Deadline: March 15, 2024.

A one-year program for doctoral students from any university and discipline with training in quantitative methods and interest in political economy.

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.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

In order to be accepted into the Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship program, you must be:

• Enrolled in a PhD program with training in quantitative methods from any university and in any discipline  
• Any student of any nationality enrolled in any doctoral program at any university, in the US or abroad, is eligible to apply for the Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship.
• Acceptance to the program is conditional on enrollment in an accredited PhD program during the year of participation in the Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship program.
• PhD students from any discipline who have training in quantitative methods (including but not limited to advanced statistics, regression analysis, experimental economics, mathematical modeling and agent-based modeling) and have a research and/or teaching interest that would benefit from a greater understanding of key writings in political economy are strongly encouraged to apply.

BENEFITS

The total award of up to $7,000 includes: 

• A stipend
• All required readings
• Travel and lodging to attend colloquia hosted by the Mercatus Center
• The program will arrange and cover airfare, as well as lodging and meals associated with the fellowship.
• Fellows may submit for reimbursement any conventional expenses associated with academic travel. These expenses include cab fare and mileage incurred by the fellow to and from home and the conference site, parking, and hotel accommodation in the event of travel delays.

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK