George Mason University Humane Studies Fellowships

The Humane Studies Fellowship (HSF) program provides more than just monetary awards. The fellowships connect winners to a support network to guide them through a successful career in academia. Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded to full-time graduate students embarking on liberty-advancing careers in ideas. The fellowships support study in a variety of fields, including economics, philosophy, law, political science, history, and sociology.

Awards range from $2,000 to $15,000 and fellowship winners may re-apply for each year of their studies. In 2012, the Institute for Humane Studies awarded more than $800,000 to over 200 students. Fellowship winners are also preferred candidates for IHS invitation-only programs such as our Career Development Seminars, which help students think strategically about how to succeed in academia, our Colloquia to discuss and refine the fellows’ research, and our Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, a non-residential research and writing program that provides participants with the opportunity to complete a publishable scholarly article.

HSF is open to full-time and prospective graduate students, including law students.

Research Interests

Past fellows have researched historical and contemporary ideas on freedom of action and association and the rule of law. Some notable research interests include:

• 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

Exceptional candidates with an evident intention of advancing liberty through other intellectual activities, such as teaching, policy analysis, and law, will also be considered.

Application deadline January 31.

For further information: http://www.theihs.org/humane-studies-fellowships/overview