Resources

This page is under construction. In the near future we plan on posting more information regarding funding/grant opportunities, conferences, summer gigs, etc. of interest to BU economics graduate students.

Program Guidelines

Orientation meeting for the first year

Re-orientation meeting for the third year and above

Workshop Slides

For information on things such as how to use the cluster, how to give a job talk, and other workshops that the GEA has hosted, go to the workshops page!

Class Syllabi

The GEA (and others) keep a folder of updated class syllabi. For access, please reach out to us via email.

Dropbox of Past Qualifying Exams

The department keeps a folder of past qualifying exams. That can be found here: www.bu.edu/econ/students/phd-student-resources/

Reach out to Mirtha or us for the password.

External Fellowships

Reasons to apply for outside fellowships:

1) Often they pay better than BU fellowships.

2) Sometimes you have to give up your BU fellowship when you, say, leave for a year.

3) They are good CV builders.

4) It’s good practice for writing grant proposals.

Tips for being successful in your fellowship application:

1) Have peer application reading sessions.

2) Look at past applications, both successful and unsuccessful. (These can often be found online, and if not, try asking for them.)

3) When you ask people to write letters for you, ask them IN PERSON, so that you can judge exactly how warmly they feel about it.

Click here for a searchable database of fellowships that BU grad students can apply for.

Other fellowship databases (hosted by other schools, but still applicable to BU): Columbia, Duke, Cornell, UCLA, Michigan State

Here is a list of fellowships for graduate research in science and engineering (which, for many items on the list, includes economics).

Tips for writing a fellowship application

Resources for applying for the NSF GRFP*

Timeline for submitting an application for the NSF GRFP*

*Note: only first- and second-year American PhD students are eligible for the NSF GRFP.