Mancur Olson Graduate Fellowship
The Mancur Olson Graduate Fellowship aims to engage students in critical thinking, inquiry, and discussion surrounding issues of economic opportunity and flourishing. The program provides a stipend to Ph.D. students from any discipline to pursue study in these areas at NDSU. The stipend is renewable annually, for up to four years.
Program expectations:
- Attend Challey Institute speaker events and programs, including the Distinguished Speaker Series and Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop
- Attend and participate in Challey Institute research seminars
- Participate in a graduate student discussion group
Applications for 2024-2025 are currently closed.
2024-2025
Ruhaimatu Abudu
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Patricia Adeoye
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
Oluwatayo Ajayi-Moses
Ph.D. student in Geonomics, Phenomics, and Bioinformatics
Evans Akoto
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Olabode Amusan
Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bismark Asante
Ph.D. student in Statistics
Lemlem Asaye
Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering
Muhammad Muzamal Ashfaq
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering
Bright Awuku
Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering
Maria Batool
Ph.D. student in Soil Sciences
Kwabena Dadson
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Sayandita Deb Roy
Ph.D. student in Education
Demisew Degefu
Ph.D. student in Statistics
Nusrat Ema
Ph.D. student in Statistics
Omolola Eniodunmo
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
Mulue Gebreslasie
Ph.D. student in Mathematics
Alhassan Ismail
Ph.D. student in Statistics
Salome Mbah
Ph.D. student in Communication
Zia Muhammad
Ph.D. student in Computer Science
Fatema Akter Nisha
Ph.D. student in Plant Pathology
Kelly Nkanpira
Ph.D. student in Environmental Conservation Sciences
Abimbola Oladoyin
Ph.D. student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Bukola Oloba
Ph.D. student in Communication
Pooyan Vahidi Pashaki
Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering
Bright Parker Quayson
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Logistics
Baishali Rahman
Ph.D. student in Transportation and Supply Chain
Amna Riasat
Ph.D. student in Plant Pathology
Nazia Riasat
Ph.D. student in Statistics
Fredricka Saunders
