ISPS Dahl Research Scholars Application Form

Thank you for your interest in the ISPS Dahl Research Scholars Fellowship.

Please fill out all the fields below. Applications are now closed until next fall 2023.

Your research proposal should be a 1-page document describing the research project you wish to conduct as a Dahl Research Scholar, in collaboration with a social science faculty mentor and with the support of your peer fellows.

We urge students to discuss the Dahl Scholars program and research proposal plans with prospective faculty mentors prior to submitting an application. If you currently work with the faculty member you wish, or are interested in a  featured faculty mentor and project, be sure to include this information in your application materials. Please note, applications to work on new projects with faculty are welcome. See here and here for more information about the research interests of our ISPS faculty, and here to learn about the research projects completed by previous Dahl Scholars.

Yale social science faculty may submit Dahl Scholars projects to victoria.bilski@yale.edu for inclusion here. 

Research proposals should focus upon a public policy matter of pressing importance to American politics and within the scope of their prospective faculty mentor’s research. This proposal should include:

1.            A research question pertaining to a policy issue of current significance, and a proposed plan for shedding light on this question with empirical social science,

2.            An argument for the importance of better understanding the policy issue,

3.            Elaboration upon how the support of a faculty mentor and the broader ISPS community will facilitate the proposed research project,

4.            Any future plans to pursue policy research at the graduate school or professional level.

Use the file upload tools to attach your CV or resume, research proposal, and unofficial transcript in PDF format. (Transcripts can also be formatted in .png, and .jpeg).

Please use the following format for each file you upload:

    Lastname_Firstname_CV.pdf

    Lastname_Firstname_Proposal.pdf

    Lastname_Firstname_Transcript.pdf

Make sure you click “Submit” once you have completed all the required fields. You will see an automatic confirmation message on your screen that your application was received and receive an email message confirmation of your submission within a few minutes.

Should you have any questions, please contact  Victoria Bilski (victoria.bilski@yale.edu)

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Please provide the name of your advisor or other academic reference at Yale, should we need to contact him/her.
Please highlight any experience you feel is relevant for this position. This may include, for example, courses in the social sciences (e.g., economics, political science, sociology, psychology), research methods courses such as econometrics AND/OR at upper-level courses in the social sciences, evidence of research ability (paper, prior work). *Please note that for a position with ISPS Health, additional experience is desired: Having taken courses in microeconomics, econometrics, and health economics, and experience with Stata.
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