Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Long-Term Fiscal Policy
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Long-Term Fiscal Policy supports early-career economists conducting intensive research at NBER to deepen understanding of government debt, taxation, and other long-term fiscal issues.
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Funder: National Bureau of Economic Research
Due Dates: December 7, 2026, at 5:00 PM EST (Application)
Funding Amounts: $105,000 stipend for one year, plus health insurance reimbursement and a travel and research allowance
Summary: Supports early-career economists conducting intensive research on the economic aspects of long-term fiscal policy at NBER.
Key Information: Fellows must complete their PhD by June 2027 and spend a year at NBER’s Cambridge headquarters.
Description
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), with support from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, offers up to two one-year postdoctoral fellowships for the 2027–2028 academic year. The program enables early-career economists to conduct intensive research at NBER’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, headquarters. It welcomes researchers completing their PhDs and junior faculty members able to combine the fellowship with an early-career leave.
Research may address any aspect of long-term fiscal policy. Topics include government debt and economic growth; debt-to-GDP dynamics; entitlement, spending, and tax reforms addressing structural deficits in the United States or other nations; and the effects of tax instruments on long-term growth. Other areas include population aging’s consequences for spending, debt demand, and labor markets; fiscal institutions and balanced-budget rules; and federal-state fiscal relationships, including transfers of revenue authority and program responsibility.
