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Ten Reasons to Apply for a Mercatus Center MA Fellowship

Ten Reasons to Apply for a Mercatus Center MA Fellowship

Attending graduate school full time can be costly, even prohibitively costly.  There are the tens of thousands of dollars that you will have to spend on tuition.  There are also the opportunity costs associated with leaving the workforce.  

But, if the goal is to understand the economy and to successfully pursue a career applying the teachings of economics to real world public policy challenges, then there is no real alternative to pursuing graduate training in economics.

The Mercatus Center MA Fellowship can make pursuing graduate training in economics affordable.  In addition to offering a stipend and full tuition to attend George Mason’s MA Economics program, the fellowship gives students an opportunity to engage in policy research and to work with top-notch policy analysts at the Mercatus Center.

Below are at least ten reasons that you should apply to the Mercatus Center MA Fellowship program.

  1. The fellowship program offers an unparalleled opportunity to work closely with scholars at one of the foremost policy research centers in the Washington, DC area, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
  2. Graduates have gone on to become Presidential Management Fellows, economic analysts in government and scholars at DC based policy research centers.
  3. MA fellows receive a generous stipend along with full tuition.
  4. MA fellows are taught by economics faculty with an international reputation like Tyler Cowen, Russ Roberts, Don Boudreaux and Peter Boettke.
  5. MA fellows work closely with scholars and co-author academic articles, policy studies and opinion editorials.
  6. MA fellows attend lectures on current issues in public policy and participate in workshops and readings groups on key themes in economics and public policy.
  7. MA fellows participate in a curriculum with specialized courses on entrepreneurship & public policy and regulation & the market process.
  8. MA fellows undertake and receive financial support for their own research.
  9. MA fellows have dedicated workspaces and a designated study room.
  10. MA fellows build lasting personal and professional relationships with scholars in the Mercatus Center network.

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