Deadline: April 15, 2025
Applications are open for the Stripe Economics of AI Fellowship 2025. The economics of AI remains surprisingly understudied, even as technical progress in artificial intelligence continues rapidly. The Stripe Economics of AI Fellowship aims to help fill that gap by supporting foundational academic research in the area.
They invite graduate students and early-career researchers who are interested in studying the economics of AI to apply, regardless of prior experience. Fellows receive a grant of at least $10k, participate in conferences with leading economists and technologists, and have the potential to access unique data via Stripe and its customers. The initial cohort will include 15-20 fellows and will form the foundation of a community at the bleeding edge of economic research.
Benefits
Fellows receive a baseline grant of $10,000. Applicants may request additional funding with justification, for example if funding for a data purchase would accelerate research progress. Graduate students are encouraged to request sufficient funding to buy out a unit of teaching or research assistantship, if they have a specific project idea which a buyout would provide time to work on.
Beyond financial support of at least $10k, the fellowship includes:
- Community: A community of like-minded researchers studying the economic implications of AI.
- Conference: Funding to attend an exclusive conference in San Francisco (early summer 2025), featuring leading economists and technologists in this space. Fellows will be asked to present a brief project proposal, and invited to participate in follow-up conferences to present and get feedback on preliminary results.
- Opportunity for data: The opportunity to gain access to unique datasets through Stripe and its customers.
Eligibility
- They expect most of the initial fellows to be grad students or early-career researchers (including postdocs, assistant professors, etc.) in economics.
- Researchers from any country are eligible to apply.
- Prior experience in AI economics is welcome but not required; exceptional candidates without any background in the field are encouraged to apply, including researchers in departments outside of economics.
- Fellows are not required to have a project proposal to apply.
Application
The first call for applications closes on April 15 at 10pm, PT. Decisions will be released on or before April 25.
For more information, visit Stripe Economics of AI Fellowship.
