MENTORSHIP PROGRAM BENEFITS
4 Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) quantitative skills building workshops (1 per month starting in January);
2 Institute for Fiscal Studies in the United Kingdom (IFS) quantitative skills building workshops (1 per month starting in March);
2 quantitative skills building workshops from Professor Jesse Rothstein of University of California, Berkeley (1 per month starting in March);
2 Writing workshops from Soumaya Keynes of the Economist;
8 hours (on average) of leadership team office hours each week from January to August. Office hours include interview preparation and practice, resume and cover letter editing, data analysis help in R and STATA, career advice, and peer support;
3 Mandatory meetings with personal mentor each month;
Research in Color buddy system for peer to peer support within each cohort;
Opportunity to present independent research live at the Annual Research in Color Conference;
1000 USD scholarships for all mentees that complete the Research in Color Mentorship program;
2500 USD first-year fellowships endowed by the Jain Family Institute and Innovations for Poverty Action for mentees that complete the Research in Color Mentorship program and go on to start a PhD;
Internships directly available to mentees upon completion of the mentorship program specifically for Research in Color mentees through J-PAL Global and the Jain Family Institute;
Mentees are regularly sent direct adverts for Research Assistant and Pre-doctoral positions through Research in Color from institutions including Princeton University, J-PAL Global, J-PAL North America, the Federal Reserve, and the World Bank Group;
Access to Letters of Recommendation from Research in Color mentors for graduate school;
Ad-hoc workshops for mentees. For example: the International Finance Corporation and Research in Color Workshop hosted a workshop in February entitled “Diversity in Economics Research”;