Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based Research in Education

The University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education offers a Pre-Doctoral Training Program designed to support and enhance the Ph.D. training of students in different disciplines who are committed to careers in applied, field-based education research. The initiative involves six University of Pennsylvania schools and multiple school districts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and it is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in the U.S. Department of Education. Fellows receive financial support, access to specialized resources and experts in the field of study and become part of an emerging national network of students, faculty and practitioners conducting interdisciplinary research in the education sciences.



Current fellows are students presently enrolled in PhD programs at the Graduate School of Education, the Wharton School of Business, and the School of Arts and Sciences in fields such as education, sociology, economics, and business and public policy. We encourage current students from any discipline within the University of Pennsylvania who are interested in developing expertise in rigorous scientific interdisciplinary education research to apply.