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 reading group that will meet monthly throughout the academic year
Applications for 2022-2023 are currently closed.
2022-2023
Amma Agyekum

Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering
Pariya Amigh

Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Shakya Ghosh

Ph.D. student in Applied Economics
Nicholas Humphrey

Ph.D. student in Emergency Management and Disaster Science
Rebecca Huss

Ph.D. student in Chemistry
Abiodun Idowu

Ph.D. student in Applied Economics
Zia Muhammad

Ph.D. student in Computer Science
Pooyan Pahaki

Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering
Fredricka Saunders

Ph.D. student in Education