Programs
Programs
The Mercatus Center’s PhD Fellowship Program is a three year competitive fellowship program for students who are pursuing a PhD in economics at George Mason University. Our PhD fellows take courses in Virginia political economy, Austrian economics, and institutional analysis and work on projects that use these lenses to understand global prosperity and social change.
The Mercatus Center’s Dissertation Fellowship Program is a one year, renewable, competitive fellowship program for students who have advanced to candidacy in their Ph.D. program at George Mason University and are working on dissertations that aim at understanding how social change occurs and how to create a freer society.
The Mercatus Center’s MA Fellowship Program is a competitive fellowship program for students in George Mason University’s MA economics program who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree in applied economics in preparation for a career in public policy. Our MA fellows take specialized courses which provide analytic training in applying economic ideas to solve problems in the world.
The Mercatus Center's Research Assistantship Program is a competitive year long program for students who are pursuing a PhD in economics at George Mason University. Our RAs work closely with scholars and faculty mentors throughout the academic year.
The Mercatus Center's Adam Smith Fellowships are awarded to graduate students attending PhD programs in a variety of fields including economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
The Mercatus Center's Summer Research Fellowship is a competitive semester long program for students who are pursuing a PhD in economics at George Mason University. Summer Research Fellows receive support while they research, write, and develop papers into publishable quality articles.
