Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College is accepting proposals for the Dissertation Fellowship Program in Retirement Income and Disability Insurance Research. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement issues. Priority areas include:

• Social Security and disability insurance

• Macroeconomic analyses of Social Security

• Wealth and retirement income

• Program interactions

• International research

• Demographic research

Fellowship Awards

Up to seven fellowships of $28,000 will be awarded to doctoral candidates enrolled in an accredited program at a U.S. university.

Submission

The submission deadline for the 2013 Dissertation Fellowship Grant Program was January 31, 2013. To learn more for next year, proposal guidelines can be found here.