Meet Our Current and Past Research Professionals
Our research professionals come from all over the world to join the center for two years before entering a PhD program in finance or economics.
Meet Our Current and Past Research Professionals
The Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance offers a unique pre-doctoral fellowship in finance for individuals with undergraduate degrees or master's degrees in economics and finance or in fields with related skills such as statistics, mathematics, or computer science.
We are a proud participant of Pathways to Research and Doctoral Careers (PREDOC) https://predoc.org/. Our mission is to encourage, guide and support the future generation of academic researchers.
Our two-year research professional program is designed to be an ideal transitional position for recent graduates who are interested in going onto a top PhD program in finance or economics. Our research professionals gain valuable experience working with some of the world’s top researchers in these fields.
Fama-Miller Center research professionals have the opportunity to work closely with multiple Booth finance faculty members and learn to provide research assistance for substantial research projects as well as receive mentoring. In addition, our research professionals can take one course per quarter for credit, attend the weekly finance workshop and seminar, and participate in the Fama-Miller Center seminar for research professionals.
The position provides excellent preparation for entry into a Ph.D. program or for conducting other analytical based research independently. The Center's RPs have been admitted to PhD programs at schools such as the University of Chicago, Columbia, UCLA, Berkeley, LBS, MIT, Northwestern, NYU, Stanford, Wharton and Yale.
Meet our current and past Research Professionals
Chicago Booth gives equal consideration to applicants requiring visa sponsorship; all interested applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of their visa status.
Our research professionals come from all over the world to join the center for two years before entering a PhD program in finance or economics.
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