Research 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 grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to support new research or supplement existing research in energy and climate policy.

We seek requests for proposals from University of Pennsylvania faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students for research projects in the areas of energy and climate policy that can leverage Penn research and support the advancement of our mission.

For questions about the research grants program, please email Angela Pachon

Call for Research Proposals

The 2024-2025 call for grants is now open! Preference for our climate and energy policy grants will be given to the following topics:

  • IRA and BIL Implementation and Evaluation
  • Grid Oversight
  • Offshore Wind
  • Critical Mineral Supply
  • LNG Exports
  • Extreme Heat and Community Resilience
  • PECO Collaboration

In addition to the climate and energy policy grants, the Carl H. Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund will award several grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000, and one grant up to $50,000 to support new research or supplement existing research in agriculture and climate policy.

Deadline

Applications should be sent to Arwen Kozak (arwenk@sas.upenn.edu) by Friday, May 3, 2024.

Awarded Research Projects

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It’s Time for a Green Investment Treaty to Incentivize Climate-Aligned Foreign Direct Investment Markets & Regulation 2023-2024 William Burke-White Finance & Investment, International
Privately Owned Battery Storage: Reshaping the Utility Business Case Emerging Tech, Markets & Regulation 2022-2023 Christian Kaps Storage
The Efficiency of Electricity Pricing Schemes Electricity, Markets & Regulation 2021-2022 Arthur van Benthem Finance & Investment
Energy Transitions in Times of COVID19: Economic Crises and Time Horizons in Latin America Markets & Regulation, Climate 2020-2021 Santiago Cunial Covid-19, International
Energy Policy When Households Face Credit Constraints: Evidence from India, Kenya, Mexico, and Brazil Markets & Regulation, Access & Equity 2020-2021 Susanna Berkouwer Carbon Pricing, International, Subsidies
Regulating Fuel Economy Standards Markets & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Transportation 2020-2021 Arthur van Benthem Electric Vehicles, Emissions
Do Government Loans Crowd Out Private Borrowing? Markets & Regulation, Climate 2019-2020 Ben Keys Finance & Investment, Risk
The Politics of Carbon Taxes at the State Level Climate, Markets & Regulation 2018-2019 Ioana Marinescu Carbon Pricing, Emissions, Politics, Regulation
Endogenizing Fuel Price Risk (and Uncertainty) Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation 2018-2019 Steven Kimbrough Electricity Markets, Finance & Investment, Risk
Jump-Starting the Market: Subsidies and Firm Entry Markets & Regulation, Renewables 2018-2019 Felipe Flores-Golfin Solar, Subsidies
Unilateral Incentives to Self-Impose Emission Limits: Is There a Case for Pennsylvania and RGGI Climate, Markets & Regulation 2017-2018 Mike Abito Electricity Markets, Emissions, Pennsylvania
Oil and Growth: The Role of Commuting in Skill-Biased Technical Change Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation 2017-2018 Nikolai Roussanov Carbon Pricing, Labor, Oil & Gas, Regulation
The Unforeseen Consequences of Regulations: How Past Regulations Affect the Adoption of Innovative Technologies in the Shale Gas Industry Markets & Regulation, Fossil Fuels 2017-2018 Paul Décaire Finance & Investment, Fracking, Oil & Gas, Regulation
Energy in the Global Economy: History and Future Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation 2017-2018 Jesús Fernández-Villaverde Fracking, Oil & Gas
Disasters in the Delta: Oil Spills, Externalities, and Militant Competition in Nigeria Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation 2017-2018 Jonah Rexer International, Oil & Gas

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