SIEPR Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Assistant Program - Student Application

Summer UGRA Program

SIEPR offers a 10-week full-time (40 hours per week) Summer research program for undergrads, from June 26- September 1, 2023. Students work on a faculty-led research project and also participate in weekly seminars and meetings with their peers. Each student receives a stipend of $7,500 for the period. SIEPR aims to introduce a diverse population of students to economic policy research and encourages students from all areas of study to apply.


SIEPR UGRA Student Eligibility:

  • Participants must be current Stanford undergraduates.
  • Coterm students and seniors are eligible only if their bachelor’s degree will not be conferred before the end of the research appointment.
  • Coterm students paying graduate tuition are not eligible.
  • Students serving a suspension or on a leave of absence during Summer quarter are not eligible.


Program Activities:

  • Students participate on campus.* There is no remote work option.
  • Students work full-time on a faculty-led project throughout the summer.
  • Students engage in an hour-long in-person working group meeting each week on Wednesdays to discuss their research progress with their peers.
  • Students attend an hour-long, in-person seminar or professional development activity each week on Fridays to learn about different faculty or graduate student research projects and other research opportunities.
  • Students will work in teams to develop a policy project. In Week 10, each student presents a lightning talk about their part in the policy project and submits their talking points on slides at the final working group meeting.


Application Requirements:

  1. A list of the courses that you have taken that are research-related.
  2. Resume
  3. A cover letter that addresses the following:
  4. Why are you interested in a SIEPR UGRA position?
  5. What is your previous experience, if any, with research?
  6. What are your personal research interests?
 

Personal Information

 
 
 
 
 

Academic Information

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Project Interest

Please select 3 projects that you would be interested in working on.

 
 
 
 

Optional questions

 

This summer students will work in teams to develop a policy project. We would like to gather your input to help narrow the theme of the project which will be focused on California-related policy.

 

Please use this space to add any additional information that you would like to include in your application.

 

Program requirements and eligibility confirmation

 

SIEPR UGRA Student Eligibility:

Participants must be current Stanford undergraduates.

Coterm students and seniors are eligible only if their bachelor’s degree will not be conferred before the end of the research appointment.

Coterm students paying graduate tuition are not eligible.

Students serving a suspension or on a leave of absence during Summer quarter are not eligible.


https://siepr.stanford.edu/programs/undergraduate-students/research-assistant-openings/siepr-ugra-summer-program-open

 

SIEPR offers a 10-week full-time (40 hours per week) Summer research program for undergrads, from June 26 - September 1, 2023, on campus. Students work on a faculty-led research project and also participate in weekly seminars and meetings with their peers. Each student receives a stipend of $7,500 for the period. SIEPR aims to introduce a diverse population of students to economic policy research and encourages students from all areas of study to apply. Program Activities:

  • Students participate on campus. There is no remote work option.
  • Students work full-time on a faculty-led project throughout the summer.
  • Students engage in an hour-long in-person working group meeting each week on Wednesdays to discuss their research progress with their peers.
  • Students attend an hour-long, in-person seminar or professional development activity each week on Fridays to learn about different faculty or graduate student research projects and other research opportunities.
  • Students will work in teams to develop a policy project. In Week 10, each student presents a lightning talk about their part in the policy project and submits their talking points on slides at the final working group meeting.


https://siepr.stanford.edu/programs/undergraduate-students/research-assistant-openings/siepr-ugra-summer-program-open

 
 

Please upload all of the following documents to the form below:


  1. Resume
  2. Letter of Interest
  3. Please upload a letter that addresses a general audience and answers the following:
  4. Why are you interested in a SIEPR research assistant position?
  5. What is your previous experience, if any, with research?
  6. What are your personal research interests?
Drop your files here