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 |
Breaking the Lock on Urban Climate Finance: An Exploration |
Cities & Buildings |
2023-2024 |
Eugenie Birch, Luke Campo
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Finance & Investment |
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 |
Mitigating Climate Change Through Investor Activism |
Climate |
2023-2024 |
Joseph Huang
|
Finance & Investment |
The Efficiency of Electricity Pricing Schemes |
Electricity, Markets & Regulation |
2021-2022 |
Arthur van Benthem
|
Finance & Investment |
Do Government Loans Crowd Out Private Borrowing? |
Markets & Regulation, Climate |
2019-2020 |
Ben Keys
|
Finance & Investment, Risk |
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 |
Endogenizing Fuel Price Risk (and Uncertainty) |
Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation |
2018-2019 |
Steven Kimbrough
|
Electricity Markets, Finance & Investment, Risk |
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 |
Global Infrastructure Project Research Network |
Markets & Regulation |
2015-2016 |
Witold Henisz
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Finance & Investment, International |