Humane Studies Fellowships at George Mason University in USA 2015

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Humane Studies Fellowships at George Mason University in USA 2015 is open for . The scholarship allows level program(s) in the field of taught at . The deadline of the scholarship is .

Humane Studies Fellowships at George Mason University in USA 2015

Applications are invited for Humane Studies Fellowships to pursue a liberty advancing career in academia. Fellowships are only open to IHS alumni. Fellowship program awards up to $15,000 that can be used toward tuition, fees, living costs and other expenses associated with a PhD program. Fellowship also comes with individual advising and access to an extensive support network of over 5,000 scholars to help ensure academic success, both before and long after they receive their degree. The application deadline is January 31, 2015.

• The Humane Studies Fellowship program supports study in a variety of fields including economics, philosophy, law, political science, history, and sociology. As you might expect, the kinds of research undertaken generally focuses on that which advances the ideas of a free society. Research interests from previous Humane Studies Fellowship recipients included:
  -Market-based approaches to environmental policy
  -The legal development of privacy and property rights in 18th-century England
  -The role of patient autonomy in bioethics
  -Impediments to economic growth in developing countries
  -The relationship between U.S. presidential politics, fiscal policies, and economic performance


• It is a non-residency fellowship program to pursue a liberty advancing career in academia.


• Institute for Humane Studies of George Mason University is providing this Fellowship.

Eligibility: The Humane Studies Fellowship is open to current or prospective full-time graduate students (including law students) from accredited universities anywhere in the world who have previously received IHS funding at any level or participated in an IHS program (like a summer seminar, research colloquium, policy seminar, or a summer graduate research fellowship). The candidates they seek are, ideally, dedicated to advancing the ideas of liberty through their research and teaching.

• Fellows (IHS alumni) from anywhere in the world are eligible for these Humane Studies fellowships.


• The Humane Studies Fellowship is a non-residency fellowship program that awards up to $15,000 per year to pursue a liberty advancing career in academia. The prestigious fellowship also comes with individual advising and access to an extensive support network of over 5,000 scholars to help ensure academic success, both before and long after you receive your degree. Awards are renewable, winners may re-apply for each year of their studies. Since its inception, the Institute for Humane Studies has awarded more than $6.5 million to nearly 1800 promising graduate students.


• Fellowships are awarded for one year, and award winners may reapply for each year of their full-time studies.


•  The Humane Studies Fellowship program awards up to $15,000 that can be used toward tuition, fees, living costs and other expenses associated with a PhD program. As a recipient of a Humane Studies Fellowship you will be joining an impressive network of over 5,000 liberty-advancing scholars and students, including David Schmidtz at the University of Arizona, Tyler Cowen at George Mason University, and Randall Kroszner at the University of Chicago. Humane Studies Fellowship winners will also receive invitations to exclusive programs such as the Career Development Seminar, Research Colloquium, and Advanced Topics weekend seminars.


•  Notifications will be sent on May 1, 2015.


•   Applications should be submitted online.


• The application deadline is January 31, 2015.

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