Doctoral Students • Foundational
The Adam Smith Fellowship is awarded to graduate students attending PhD programs at any university and in any discipline, including but not limited to economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
The aim of this fellowship is to introduce students to and encourage them to critically engage key thinkers in political economy that they might not otherwise encounter during their graduate studies.
Doctoral Students • ONline • Foundational
The Carl Menger Fellowship is a one-year, competitive, and online fellowship program awarded to PhD students from any university and any discipline, including but not limited to economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
The aim of this fellowship is to introduce students to and encourage them to critically engage key thinkers in political economy that they might not otherwise encounter during their graduate studies. As such, Carl Menger Fellows meet nine times over the fellowship year, participating in online seminar discussions on the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy.
Doctoral Students • SOCIALity
The Elinor Ostrom Fellowship 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.
The aim of this fellowship is to expose students to the themes of markets, culture, morality, and sociality within the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy and to provide them with the tools needed to utilize this framework in academic research that explore these themes.
Doctoral Students • QUANTITative
The Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship is a one-year, competitive fellowship program awarded to graduate students with training in quantitative methods who are attending PhD programs from any university in a variety of fields including economics, political science and sociology.
The aim of this fellowship is to expose students to strategies for utilizing quantitative techniques to explore key questions and themes advanced in the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy.
GRADUATE Students • Policy
The Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship is a one-year, competitive fellowship program awarded to graduate students attending master’s, juris doctoral, and doctoral programs in a variety of fields including economics, law, political science, and public policy.
The aim of this fellowship is to introduce students to the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy as academic foundations for contemporary policy analysis, policy-relevant academic research, and other applied topics.
GRADUATE Students • ONLINE • Policy
The Ronald Coase Fellowship is a one-year, competitive, and online fellowship program awarded to graduate students attending master's, juris doctoral, and doctoral programs in a variety of fields including economics, law, political science, public policy, sociology, and history.
The aim of this fellowship is to introduce students to the Austrian, Virginian, and Bloomington schools of political economy to understand the causes and consequences of social problems. The insights from political economy will be applied to contemporary policy analysis and broader issues in civil society.
GRADUATE Students AT GMu • Foundational
The Graduate Scholars program is a competitve program for graduate students at George Mason University. Fellowships are open to full- and part-time degree-seeking Mason students from any discipline who are interested in studying key ideas in political economy and learning how to utilize these ideas in academic and policy research.
Graduate Scholars study foundational and contemporary writings in political economy by notable scholars and attend a series of conversation with various Mason faculty and Mercatus scholars.
EARLY-Stage GRADUATE Students • ONLINE • policy
The Don Lavoie Fellowship is a competitive, renewable, and online fellowship program for advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, and early-stage graduate students. Fellowships are open to students from any discipline who are interested in studying key ideas in political economy and learning how to utilize these ideas in academic and policy research.