The Don Lavoie Fellowship 2024 is a competitive, renewable, and online fellowship program for advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, and early-stage graduate students.
About Don Lavoie Fellowship
An online, semester-long program for advanced undergrads, recent grads, and students interested in political economy. The Don Lavoie Fellowship 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.
What Fellowship’ll Offer
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.
What Fellowship will cover
The fellowship will focus on two major activities:
Online reading group sessions: Fellows will meet virtually four times throughout the semester in organized reading groups to discuss books written by Hayek Program scholars.
Online discussion portal: The main discussion forum will include videos, podcast episodes, and readings on the key ideas of the Austrian, Virginia and Bloomington schools of political economy and prompts for written discussion.
Don Lavoie Fellows are required to have internet access to participate in this program.
Qualifications
- 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
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
Application Procedure
To apply to the Don Lavoie Fellowship, click the “Apply” button above or below, and complete the online application, including:
- A 1-2 page cover letter explaining:
- your graduate school career to date,
- your research interests and current projects,
- your familiarity with the thinkers associated with the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy, and
- what you hope to get out of the program.
- A current resume/CV
- A few short answer questions
- Two short essays
FAQs
Which nationality individuals are eligible for this fellowship?
Any student of any nationality at any university, in the US or abroad, is eligible to apply for the Don Lavoie Fellowship. The program will be conducted entirely online.
May i participate in another programs like jobs and fellowship along with this fellowship program?
Yes, the Don Lavoie Fellowship is a supplemental program and fellows may hold jobs and other fellowships/assistantships during their time in the program.
I am not an economics major. Am i still eligible?
Yes, the Don Lavoie Fellowship is open to students from any discipline or program.
I just submitted my application. When will decisions be announced?
Application review will begin after the deadline, and decisions will begin to be announced twelve or more weeks after the deadline.
In case of any query where to contact?
Candidates can email at LavoieFellowship@mercatus.gmu.edu.
