The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. The agency has positions available for dissertation fellows serving 4- to 12-month terms during the period from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. The opportunity is expected to be of particular interest to students who have funding for their doctoral studies.

Dissertation fellows may interact with CBO staff members working on energy and the environment, finance, labor, health care, macroeconomics, public economics, or other topics. The agency is particularly interested in hosting scholars with expertise about the effects of climate change on the economy, immigration, the determinants of marriage, labor force participation, child care, productivity change, the effects of fiscal policy on private investment, and the incidence of tax and transfer policies.

Please submit a cover letter and a résumé at www.cbo.gov/careers. The first set of dissertation fellows will be chosen from applications received by February 27, 2024. Additional applications will be considered through April 3, 2024.