In most years, all of the following are available:
Faculty Development Awards
Research Incubator Award
Human Potential Conference Award
Post-Doctoral "Topping Off" Award
Dissertation and Pre-Dissertation Awards
Student Travel Awards
Irving B. Harris Prize for Outstanding Honors Paper on Child and Family Policy
This award supports promising faculty members in the early years of their careers who are engaged in innovative research on achievement, health and well-being across the lifespan. This award provides support for research assistance, data acquisition, travel, or for salary support.
Professor Ioana Marinescu, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, for her research on the effect of job loss on divorce.
Professor Alicia Menendez, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, for her research in South Africa on reciprocal relationship between socioeconomic status and health status.
Professor Amy Claessens, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, for her research on early school achievement and later success.
Professor Ofer Malamud, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, for his research on the effect of home computer use on child outcomes.
Professor Ioana Marinescu, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, for her research on the causes and consequences of job mobility.
This award will provide funds to a group of at least two people who are interested in developing a research proposal for funding. The purpose of the award is to help "jump start" a grant proposal. Such an award could allow the team to hire a student to conduct a review of the literature or preliminary data analysis, invite a consultant for a day to brainstorm about ideas, or perhaps hold a one day retreat for the research group.
Professor Judith Levine, School of Social Service Administration, for her book project entitled, Reaching for the Bottom Rung: Low-Income Women's Climb into the Labor Market before and after Welfare Reform.
Professor Tomas Philipson, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, for his book project with Anupam B. Jena, entitled Health and Economic Inequality in the United States.
This award will provide $8,000 to faculty scholars organizing a conference related to one of the Center's program areas.
Professor Robert Michael to help support the NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference. View the conference agenda & papers.
This award will be offered to faculty to supplement the salary of, or provide benefits for, a current or incoming post-doctoral student whose research supports the Center's mission. Depending on availability, the award will range between $10,000 and $15,000.
The Center will offer a select number of $5,000 dissertation awards and $2,500 pre-dissertation awards to Harris School doctoral students on an annual basis. View the application instructions (PDF).
Pedro Bernal, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for his research on the effect of health insurance on health care utilization.
Alejandro Ome, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for his research on the various implications of the Estatuto de Profesionalization Docent (ESP), an education reform in Columbia, including its impact on attracting more qualified teachers, on student outcomes, and on identifying good teachers.
Maria Fernanda Rosales Rueda, Doctoral Student, Harris School of Public Policy, for her research on the economics of the family and child development, including the study of parental investment responses to child health conditions, the effects of negative exogenous shocks in early childhood on later outcomes, and an examination of the impact of the Nurse Family Partnership on child skills and parenting.
Elise Chor, Doctoral Student, Harris School of Public Policy, for her work on effect of the availability of universal preschool in Australia on families' use of child care and other pathways by which public preschool may affect child and family well-being, including parental employment patters and family time.
Patricia Ritter, Doctoral Student, Harris School of Public Policy, for her work on the effect of internet and cell phone access on sexual behavior, fertility and sexually transmitted diseases, and the effect of a cash-transfer program on domestic violence.
Chloe Hutchinson-Gibbs, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her research on the impact of full-day kindergarten on educational outcomes.
Javaeria Qureshi, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her research on the spillover effects of oldest sister's education on younger siblings' learning outcomes, and the impact of school quality on student achievement.
Alejandro Ome,Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for his research on the effect of meritocracy for teachers in Columbia on student outcomes; the effect of parental assessments of children's ability on school choice; and how parental accuracy in assessing children's ability.
Maria Fernanda Rosales Reuda,Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her research on the mechanisms by which an specific early childhood intervention influences childhood outcomes; and on the impact of disability in early childhood on intra-family investments and on family's future fertility decisions.
Guadalupe Bedoya, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her research on heterogeneity in school outcomes under conditional cash transfers.
April Yanyuan Wu, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Jen Hao Chen, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Chloe Hutchinson Gibbs,Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her research on the impact of full-day kindergarten, in comparison to half-day kindergarten, on educational outcomes.
Ana Sofia Leon Lince, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Javaeria Qureshi, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her research projects on the impact of school quality on student achievement, and intra-household school choice in rural Pakistan.
Jorge Ugaz, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for his research projects on children’s malnutrition and outcomes during the elementary school years and the impact of exogenous income shocks on children’s health and school outcomes, specifically, the typhoon season of 1984 in the Philippines. Ugaz is also examining working to create a framework that would allow the estimation of the impact of parental time investment on children's cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes.
Arianna Zanolini, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
The Center will award up to two, $500 awards each quarter. The award must be used for travel to a conference during the quarter in which it is awarded. View the application instructions (PDF).
Pedro Bernal, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented, "The Effect of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization: Combining Administrative Data with an Experimental Design" at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association conference and "Health Insurance, Health Care Utilization, and the Law of Demand: Combining Administrative Data with an Experimental Design" at the Population Association of America conference.
