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NBER Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Post-Doctoral Fellowships

JOE ID Number: 2014-02_111451158
Date Posted: 09/15/2014
Date Inactive: 12/01/2014
Position Title/Short Description
Title: NBER Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Section: US: Other Academic (Visiting or Temporary)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
D2 -- Production and Organizations
D4 -- Market Structure and Pricing
G -- Financial Economics
K2 -- Regulation and Business Law
L -- Industrial Organization
M -- Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting
O3 -- Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights
Keywords:
Fellowship
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Productivity
Salary Range: $65,000
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The NBER Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) Program is seeking applicants for several one-year postdoctoral fellowships, with one position available in each of the following areas:

* Digitization
* Entrepreneurship
* Innovation Policy

Each post-doctoral fellowship consists of a $65,000 stipend for academic year 2015-2016, and includes an office at the NBER Cambridge office. Fellows are expected to spend the academic year at the NBER, conduct research related to their fellowship, and actively participate in Working Group activities. Applicants should be recent or prospective graduates who anticipate completing their PhD by September, 2015.

We anticipate conducting interviews at the 2015 ASSA meetings, and winners will be notified by February 1, 2015. Please note that the NBER will not sponsor a visa for these fellowships.

The Innovation Policy and Entrepreneurship Working Groups are supported by the Kauffman Foundation, the Economics of Digitization Project is supported by the Sloan Foundation, and all are part of the NBER PIE Program (see http://www.nber.org/workinggroups/ for more information).

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 12/01/2014
Application Instructions:
Applicants should submit a CV, a proposal of at most three pages, and an indication of which fellowships are being applied for to dhealy@nber.org by December, 1, 2014.