Funded Fellowships for Phd Students from Mercatus Center in the US for 2023
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Mercatus Center offers a number of funded fellowship opportunities; Elinor Ostrom Fellowship. It is a one-year, competitive fellowship program awarded to PhD students from any university and any discipline, including but not limited to economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology. This fellowship aims to expose students to the themes of markets, culture, morality, and sociality within the Austrian, and Virginia schools of political economy and to provide them with the tools needed to utilize this framework in academic research that explore these themes.
Benefits
If you get this fellowship, you will have:
- An award of a total of up to $7,000 includes:
- A stipend
- All required readings
- Travel and lodging to attend colloquia hosted by the Mercatus Center
- Join a network of Mercatus students, alumni, and scholars who are conducting and engaging with cutting-edge research in contemporary political economy.
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Eligibility criteria
You must follow the following criteria:
- You must be enrolled in a Phd program from any university and in any discipline.
- You will be enrolled in an accredited PhD program during the upcoming academic year.
- Have the ability to commit to traveling 3 weekends for colloquia during the upcoming academic year.
- Have research or teaching interests in the themes of markets, culture, morality, and sociality and would benefit from a greater understanding of key contemporary writings in political economy.
- Fellowship recipients are eligible to re-apply to the Elinor Ostrom Fellowship each year of their studies.
Please note: Decisions will begin to be announced approximately eight to twelve weeks after the deadline.
Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for:
- Remain enrolled as a degree-seeking doctoral student throughout their participation in the Elinor Ostrom Fellowship Program.
- Attend and actively participate in all aspects of the scheduled program of events.
- Complete evaluation surveys following each colloquium and at the end of the fellowship year.
- Become engaged with professional organizations that support the schools of thought covered in the program, as appropriate.
About Mercatus Center:
Founded in 1980, the Mercatus Center is located on George Mason University’s Arlington and Fairfax campuses. It is a university-based research center that advances knowledge about how markets work to improve people’s lives by training graduate students, conducting research, and applying economics to offer solutions to society’s most pressing problems. Mercatus Center is the world’s premier university source for market-oriented ideas—bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems.
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