Fellowships

About: This fellowship program supports graduate students in economics and economics-adjacent fields who are carrying out research on discovering and nurturing global math talent, with the broader goal of expanding the number of researchers who are working in this area. Students who receive fellowship support are freed from other responsibilities (such as teaching) in order to focus on their research, including travel for field work as needed. The fellowship program connects recipients to peers with similar research interests, building a network of potential collaborators. Matched faculty mentors with research expertise in this area complement students' advisers at their home universities.

About: This Call for Proposals is issued by Agency Fund, Carina Initiatives, and the Global Talent Lab.

What and How We Plan to Fund. If more youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds were to reach the frontiers of science & technology, they could advance human knowledge and innovation while simultaneously serving as role models for others. We hypothesize that an ill-nourished sense of belonging in science & technology, and a lack of clarity around specific paths, currently keep many talented youth from reaching their true potential. So we seek to fund projects that meet at least one of the following criteria: