Deadline Date: September 30, 2025
Donor Name: Mercatus Center
Grant Size: Less than $1000
https://www.mercatus.org/students/exploring-complex-solutions-complex-world-fellowship
The Exploring Complex Solutions for a Complex World Fellowship is a competitive, renewable, and online fellowship program for high school students.
Exploring Complex Solutions Fellows attend a series of online activities, including an online discussion portal and online reading discussion sessions led by various Hayek Program scholars that introduce them to the complexity of the world around them, the challenges of planning, and the importance of trade-offs. Fellows will join a network of Mercatus students, alumni, faculty, and scholars who are conducting and engaging with cutting edge research in contemporary political economy.
Benefits
- Participants will gain experience thinking critically about key issues and participating in discussions with others from a variety of backgrounds.
Funding Information
- The total award of up to $750 includes:
- A stipend
- All required readings for online events
- Advice on research, college, and career
Eligibility Criteria
- Students enrolled in high school at a public or private institution or in homeschool, who will be at least 16 years of age at the start of the fellowship, and are interested in understanding political, economic, and social life are encouraged to apply.
Selection Criteria
- Those selected to participate in the fellowship can expect to directly interact with Mercatus Center scholars who hold doctoral degrees in economics political science, and sociology, read approximately 100-page selections from each of the 4 books assigned, and to spend roughly 2 hours of time each week participating in asynchronous, online discussions with other high school students and Mercatus Scholars on the reading selections and supplemental materials.
For more information, visit Mercatus Center.
