John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellowship (for Harvard Doctoral Students)

ABOUT THE JOHN R. MEYER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP

Doctoral students from a variety of disciplines writing a thesis on a housing-related topic are encouraged to apply for a John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellowship. Meyer Dissertation Fellows receive a $5,000 stipend as well project advising and support from our researchers and faculty affiliates.

The Fellowship honors the memory of the late John R. Meyer, who was the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Economic Growth, emeritus at the Harvard Kennedy School. One of the leading urban economists of his generation, Meyer also served as president of the National Bureau of Economic Research and as a professor at Harvard Business School and in the economics departments at both Harvard and Yale. He chaired the Center's Faculty Committee from 1997-2003 and served as the Center's Interim Director from 1996 to 1998.

QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND EXPECTATIONS

The Fellowship is open to Harvard doctoral students in in any discipline who have an approved prospectus for a housing-related doctoral dissertation and have a genuine desire to be part of an interdisciplinary community of researchers and scholars interested in housing issues. Recent fellows have included students studying Design, Economics, Government, Social Policy, Sociology and Urban Planning. Meyer Doctoral Fellows are expected to present some aspect of their dissertation research at our Housing Research Seminar and submit it for publication as a Working Paper.