Immigration Policy Lab Collaborative Research Fellowship
Applications due March 31, 2017: The Immigration Policy Lab Collaborative Research Fellowship is a summer experiential training program that offers outstanding doctoral students the opportunity to actively engage in research projects with close advising and mentorship from IPL-affiliated faculty.
About the lab
The Immigration Policy Lab (IPL), directed by Professors David Laitin, Jens Hainmueller, and Dominik Hangartner, is a global hub for immigration policy research and innovation with a network of faculty affiliates from leading universities. With branches at Stanford and the University of Zurich, the IPL coordinates and implements a systematic research program in immigrant receiving countries using advanced methods of data analysis and research design to measure the impact of immigration and integration policies on a wide range of important social, political, health, and economic outcomes. IPL scholars partner with government agencies at the national and local levels as well as immigrant service providers to answer pragmatic questions and put evidence directly in the hands of decision-makers and program implementers. IPL’s goal is to advance immigration policy to improve lives and communities.
About the fellowship
The IPL Collaborative Research Fellowship is a summer experiential training program that offers outstanding doctoral students the opportunity to actively engage in research projects with close advising and mentorship from IPL-affiliated faculty. The Fellowship supports students in learning and participating in the full scope of the social science research process: research design, grant writing, data analysis, writing articles, journal submission, responding to reviewers, and outreach related to publications. Fellows may propose a specific project of interest, or may opt to be matched to existing IPL projects, working in a close-knit environment that offers constant intellectual interaction between faculty, post-docs and fellow graduate students. In addition, fellows participate in regular training seminars conducted by second-year fellows on a variety of methods topics. Fellows often have an article or multiple articles emerge from this innovative summer program, and may have the opportunity to continue working with the IPL during the academic year.
Past fellows’ accomplishments include:
- Publication in Science
- Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (forthcoming)
- Restricted data access proposal submitted to National Center for Health Statistics
- Co-PI status on a $20,000 Spectrum Grant
- Restricted data access proposal submitted to the Census Bureau
Past fellows have worked on a number of innovative IPL projects, including:
- Measuring the impact of giving driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants on traffic safety in California
- Evaluating the determinants of attitudes toward refugees and asylum-seekers across Europe
- Evaluating the impact of restrictive state immigration policy on the mental health of immigrants
Some of IPL’s current projects include:
- Standardizing measurement of immigrant integration globally
- Understanding Jordanian attitudes toward Syrian refugees and how to improve host community-refugee relations in Jordan
- Evaluating the impact of naturalization on immigrant integration in New York
- Optimizing vocational ESL instruction for newly resettled refugees in the U.S.
- Evaluating a private co-sponsorship pilot program for refugee resettlement in the U.S.
Fellowship Terms
The IPL Collaborative Research Fellowship is a part-time summer experiential training program. Fellows are expected to complete the equivalent of one month of full-time work throughout the entire summer, but have a flexible schedule to accommodate their own independent projects, travel, and/or field work. Regular attendance at weekly lab meetings and training seminars is required while actively working. Fellows receive a stipend of $3,500.
Eligibility
Applicants must be currently enrolled doctoral students at Stanford University. They must have taken a minimum of two quantitative statistics courses, be familiar with causal inference, and have an interest in immigration policy. First- and second-year students are particularly encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
The application form for the IPL Collaborative Research Fellowship can be found here. Applications must be submitted by March 31, 2017. IPL Collaborative Research Fellows will be announced by April 14, 2017. Please contact IPL’s Research Program Manager, adillon [at] stanford.edu (Andrea Dillon) with any questions.