Applications open for Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship Program

The Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship is a one-year, competitive fellowship program. 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.

Oskar Morgenstern Fellows spend two weekends and half a week during the academic year participating in colloquia on these three schools of political economy.

Fellows will join a network of Mercatus students, alumni, and scholars who are conducting and engaging with cutting edge research in contemporary political economy.

Funding Information

• 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

Eligibility Criteria

Students who meet all of the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Students who will be enrolled in an accredited PhD program during the upcoming academic year.
• Students who are able to commit to traveling 2 weekends and half a week for colloquia during the upcoming academic year.
• Students with 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 or teaching interest that would benefit from a greater understanding of key writings in political economy.
• It is the responsibility of the applicant to determine whether work related to completing a dissertation or going on the job market will interfere with full involvement in the program. Applicants who can commit to full participation in the program are strongly encouraged to apply.
• 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 research and/or teaching interest that would benefit from a greater understanding of key writings in political economy are strongly encouraged to apply.
• 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. The program will arrange and cover airfare, as well as lodging and meals associated with the fellowship.

For more information, visit Mercatus Center.