The Research in Color Foundation is now accepting applications [researchincolor.org] for its mentorship program, and we would like to invite senior scholars at your institutions to apply to be a mentor by the deadline of Monday, November 7, 2022.
The Research in Color Foundation [researchincolor.org] (RIC) is a 501c(3) non-profit that aims to increase the number of historically underrepresented scholars in economics and economics-adjacent fields (public policy, political economy, applied economics, finance, and quantitative methods in political science). We do this by matching scholars looking to pursue doctoral degrees in economics or economics-adjacent disciplines with seasoned economists and quantitative social scientists, as mentors, who guide them through the Ph.D. application process and work through a 8 month-long independent research project of their own choosing.
All mentees have the opportunity to present their research live at our annual conference in August. Over the years we’ve had conference keynote speakers and panelists including Prof. William Spriggs, Dr. Lisa D. Cook, Prof. Amy Finkelstein, Prof. Jesse Rothstein, Prof. Leonard Wantchekon, Prof, Nathan Nunn, and Economics Nobel Prize winner Prof. Esther Duflo, among others. Additionally, mentees have access to our quantitative skills building workshops in collaboration with J-PAL at MIT, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and the World Bank. We provide a 1000 USD scholarship to mentees that complete the program and a 2500 USD first year fellowship for mentees that go on to start a PhD, which is sponsored by the Jain Family Institute and Innovations for Poverty Action. We also provide internal fellowships with J-PAL at MIT and the Jain Family Institute for mentees that have successfully completed the program.
Mentors will have the opportunity to help develop and support talented students of color in economics and economics-related disciplines, the opportunity to learn about fresh perspectives from the next generation of academic and industry economists, the opportunity to help shift the narrative and integrate nuanced viewpoints on communities of color in economics, and will receive comprehensive and direct mentor training using the Research in Color Model of Mentorship.
More information on RIC, our benefits, past mentors and mentees, as well as the application process can be found on our website [researchincolor.org]. Please let us know if you have any questions. We’d appreciate it if you’d share this information with senior scholars who love to become a mentor.
Best,
RIC Team.
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