Maria Rosales, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented, "Family Investment Responses to Childhood Health Conditions: Intrafamily Allocation of Resources" at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association conference; "Hit by El Niño: Households’ Responses to Weather Shocks and Medium Term Effects on Children's Outcomes in Ecuador” at the Population Association of America conference; and “Family Investment Responses to Childhood Health Conditions: Intrafamily Allocation of Resources” at the Society of Labor Economist conference.
Margaret Triyana, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented "Do Health Care Providers Respond to Demand-Side Incentives? Evidence from Indonesia" and "The Effects of Community and Household Interventions on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia" at the Population Association of America conference.
Charles Barlow, Master's Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented "The Efficacy of Social Networks within Mixed-Income Communities: Spatially Mixed, but Socially Isolated?" at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.
Jen Hao Chen, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, will presented, "Multiple Child-Care Arrangements and Early Childhood Health" at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society.
Michael Corey, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, presented "The Developmental Gradient in Fathers' Time with Children" at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
Javaeria Qureshi, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented :Additional Returns to Investing in Girls' Education: Impact on Younger Sibling Human Capital" at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting.
Laura Wherry, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented "The Impact of Medicaid Family Planning Waivers on Fertility" at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference.
Laura Wherry, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented "Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility" at the Third Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference.
Jen Hao Chen, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, presented "Maternal Health Behaviors during Pregnancy: Birth Weight and Early Non-Cognitive Skills" at the Association for Public Policy and Management conference.
Michael Corey, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, presented “Reconsidering Child Care Decisions: The Share Hypothesis,” and "The Shift is Dying but Evening Work is Thriving: Primetime Work and the Work-Life Balance" at the Population Association of America Conference.
Ana Sofia Leon Lince, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Great Expectations: Intergenerational Mobility Among Descendants of Mexican Immigrants in the US" at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association conference.
Jorge Ugaz, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Effects of Extreme Weather Shocks during Pregnancy and Early Life on Later Health Outcomes: The Case of Philippines' Typhoons" at the Midwest International Economic Development Conference.
Jorge Ugaz, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presented, "The Impact of New Siblings in Two-Parent Households: More or Less Specialized Parental Time?" at the Population Association of America Conference.
Arianna Zanolini, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Effects of Extreme Weather Shocks during Pregnancy and Early Life on Later Health Outcomes: The Case of Philippines' Typhoons" at the Midwest International Economic Development Conference.
Chloe Hutchinson Gibbs, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presented "Measuring the Impact of Full-day Kindergarten: Experimental and Quasi-experimental Evidence" at the Society for Research on Education Effectiveness Conference.
Nikolas Mittag, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Parental Time Use and Their Children's Cognitive and Non‐Cognitive Abilities" at the International Association for Time Use Research Conference.
Anjali Oza, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented " Plan B as Insurance: The Effect of Emergency Contraception on Pregnancy Termination and STIs" at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting.
Jorge Ugaz, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "The Impact of New Siblings on Parental Time Investment: More or Less Child-Specialization?" at the International Association for Time Use Research Conference.
Olena Verbenko, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presented “Strategic Corporate Philanthropy” at the Ronald Coase Institute's Workshop on Institutional Studies in Xiamen, China.
April Yanyuan Wu, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presented “Why Do So Few Elderly Take up Food Stamps?” at the Association for Public Policy and Management conference.
Jen-Hao Chen, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented " Early Origins of Noncognitive Abilities" at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
Haeil Jung, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented " The Effects of Time in Prison on Male Ex-Prisoners' Employment and Earnings" at the Association for Public Policy and Management conference.
Patrick Wightman, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented " Parental Job Loss and Children’s Educational Attainment" at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.
April Yanyuan Wu, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Older Women's Economic Well-Being: Income, Consumption, and Leisure Before and After Retirement" at the Association for Public Policy and Management conference.
Kalina Michalska, Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology, presented "Who Caused the Pain?: An fMRI investigation of Empathy and Theory of Mind in Children" at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting.
Patrick Wightman, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Parental job loss and children's college attendance in black and white middle-class families" at the Population Association of America conference.
April Yanyuan Wu, Doctoral Student, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, presented "Linking Social Security Retirement Benefits to Marital Status: Income and Consumption During Retirement" at the Population Association of America conference.
The Center will award up to two, $1,000 awards for exceptional honors papers that examine topics which fall within one of the Center's three program areas.
Angela Chung Hsu, Master's Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her paper, "The Impact of Government Schooling Policies on Child Labor Outcomes: An Evaluation of India's Mid-Day Meal Scheme."
NaYoung Rim, Master's Student, The Harris School of Public Policy, for her paper, "Sibling Influences on Teen Fertility: Using Miscarriages to Estimate Lower-Bound Causal Estimates."
