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 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 Oscar Serpell.

Agriculture and Climate Policy Grants

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, with the support of a gift from alumnus Carl H. Goldsmith (W’88), has established a Sustainable Agriculture Fund that aims to frame a research agenda at the intersection of agriculture, energy, and climate policy with a focus on sustainable agriculture practice, policy, science, and technology that alleviate adverse environmental and social impacts.

This year, the Sustainable Agriculture Fund will award grants to support new research or supplement existing research in agriculture and climate policy. Below are suggested research topics:

  • Agricultural Adaptation
  • Sustainable Agriculture Policies
  • Local and Circular Food Systems

Please refer to the below PDF to learn more about the grants process, suggested research topics, expected outcomes, and additional details.

How to Apply


Complete and upload your proposal to this form by May 30, 2025. If you have any questions or issues uploading your proposal, please contact Thabo Lenneiye (lenneiye@upenn.edu).

Please Note:

The Kleinman Center’s 2025–2026 general call for energy policy research grants, excluding agriculture-related proposals, is now closed. Grant recipients for that round will be announced shortly.

Awarded Research Projects

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Contemporary Trends in European Energy Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Russia Energy Sanctions Enforcement Fossil Fuels 2023-2024 Benjamin Schmitt Energy Security, International, Politics
Philadelphia’s Energy Transitions: A Short History Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy 2021-2022 Jared Farmer Pennsylvania
Regulating Fuel Economy Standards Markets & Finance, Fossil Fuels, Transportation 2020-2021 Arthur van Benthem Electric Vehicles, Emissions
Fossil Fuels, the Building Industry, and Human Health Cities & Buildings, Fossil Fuels 2018-2019 Franca Trubiano Environment, Public Health
Repowering Ulaanbaatar: Urbanization after Coal Fossil Fuels, Electricity 2018-2019 Nicholas Pevzner, Stephanie Carlisle Coal, International, Public Health
Fracking and Indigenous Demands in the South of Argentina Access & Equity, Fossil Fuels 2018-2019 Tulia Falleti Fracking, International, Land Management, Natural Resources
Endogenizing Fuel Price Risk (and Uncertainty) Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Markets & Finance 2018-2019 Steven Kimbrough Electricity Markets, Finance & Investment, Risk
Pennsylvania’s Changing Coal Economy Fossil Fuels, Access & Equity 2017-2018 Christina Simeone, DeShaun Bennett, Theodora Okiro Coal, Labor, Pennsylvania
Oil and Growth: The Role of Commuting in Skill-Biased Technical Change Fossil Fuels, Markets & Finance 2017-2018 Nikolai Roussanov Carbon Pricing & Offsets, Labor, Oil & Gas, Regulation
The Unforeseen Consequences of Regulations: How Past Regulations Affect the Adoption of Innovative Technologies in the Shale Gas Industry Markets & Finance, Fossil Fuels 2017-2018 Paul Décaire Finance & Investment, Fracking, Oil & Gas, Regulation
Energy in the Global Economy: History and Future Fossil Fuels, Markets & Finance 2017-2018 Jesús Fernández-Villaverde Fracking, Oil & Gas
Disasters in the Delta: Oil Spills, Externalities, and Militant Competition in Nigeria Fossil Fuels, Markets & Finance 2017-2018 Jonah Rexer International, Oil & Gas
Preemption, Contracting Frictions and Investment Efficiency in Shale Gas Extraction Fossil Fuels, Climate 2017-2018 Aymeric Bellon, Tong Liu Environment, Natural Resources, Oil & Gas
Electric Motorcycles for the Motorcycle City Transportation, Fossil Fuels 2014-2015 Erick Guerra Electric Vehicles, International, Subsidies
Airline Fuel Loading: Existing Airline Practices and Future Federal Regulations Transportation, Fossil Fuels 2014-2015 Megan Ryerson, Mark Hansen Aviation, Emissions, Regulation