Rutgers University

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For the study of the economics of capital shares, namely, employee stock ownership, profit sharing, broad-based equity compensation, various forms of worker ownership, and broadened ownership of capital in the corporation and in the economy in the United States.

The Fellowship Program invites applications from economists who are doctoral candidates, post-docs, and pre/post tenure scholars for 2017-2018.

J. Robert Beyster Fellowship, the Louis O. Kelso Fellowships, the Kevin Ruble Fellowship, the George S. Pillsbury Fellowship, and other related fellowships. The Fellowship Program seeks scholars with a long-term interest in these research streams who are based in the United States and study the United States and wish to work with a community of researchers going forward. Stipends can be used for research, travel, or living expenses and are awarded for residence at the scholar’s university.

Please submit an email application with a 1500 word essay describing your proposed research project and a vita by December 31, 2017 with decisions expected by March 15, 2018. Please have three letters of reference sent separately by your references to: beysterfellowships@smlr.rutgers.edu or kelso_fellowships@smlr.rutgers.edu or fellowship_program@smlr.rutgers.edu

For information email the program at fellowship_program@smlr.rutgers.edu or see: http://smlr.rutgers.edu/research-and-centers/fellowship-programs for a listing of past fellows. The Fellowship Program on Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations currently has over 120 fellows from over 30 states and over forty universities who meet twice a year in academic conferences to share their research. Questions about datasets and research sites available as resources for various empirical studies can be addressed to the Director, Joseph Blasi (blasi@smlr.rutgers.edu) or the Associate Director Douglas Kruse (dkruse@smlr.rutgers.edu).