Rutgers University

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Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships For Research on Employee Stock Ownership and Profit Sharing for 2015-2016

Deadline: December 31, 2014

The Fellowship Program at the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations seeks to foster the study of the economics of broad-based employee stock ownership, profit sharing, stock options, and related forms of equity compensation in the corporation and in the society of the United States. We are seeking applications in the areas of behavioral economics, corporate finance, development of the American economy, entrepreneurship, household finance, innovation, labor, law and economics, organizational economics, personnel economics, political economy, productivity, and public economics for the J. Robert Beyster Fellowship with a stipend of $25,000 and the Louis O. Kelso Fellowships with stipends of $12,500. Several other related fellowships and research grants will be available. One Beyster Fellowship will be offered with special attention to the role of broad-based employee ownership in entrepreneurship, innovation, start-ups, and science-based companies. Five Louis O. Kelso Fellowships will be offered to scholars studying the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as well as approaches whereby individual citizens may have access to broadened capital ownership and capital income. Other related topics will be considered. Applicants will be considered for all the fellowships and grants for which they are eligible. Fellows may be in residence at their own institution or visit Rutgers. Participants also receive support to attend a mid-year fellows workshop and a summer symposium annually during the fellowship year and thereafter. The stipends can be used flexibly for research, travel, or living expenses. Decisions will be announced by March 15, 2015 with the research fellowships beginning July 1, 2015. Both doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars will be considered. Please submit a statement of no more than 1500 words describing the proposed research project, a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference sent separately to: beysterfellowships@smlr.rutgers.edu or kelso_fellowships@smlr.rutgers.edu or fellowship_program@smlr.rutgers.edu

For more information and a list of the current and past fellows and senior faculty mentors involved in the program, please see:

http://smlr.rutgers.edu/research-and-centers/fellowship-programs

If you have any questions, please contact the Director of the Fellowship Program: Joseph Blasi, J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations. Email: blasi@smlr.rutgers.edu