Application Deadline: April 15, 2025
The Mercatus Centre, George Mason University is inviting applications for the James Buchanan Fellowship. It is a one-year, competitive fellowship program awarded to scholars in any discipline who have recently graduated from their doctoral programs.
The aim of this fellowship is to encourage early-career scholars to critically engage ideas in the political economy of Adam Smith and the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy. In addition, James Buchanan Fellows will be introduced to contemporary applications of these ideas to questions in social sciences dealing with the dynamics and institutional underpinnings of economic, political, and social coordination.
Benefits
The total award of up to $8,000 includes:
- A stipend
- All required reading materials
- Travel and lodging to attend colloquia hosted by the Mercatus Center
Eligibility
In order to be accepted into the James Buchanan Fellowship program, applicants must:
- Have graduated within the last six years from a doctoral program
- Have an academic position at an accredited university and/or a research position with an organization dedicated to in-depth research in social sciences and other sciences
Application Details
- A 1-2 page cover letter explaining:
- graduate school career to date,
- academic career goals,
- 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 list of resent academic publications, if any
- A few short answer questions
Note that application review will begin after the deadline.
