Application Deadline: April 15, 2025
The Mercatus Center, George Mason University is inviting applications for the Don Lavoie Fellowship. It 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.
Don Lavoie Fellows attend a series of online activities, including an online discussion portal and online reading discussion sessions led by various Hayek Program scholars that introduce them to key ideas in the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy as well as contemporary work in this tradition. Fellows will join a network of Mercatus students, alumni, faculty, and scholars who are conducting and engaging with cutting edge research in contemporary political economy.
Benefits
The total award of up to $1,250 includes:
- A stipend
- All required readings for online events
- Advice on research, jobs, and graduate school
Eligibility
In order to be accepted into the Don Lavoie Fellowship program, applicants must be one of the following:
- Enrolled in a graduate program from any university and in any discipline
- An advanced undergraduate considering for graduate school
- A recent graduate considering graduate school
Application Details
- A 1-2 page cover letter explaining:
- graduate school career to date,
- research interests and current projects,
- familiarity with the thinkers associated with the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy, and
- what applicants hope to get out of the program.
- A current resume/CV
- A few short answer questions
- Two short essays
Application review will begin after the deadline, and decisions will begin to be announced twelve or more weeks after the deadline.
