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 six 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 2010 Dissertation Fellowship Grant Program was January 29. The names of awardees will be posted in the spring. Information about future opportunities will be available in the fall.   

Contact

Please contact Marina Tsiknis with any questions about the Dissertation Fellowship Program at 617-552-1092 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Previous Awardees

2009 Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

2008 Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

2007 Dissertation Fellowship Recipients