Near-term benefits
Research Associates enjoy the benefits of

• Interaction with leading economists and analysts on key policy and research issues



• Eligibility for tuition reimbursement for individual courses, certificate programs, and graduate programs



• Access to resources designed to build business, computer, and writing skills

Long-term gains
Research Associates have gone on to enter prestigious academic programs, receive National Science Foundation and other highly regarded grants, and accept challenging positions in business and banking.

Career steps taken by former RAs include:

• Ph.D. programs in economics and/or finance
  Berkeley, Brown, Cal Tech, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Michigan, Minnesota, MIT, Northwestern, NYU, Penn, Princeton, Rochester, Stanford, UCLA, Wisconsin, Yale



• Master's programs in public policy
  Berkeley, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Yale



• Master's programs in business administration
  Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, Stanford, Wharton



• Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  Bank Supervision; Chief of Staff’s Office; Credit, Investment, and Payment Risk; Emerging Markets; Markets Group



• Business
  American Express, Cantor Fitzgerald, Goldman Sachs, ISI Group, Morgan Stanley, NERA Economic Consulting, Standard and Poor’s



• Law and public service
  Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Yale, IMF, Peace Corps
  
  

• Earn a Master’s degree in Statistics (Columbia University) while working at the Bank
  
  
• Participate in other degree and certificate programs (New York University and Columbia University)
  
  
• Take individual graduate-level classes such as stochastic calculus, probability, statistics, real analysis, linear regression models, time series regression, linear algebra, continuous-time finance, derivative securities, graph theory, and partial differential equations.