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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Research Areas |
Sort by Year |
Researchers |
Keywords |
How Can We Deploy Solar Fuels in a Decarbonized Society? |
Emerging Tech, Renewables |
2023-2024 |
Karen Goldberg, Walter Johnsen, Thomas Mallouk
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Solar |
Field Experiments to Measure the Impact of Solar Lights at the Bottom of the Pyramid |
Renewables |
2022-2023 |
Serguei Netessine
|
International, Solar |
Local Zoning and the Regulation of Solar Farms on Agricultural Land: Helping or Hindering the Transition to Renewable Energy? |
Renewables |
2021-2022 |
Tom Daniels
|
Agriculture, Land Management |
Philadelphia’s Energy Transitions: A Short History |
Fossil Fuels, Renewables |
2021-2022 |
Jared Farmer
|
Pennsylvania |
Rare Earths in Renewables: The Story of Three Rs |
Renewables |
2020-2021 |
Deep Jariwala
|
Natural Resources |
Climate Change and Energy Technological Progress |
Climate, Renewables |
2020-2021 |
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
|
Storage |
Wartime Speed During Peacetime? How New York State Built an Unprecedented Coalition for Breakneck Renewables Deployment |
Renewables, Access & Equity |
2020-2021 |
Daniel Cohen
|
Grids |
A Six Point Plan for Eliminating U.S. Carbon Emissions and Minimizing Climate Costs |
Climate, Renewables |
2019-2020 |
Oscar Serpell
|
Energy Efficiency, Finance & Investment, Land Management, Politics, Regulation, Subsidies |
Promoting Energy Conservation on the Farm: Thinking About Waste as a Gold Mine Instead of a Headache |
Climate, Renewables |
2019-2020 |
Dipti Pitta, Veronica Shabtai
|
Biofuel, Pennsylvania, Waste |
Guiding Energy Storage Capacity Investment for Renewable Grids |
Renewables |
2019-2020 |
Christian Kaps
|
Grids, Storage |
Jump-Starting the Market: Subsidies and Firm Entry |
Markets & Regulation, Renewables |
2018-2019 |
Felipe Flores-Golfin
|
Solar, Subsidies |
A Data Driven PV Power Forecasting Model |
Renewables, Electricity |
2017-2018 |
Jorge J. Santiago-Aviles
|
Distributed Energy, Grids, Solar |
The Impact of Renewable Energy Procurement Auctions in Brazil |
Renewables, Electricity |
2017-2018 |
Gabrielle Vasey
|
Electricity Markets, Grids, Hydropower, International |
Potable Water for the Clinic Serving the Community of Gashora, Rwanda |
Access & Equity, Renewables |
2016-2017 |
Jorge J. Santiago-Aviles
|
International, Solar |
Solar Energy Powered Water Purification System in Rwanda |
Access & Equity, Renewables |
2015-2016 |
Jorge J. Santiago-Aviles
|
International, Solar, Water |