Adam Smith Fellowship 2024

George Mason University is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university was originally founded in 1949 as a Northern Virginia regional branch of the University of Virginia. Named after the Founding Father of the United States, George Mason, in 1959, it became an independent university in 1972. The school has since grown into the largest public university in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The university operates four campuses in Virginia, which are located in Fairfax, Arlington, Front Royal, and Prince William Counties. It also operates a retreat and conference center in Lorton and an international campus in Incheon, South Korea. The university’s flagship campus is in Fairfax, Virginia.

The university is classified as “R1: Doctoral Universities with Very High Research Activity.” Two professors, James M. Buchanan in 1986 and Vernon L. Smith in 2002, were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics during their time at George Mason University.

EagleBank Arena, a 10,000-seat arena and concert venue operated by the university, is located on the Fairfax campus.

George Mason University has four campuses in the United States, all within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Three are in the Northern Virginia suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area, and one is in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. The university also has one campus in South Korea, in the Songdo International Business District of Incheon. Between 2005 and 2009, the university had a campus in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The Blue Ridge campus, just outside Front Royal, is run in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution.

The Adam Smith Fellowship is a co-sponsored program of the Mercatus Center and Liberty Fund, Inc. Adam Smith Fellowships are awarded to graduate students attending PhD programs at any university and in any discipline, including but not limited to economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology.