IMF Fellowship Program: Call for Applications

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September 2012
e IMF invites applications for its Fellowsh ip Program
for 2013–14. e program aims to suppor t policy-relevant
research of interest to the internat ional nancial community.
IMF Fellows wil l spend the year working on mutually
agreed topics that are releva nt to the work of the IMF. While
hosted by the Research Depar tment, Fellows will also be
expected to interact w ith sta in other depart ments of the
IMF. e work produced over the year can be dissem inated
through IMF Working Papers and ot her channels.
e IMF provides a unique environ ment for research-
ers interested in working on macroeconomic a nd nancial
issues given its close monitoring of economic developments
around the world, its access to in formation, and the pres-
ence of a large, knowledgeable, professional sta  with whom
to interact. Sala ry and other benets are competitive, and
include al lowances for relocation and conference travel .
Fellows will be chosen t hrough a competitive application
process. Applicants are ex pected to have a substantial publi-
cation record in leading journa ls and a strong interest in the
policy-relevant work conducted at the IMF.
Applications should be sent no later than November 30,
2012 to imellowshipprogram@imf .org and should con-
sist of a CV, a 1–2 page outline of the proposed research
project(s) to be carried out while at the IMF, and link s to
1–2 research papers. e selection of 2013–14 Fellows will be
announced by the end of Februar y 2013.
e IMF Fellowship Program w as launched in 2011. e
2012–13 Fellows are Olivier Coibion, Chris Erceg, and Seb-
nem Kaleml i-Ozcan.
IMF Fellowship Program: Call for Applications
In June, IMF Economic
Review received its rst
Impact Factor—2.100—
with the release of om-
son Reuters’ latest Journal
Citation Reports (JCR).
is is a notable a chieve-
ment for a journal that
only published its rst
issue in August 2010.
Olivier Blanchard, t he
IMF’s Economic Counsel-
lor, commented: “We are
very pleased with t his outcome. It is very hard to introduce a
new journal and get it so fast on t he map.
IMF Economic Review was ran ked 39th (out of 320 jour-
nals) in the Economics category a nd 9th (out of 80 journals)
in the Business and Fina nce category. e rank-in-category
is based on the journal i mpact factor.
IMF Economic Review is fast real izing its potential to
become an outlet that competes w ith the top business and
economic journals in t he eld. Its Impact Factor score was
either higher or comparable to Journal of International
Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Jo urnal
of Monetary Economics, a nd Economic Policy. e JCR
impact factor is a measure of the f requency with which the
average article in a journ al has been cited in a particula r
year or period.
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