New Duke Econ Pre-Graduate Fellows Program

I’m emailing to let you know about a new initiative: The Duke Pre-Graduate Fellows Program.

The goal of the program is to help advanced undergraduates or recent college graduates with graduate applications to research-oriented Master’s or Ph.D. programs in economics or a related field.

The program aims to increase diversity in economics by helping students who — by their background, life experience and scholarship — bring an underrepresented voice to the profession. We especially encourage applications from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.

Selected applicants will:

• be named Duke Economics Pre-Graduate Fellows,
• receive a $1,500 financial award to assist with the costs of applying to graduate school
• have access to faculty mentoring designed to assist with graduate school preparation and applications

Duke faculty mentors include Bocar Ba, Arjada Bardhi, Jason Baron, Patrick Bayer, Charles Becker, David Berger, Marjorie McElroy, Modibo Sidibe, Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, and Quitze Valenzuela-Stookey.

External faculty mentors will also include Marcus Casey, Associate Professor at University of Illinois-Chicago, and Erika Martinez, Senior Instructor at University of South Florida.

Application details available here: https://econ.duke.edu/pre-graduate-fellows-program

Submission deadline: November 5, 2021