Boston College Center for Retirement Research 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

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

The submission deadline for the 2013 Dissertation Fellowship Grant Program is January 31, 2013. Proposal guidelines can be found here.

For further information http://crr.bc.edu/about-us/grant-programs/dissertation-fellowship-program-2/

Please contact Marina Tsiknis with any questions about the Dissertation Fellowship Program at 617-552-1092 or tsiknis@bc.edu.