In 2006, the Tobin project opened offices in Harvard Square as a place for staff to support scholars and for scholars to meet to exchange ideas. Three full-time staff were recruited and hired. The project engaged an editor and policy advisor part-time to provide additional support. The summer research assistant program began and brought in four research assistants from Harvard University, Brown University and Amherst College to assist in recruiting and supporting professors in their research. Tobin also initiated a research assistant program to run during the academic year and engaged another dozen undergraduate and graduates students from Harvard University, MIT, Brown University, and Oxford University.