By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Stripe’s Economics of AI 2025 Fellowship for graduate students and early-career researchers is open for applications.
Stripe is inviting graduate students and early-career researchers who are interested in studying the economics of AI to apply, regardless of prior experience and proposal.
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 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.
Other benefits include:
1. Community: A community of like-minded researchers studying the economic implications of AI.
2. 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.
3. Opportunity for data: The opportunity to gain access to unique datasets through Stripe and its customers.
Eligibility Requirements
• Stripe expects 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 Timeline:
The first call for applications closes on April 15 at 10pm, PT.
Decisions will be released on or before April 25.
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The Stripe’s Economics of AI 2025 Fellowship is now open for graduate students and early-career researchers interested in the economics of AI.
The fellowship offers a grant of at least $10,000, participation in conferences with top economists and technologists, and access to exclusive datasets through Stripe and its customers. Fellows will form a community of like-minded researchers and attend a conference in San Francisco in early summer 2025, where they will present project proposals and receive feedback.
Eligibility extends to graduate students, early-career researchers, and researchers from any country, with or without prior AI economics experience. Applications close on April 15 at 10 PM PT, with decisions announced by April 25.
No project proposal is required to apply. More information can be found on Stripe's website.
