Lowe Faculty Student Research Program Academic Year 2023-24
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Submission Date: Sept. 13, 2023
The Lowe Institute of Political Economy invites faculty from all five Claremont Colleges to apply to the 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 up to $6,000 in research assistant support. (Students are paid an hourly wage of $16-18 DOE).
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. In your proposal, indicate whether you would like to work on the project during the 2023-2024 academic year. Please email your proposal to lowe@cmc.edu.
To ensure full consideration of your application, please submit your proposal to the Lowe Institute by Sept. 13, 2023.
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.
For faculty who have not identified student RAs, the Lowe Institute will solicit interest from students and match them with appropriate faculty projects.
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 and economic behavior
- The involvement of students in the research process
Stipend Distribution
Faculty will receive the first half of their stipend in October 2023. Papers should be completed by June 1, 2024.
Submit Your Proposal
Please submit your proposal to lowe@cmc.edu. Thank you!