Funded Projects

Our researchers explore critical issues and address challenges that have regional, national, and global implications.

About Our Research Grants

Each year, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy awards up to $15,000 (one-year) and $20,000 (two-year) grants to support new research or supplement existing research in energy and climate policy.

We are seeking requests for proposals from University of Pennsylvania faculty and postdocs* for research projects that support the advancement of our mission.

This year, preference will be given to research on the following topics:

  1. Artificial Intelligence
  2. Energy Affordability
  3. Market and Financial Mechanisms for Climate Action
  4. Threats to Energy Infrastructure
  5. Rearrangement of Global Trade
  6. IRA Rollback and OBBBA Impacts
  7. Risks and Rewards of Demonstration-Scale Technologies
  8. Engaging Communities
  9. New Paradigms for Utility Regulation

*Ph.D. candidates may apply but must include a PI-of-record statement from their faculty supervisor.

Deadline

Our 2026-2027 call for research proposals is now open. Learn more and appl using the link below.

Complete and upload your proposal to this form by February 6, 2026.

Call for Research Proposals

For questions about the research grants program, please email Oscar Serpell.

Awarded Research Projects

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Advancing Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches for Climate Mitigation Greenhouse Gas Removal 2025-2026 Jennifer Wilcox Land Management
Local Zoning and the Regulation of Solar Farms on Agricultural Land: Helping or Hindering the Transition to Renewable Energy? Agriculture, Clean Energy 2021-2022 Tom Daniels Land Management
A Six Point Plan for Eliminating U.S. Carbon Emissions and Minimizing Climate Costs Climate, Clean Energy 2019-2020 Oscar Serpell Energy Efficiency, Finance & Investment, Land Management, Politics, Regulation, Subsidies
Fracking and Indigenous Demands in the South of Argentina Access & Equity, Fossil Fuels 2018-2019 Tulia Falleti Fracking, International, Land Management, Natural Resources
Innovating in Isolation: Cuba’s Lessons for Sustainable, ‘Energy Smart’ Agriculture Climate 2016-2017 Shana Starobin Environment, Land Management