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 |
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Researchers |
Keywords |
Rare Earths in Renewables: The Story of Three Rs |
Renewables |
2020-2021 |
Deep Jariwala
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Natural Resources |
Climate Change and Energy Technological Progress |
Climate, Renewables |
2020-2021 |
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
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Storage |
Energy Transitions in Times of COVID19: Economic Crises and Time Horizons in Latin America |
Markets & Regulation, Climate |
2020-2021 |
Santiago Cunial
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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
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Carbon Pricing, International, Subsidies |
Regulating Fuel Economy Standards |
Markets & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Transportation |
2020-2021 |
Arthur van Benthem
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Electric Vehicles, Emissions |
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
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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
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Biofuel, Pennsylvania, Waste |
The Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation Policies |
Climate |
2019-2020 |
Mark Nevitt
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Climate Adaptation, Risk |
Implementing SDG7 in the Informal Settlements: The Case of Accra, Ghana |
Electricity, Access & Equity |
2019-2020 |
Eugenie Birch
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International |
Do Government Loans Crowd Out Private Borrowing? |
Markets & Regulation, Climate |
2019-2020 |
Ben Keys
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Finance & Investment, Risk |
The Impact of Transportation Electrification on Urban Forms in China |
Transportation |
2019-2020 |
Zhongjie Lin
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Electric Vehicles, International |
Hazard Vulnerability and Policy Responses for Coastal Resilience in South Korea |
Climate |
2019-2020 |
Sa Min Han
|
Climate Adaptation, International, Risk |
Guiding Energy Storage Capacity Investment for Renewable Grids |
Renewables |
2019-2020 |
Christian Kaps
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Grids, Storage |
Architecture and Energy Transitions: The Case of the Bauhaus Dessau Building |
Cities & Buildings |
2018-2019 |
Daniel Barber
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Coal, Emissions, Energy Efficiency, International |