{"id":1933,"date":"2026-05-19T16:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=1933"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:09:21","slug":"predocs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/cider\/predocs\/","title":{"rendered":"Predoctoral Research Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<p>Our Predoctoral Fellowship Program provides one to three years of research experience and professional development training to individuals, typically those interested in pursuing a PhD. Fellows work with multiple core <a href=\"\/centers\/cider\/faculty\/\"><strong>CIDER faculty<\/strong><\/a> to gain a breadth of skills and exposure to multiple research projects. Additionally, Fellows supplement their practical research with a catalog of professional development opportunities, including weekly seminars, technical trainings, conferences, audited coursework, and networking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <section class=\"featured-profiles featured-profiles--expanded  section-heading--wrap bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                          <h2>Meet our Predoctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container text-margin-reset global-spacing--4x\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Agme_Chandrakant2-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Agme Chandrakant.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/ca558\/\">Chandrakant Agme<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Pre- Doctoral Fellow, CIDER<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Faculty Supervisors: Joanna Upton, John Hoddinott Research Interests: Development economics, applied economics, behavioral and experimental economics&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Felipe-Macedo-Dias-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Felipe Macedo Dias.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/fm469\/\">Felipe Macedo Dias<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Pre-Doctoral Fellow, CIDER<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Faculty Supervisors: Daniela Scur, John Hoddinott Research Interests: Development economics, applied economics, economics of crime, economics of education&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo-axel-Axel-Schneider2-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Axel Schneider.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/as4538\/\">Axel Schneider<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Pre-Doctoral Fellow, CIDER<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Faculty Supervisor: Chris Barrett Research Interests: Development economics, political economy, taxation, governance, decentralization, and citizen participation&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shubham-Shubham-Singh-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Shubham Singh.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/ss4554\/\">Shubham Singh<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Pre-Doctoral Fellow- CIDER<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Faculty Supervisors: Luisa Cefala, Chuan Liao, Martina Occelli, Nicholas Swanson Research Interests: Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Information Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2025-03-15-at-8.32.33-PM-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Simon Taye.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/st2246\/\">Simon Taye<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Pre-Doctoral Fellow, CIDER<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Faculty Supervisor: Heather Schofield Research Interests: Development Economics, Political Economy, Economics of Conflict&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/headshot_Wang-1-515x520-1-515x500.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Headshot of Hao Wang.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/hw824\/\">Hao Wang<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Pre-Doctoral Fellow, CIDER<\/span>\n    \n                                <p>Faculty Supervisor: Heather Schofield Research Interests: Labor economics, behavioral economics&hellip;<\/p>\n            <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025 Cohort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grace Chen&nbsp;&mdash; Cornerstone Research<br>Supervised by Daniela Scur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kateri Mouawad&nbsp;&mdash; Ph.D. Student, UC-Santa Cruz<br>Supervised by Chris Barrett and Joanna Upton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luiza Tanoue Troncoso Peres&nbsp;&mdash; Masters Student, Imperial&nbsp;College London<br>Supervised by Daniela Scur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"sock-cta global-padding--10x bg--tone\">\n  <div class=\"grid-container\">\n    <div class=\"sock-cta__text text-margin-reset\">\n      \n      <h2>Learn more about the CIDER program<\/h2>\n\n      \n              <div class=\"global-spacing--3x\">\n          <ul class=\"btn-row\">\n                          <li><a 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