The Union for Radical Political Economics invites doctoral candidates in any discipline with an approved dissertation proposal in the area of radical political economics to apply for the URPE Dissertation Fellowship. The URPE dissertation fellow will receive $5,000 to support their dissertation writing during the 2016-17 academic year. Applicants are asked to submit:
1) A cover letter describing their background in radical political economics and explaining how the fellowship would contribute to the completion of their dissertation;
2) Curriculum Vitae;
3) Their approved dissertation proposal;
4) Two letters of reference (one of which should be from the dissertation committee chair).
Questions and application material should be submitted by email to urpe@urpe.org. Letters of reference should be submitted directly by the letter writer.
Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2016.
The recipient will be announced by July 1, 2016