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 |
Fossil Fuels, the Building Industry, and Human Health |
Cities & Buildings, Fossil Fuels |
2018-2019 |
Franca Trubiano
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Environment, Public Health |
Energy Cost Burdens for Low-Income Households |
Cities & Buildings, Access & Equity |
2018-2019 |
Vincent Reina, Constantine Kontokosta
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Energy Efficiency |
Repowering Ulaanbaatar: Urbanization after Coal |
Fossil Fuels, Electricity |
2018-2019 |
Nicholas Pevzner, Stephanie Carlisle
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Coal, International, Public Health |
Power Issue of Scenario Journal |
Access & Equity, Electricity, Emerging Tech |
2018-2019 |
Nicholas Pevzner, Stephanie Carlisle
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Politics |
Uber and Lyft’s Effects on Gasoline Consumption and Emissions |
Transportation |
2018-2019 |
Xiaoxia “Summer” Dong
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Emissions, Pennsylvania |
Your Uber Has Arrived: Ridesharing and Emissions Impacts |
Transportation |
2018-2019 |
Caitlin Gorback
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Emissions |
Migration, Climate Change, and Sustainability Attitudes |
Climate |
2018-2019 |
Sabrina Arias, Christopher Blair
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Climate Adaptation, International, Risk |
Fracking and Indigenous Demands in the South of Argentina |
Access & Equity, Fossil Fuels |
2018-2019 |
Tulia Falleti
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Fracking, International, Land Management, Natural Resources |
The Politics of Carbon Taxes at the State Level |
Climate, Markets & Regulation |
2018-2019 |
Ioana Marinescu
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Carbon Pricing, Emissions, Politics, Regulation |
Endogenizing Fuel Price Risk (and Uncertainty) |
Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation |
2018-2019 |
Steven Kimbrough
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Electricity Markets, Finance & Investment, Risk |
Jump-Starting the Market: Subsidies and Firm Entry |
Markets & Regulation, Renewables |
2018-2019 |
Felipe Flores-Golfin
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Solar, Subsidies |
Pennsylvania’s Changing Coal Economy |
Fossil Fuels, Access & Equity |
2017-2018 |
Christina Simeone, DeShaun Bennett, Theodora Okiro
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Coal, Labor, Pennsylvania |
Unilateral Incentives to Self-Impose Emission Limits: Is There a Case for Pennsylvania and RGGI |
Climate, Markets & Regulation |
2017-2018 |
Mike Abito
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Electricity Markets, Emissions, Pennsylvania |
Valuation of Electric Vehicles and Parking Policies in Philadelphia |
Transportation, Cities & Buildings |
2017-2018 |
Erick Guerra, Ricardo Daziano
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Electric Vehicles, Pennsylvania |
Oil and Growth: The Role of Commuting in Skill-Biased Technical Change |
Fossil Fuels, Markets & Regulation |
2017-2018 |
Nikolai Roussanov
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Carbon Pricing, Labor, Oil & Gas, Regulation |