Join a global community of scholars exploring how AI is transforming the workplace — and help shape a more innovative, equitable, and resilient future of work.
We invite outstanding scholars to join us in advancing groundbreaking research on AI in the workplace — from understanding how intelligent technologies reshape jobs, skills, and wages to designing strategies that ensure innovation drives inclusive and sustainable economic growth. As a fellow, you will spend one academic quarter, Spring 2026, on the Hyde Park campus at UChicago developing a research program focused on experimentally evaluating the impact of AI on the workforce in firms, non-profits, educational institutions, and governments. You will contribute to our intellectual community by participating in a workshop with campus faculty and other fellows, presenting in a seminar series, and co-organizing a conference connected to your research. This conference will include academics and practitioners from the public and private sector and serve as launching pad for new research partnerships.
This fellowship offers a unique platform to widen the global network of scholars in this critical field, with housing and living expenses provided, up to $25,000 in research funds, and an honorarium to offset your time away from your home institution.
Fellowship Highlights
- When: Spring 2026
- Research Focus: The economic and organizational impacts of AI in the workplace, including implications for productivity, wages, inequality, and workforce development.
- Community Engagement: Design and lead a short-term workshop, seminar sequence, or topical conference to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.
- Funding & Support:
- Housing and living expenses for one academic quarter, Spring 2026.
- Up to $25,000 in research funds.
- Additional funding available in the form of honorarium to offset time away from home institution and teaching commitments.
Who Should Apply
We welcome applications from economists whose work advances understanding of AI’s role in shaping the future of work. Interdisciplinary approaches and early-career applicants are encouraged.
DEADLINE: November 28, 2025
Submit proposal HERE
