students who are from groups underrepresented among PhDs in Statistics and Data Science. Bridge Fellows will work with faculty on an individualized curriculum and receive financial support.
Wharton Statistics and Data Science Bridge