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Mansueto Institute Postdoctoral Fellows are post-doctoral researchers from a variety of disciplines and perspectives who are interested in building a scholarly understanding of cities. The fellowships are full-time, year-long appointments that can be renewed for a second year, subject to a mutual agreement. Positions are structured between the Mansueto Institute and one of the University of Chicago’s Departments or Schools. Applications will open in fall 2025 for the 2025-26 academic year.

The Kreisman Graduate Fellows Program is a cohort of University of Chicago graduate students from across fields of study who are committed to pursuing careers in housing research or practice. The program runs for one academic year and is open to all Masters and PhD students at UChicago, such as those studying law, policy, social services, social sciences, data science, and business. During the academic year, Kreisman Fellows take part in a range of professional development activities, including coursework on housing policy and practice. Fellows also receive a stipend to support their professional development. Applications for the 2024-2025 academic year are now open. Apply by May 10th.

The Urban Doctoral Fellows Program provides a yearlong, supervised cohort experience training up to ten PhD students whose research focuses on urban issues, with an emphasis on strengthening scientific writing, effective presentations, and multimedia communications. Fellowship provides funding of up to $1,000 per fellow to cover registration, hotel, meal and transportation costs for presentations at academic conferences. The program includes twice-monthly lunchtime meetings to review peer papers and presentations, as well as discussions of how distinct disciplines engage in urban research. Applications for the 2024-2025 cohort are now open; apply by May 10th.

The Mansueto Institute invites UChicago graduate students with diverse academic backgrounds to participate in a new data science program called the Urban Research Corps. The URC is a research incubator that produces relevant insights about the fundamental processes driving urban change and develops tools to help build more sustainable, equitable, and connected cities. The URC combines the Mansueto Institute’s interdisciplinary approach with technology and data to build generalizable capabilities that accelerate the practice of sustainable urban development at the local and global scales. URC participants will have the opportunity to design, develop, test and deploy computational methods to answer fundamental questions and design scalable tools. Applications are currently closed.

Environmental Frontiers gives UChicago students a scientific and practical understanding of urban sustainable development, starting with projects on campus. A graduate research assistant leads undergraduate researchers, all working under the guidance of faculty to develop research and applied projects that explore and enhance campus sustainability, with an eye toward broader impact into whole urban areas and their neighborhoods. Applications are currently closed.

Environmental Frontiers gives UChicago students a scientific and practical understanding of urban sustainable development, starting with projects on campus. Students work under the guidance of faculty to develop research and applied projects that explore and enhance campus sustainability, with an eye toward broader impact into whole urban areas and their neighborhoods. Applications for the summer 2024 undergraduate cohort are currently closed.