Fellowships

Microsoft Student Fellowships

One Year Student Scholarships ($3,000 EACH)

The Program in Law, Economics, and Technology at the Center awards several Microsoft Fellowships in Law Economics, and Technology. The amount of the fellowships is $3000 each. The fellowships intend to promote student research in intersection of law, economics, and technology. The scope of the areas covered by the fellowships include the economics of intellectual property and e-commerce; how the law responds to the challenges of the Information Age; how market respond to new technological challenges; how incentives are shaped by IP regimes; how to conceptualize property rights in information; how bargaining and contracts are designed to resolve problems of new networks; and more. The scholarships are awarded to candidates around the university with strong academic credentials and a demonstrated ability and interest in the study of law, economics, and information related areas. Microsoft Fellows are expected to submit a full length research paper.

Deadline for Application Submission: September 26, 2008

Application

Individuals who are interested in applying for a Microsoft student fellowship can download the application form, or contact alagrone@umich.edu.

Microsoft Fellowships in Law, Economics, and Technology

The University of Michigan Law School’s Center for Law and Economics is offering several post-graduate Fellowships in Law, Economics, and Technology. The Fellowships support research by individuals who finished graduate school (or are about to finish) and are writing on topics in the intersection between law, economics, and technology. Individuals who practiced in these areas and are interested in returning to academia are also encouraged to apply. The purpose of the fellowships is to foster research and interest in areas of Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Internet and Cyberlaw, Health Care Law and Policy, and other areas related to information and technology, with emphasis on economics and empiricism as the disciplines of inquiry. The Fellows are expected to devote their time to their proposed course of research, to be in residence at the Law School in Ann Arbor, and to participate in the Law School’s law-and-economics activities. Fellowships are either for one or two semesters.

Deadline for Application Submission: February 28, 2009

Application

Individuals who are interested in applying for the Microsoft Fellowship can download the instructions page and application cover page below, or contact alagrone@umich.edu.

Microsoft Fellowship Description and Cover Page  [PDF]