The Environmental Inequality Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA) is seeking highly motivated undergraduates for a selective, full-time summer Undergraduate Research Training Program (URTP) in environmental and energy economics. The program is designed to provide hands-on research experience and a strong foundation for pre-doctoral positions or graduate study. Trainees work closely with faculty and a dedicated graduate student manager, with near-peer mentoring from the Lab’s pre-doctoral research associates, in a setting that emphasizes high standards, high support, and shared responsibility for research quality.

The URTP runs May 26–July 31, 2026 (10 weeks), is full-time and in-person in Charlottesville at UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and provides a $6,000 stipend. The program begins with an intensive bootcamp (environmental/energy economics, data-to-policy, reproducible coding, geospatial methods, causal inference, and science communication), followed by placement on faculty-led project teams with weekly milestones and structured feedback. Eligible applicants are rising juniors and seniors with current U.S. work authorization; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis (apply before April 15, 2026).

Apply here!