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 reading group that will meet monthly throughout the academic year

Applications for 2023-2024 are currently closed.