Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship Program Requirements

Mercatus Center Oskar Morgenstern Fellows are required to:

• Remain enrolled as a degree seeking doctoral student throughout their participation in the Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship.
• Attend and actively participate in all aspects of the scheduled program of events (i.e. the two weekend and half-weeklong colloquia) including meals and organized social activities.
• Meet stated deadlines with respect to the preparation of their research proposals.
• Arrive on time and prepared for each colloquia session having carefully read the assigned reading in advance.
• Complete a short evaluation survey following each colloquium.
• Maintain an up-to-date record with the program of a valid postal address to which packages can be shipped.
• Submit an updated curriculum vita on request, quarterly over the course of their participation in the program.

Mercatus Center Oskar Morgenstern Fellows are expected to:

• Coordinate their schedules to arrive in the area hosting the colloquium before 4pm on the day on which the colloquium commences (typically a Friday for a weekend colloquium and typically a Thursday for half-weeklong colloquium), making arrangements with their home institution to cover any teaching assignments that might present scheduling conflicts with travel.
• Observe conventional standards of professional conduct while in attendance at the facilities hosting the program.
• Submit expense reimbursements within 15 days of the adjourning session of each colloquium.

Mercatus Center Oskar Morgenstern Fellows are encouraged to:

• Build relationships with Mercatus Center faculty.
• Build relationships with other program participants.
• Become engaged with professional organizations that support the schools of thought covered in the program, as appropriate.