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 2025-2026 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
