The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)

The Opportunity:

Upon the arrival of Michael Greenstone to the University of Chicago as the new director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), the Institute was looking to broaden its mission and scope, expand its presence on campus and off, and foster an interdisciplinary faculty base beyond its roots within the University’s policy and business schools. With Arete’s help in building a strategic plan and making needed connections throughout the University, faculty, researchers and students from throughout the University are now heavily engaged in the Institute; and EPIC has doubled in size and connected with new, influential audiences.

What we did for them:

• Convene interdisciplinary partnerships across the University
• Convene and manage University support and leadership
• Bridge institutional gaps at University
• Scale up and expand program scope
• Develop integrated and holistic funding strategy
• Help funders achieve their funding visions

Principal Investigator:  Michael Greenstone (director), Bob Rosner (founding co-director) and Bob Topel (founding co-director)

Website: www.epic.uchicago.edu