Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship at George Mason University 1128 views

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is offering the Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship. The 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.

About the fellowship:

• A one-year program for doctoral students from any university and discipline with training in quantitative methods and interest in political economy.
• The aim of this fellowship is to expose students to strategies for utilizing quantitative techniques to explore key questions and themes advanced the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy.
• Oskar Morgenstern Fellows spend two weekends and half a week during the academic year participating in colloquia on these three schools of political economy.

Fellowship value:

• up to $7,000 includes a stipend, travel and lodging

Applications:

Apply online and application must include:

• cover letter explaining: graduate school career to date, research and research interest, familiarity with the thinkers associated with the Austrian, Virginia and Bloomington schools of political economy, and what he/she hope to get out of the program (1-2 page)
• current resume/CV
• few short answer questions