Mancur Olson Graduate Fellowship
The Mancur Olson Graduate Fellowship aims to engage students in critical thinking, inquiry, and discussion surrounding issues of economic opportunity and flourishing. The program provides a stipend to Ph.D. students from any discipline to pursue study in these areas at NDSU. The stipend is renewable annually, for up to four years.
Program expectations:
- Attend Challey Institute speaker events and programs, including the Distinguished Speaker Series and Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop
- Attend and participate in Challey Institute research seminars
- Participate in a graduate student discussion group
Applications for 2025-2026 are currently closed.
2025-2026
Ruhaimatu Abudu
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Patricia Adeoye
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
Akosua Agyemang-Duah
PhD Student in Applied Economics
Oluwatayo Ajayi-Moses
Ph.D. student in Geonomics, Phenomics, and Bioinformatics
Ayman Sajjad Akash
PhD Student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Evans Akoto
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Nasih Alam
PhD Student in History
Asad Ali
PhD Student in Civil Engineering
Olabode Amusan
Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bismark Asante
Ph.D. student in Statistics
MD Juyel Ashraf
Master's Student in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Braxten Bastian
Master's Student in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Prince-Solomon Boadu
PhD Student in Transportation and Supply Chain Management
Kwabena Dadson
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Deborah Damptey
Master's Student in Applied Statistics
Sayandita Deb Roy
Ph.D. student in Education
Omolola Eniodunmo
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
Aditya Goyal
PhD Student in Materials and Nanotechnology
Motunrayo Jibola-Shittu
PhD Student in Microbiology
Albert Kumi
PhD Student
Anh Le
PhD Student in Civil Engineering
Edmond Lisinge
PhD Student in Transportation and Supply Chain Management
Salome Mbah
PhD Student in Communication
Elijah Mechtel
PhD Student
Isaac Mensah
PhD Student in Organizational Learning and Leadership
Chinenye Muolokwu
PhD Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ritah Namawejje
PhD Student in Plant Pathology
Fatema Akter Nisha
PhD Student in Plant Pathology
Benedictus Nyan
PhD Student in Transportation and Supply Chain
Joyce Odili
PhD Student
Jesujoba Olanrewaju
PhD Student in Psychology
Bukola Oloba
PhD Student in Communication
Andrew Opoku
Master's Student in Educational Leadership
Marco Patino
PhD Student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Richard Penneigh
PhD Student
M Mishkatur Rahman
PhD Student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Amna Riasat
PhD Student in Plant Pathology
Fredricka Saunders
PhD Student in Education
Emmanuel Thompson
PhD Student in Transportation and Supply Chain Management
Pooyan Vahidi Pashaki
PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering
