BAM! Graduate Fellowships for Doctoral Study in Trade and Development

We are very pleased to announce a program of graduate funding under the title BRICs and Mortarboards: Preparing for the New International Agricultural Economy.  We anticipate being able to offerthree multi-year BRICs and Mortarboards (BAM!) fellowships to suitably qualified applicants for doctoral training in the fields of international trade and economic development. 

Global trade, especially with the BRICs, is rapidly expanding.  This program aims to improve understanding of the role played by emerging economies in global trade and trade policy and of implications for the U.S. economy.  The combination of development economics and international economics is essential because emerging trade patterns reflect internal transformations (such as structural change, urbanization and agricultural modernization), as well as policy changes that make the BRICs and other large developing economies more open to international trade and investment, and more strategic in their global policy interactions. 

BAM! Fellows will be expected to major in development economics with a minor concentration in international economics, to participate in special seminars and events associated with the program, and to develop their own dissertation research project on a topic compatible with the program’s goals.  They will also have the opportunity to spend a semester or more in-country at a major developing-country research institute.  Currently we have agreements for such exchanges with leading graduate research institutions in China and India; other countries may be added.

The program is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who meet the normal requirements for admission to the graduate program of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (visit http://www.aae.wisc.edu/for details).  Applications from members of minority and underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

BAM! Fellows will be funded by the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture with additional support from the Graduate School and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Eligibility. The program is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who meet the normal requirements for admission to the graduate program of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (visit http://www.aae.wisc.edu for details). Applications from members of minority and underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

Terms of the award. The fellowships will be structured as Research Assistantships, providing a yearly stipend of $1700/month, tuition remission and full health insurance. They will be supplemented to provide 4 years of support.

Application. All applicants to the graduate program will be considered for these awards; no special application is required, though an applicant is welcome to indicate in their personal statement their interest in the BAM program.

For more information. Contact Barbara Forrest, admissions@aae.wisc.edu.