PERC: Lone Mountain Fellowships

Summary: 

PERC’s Lone Mountain Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for scholars to undertake a project that advances our understanding of the role of markets, public policy, property rights, and governance in affecting environmental resources. Fellows spend at least a portion of their fellowships in residency at PERC in Bozeman, Montana.

Application Deadline Date: 
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Academic Area: 

Natural resources and environmental issues, including the study of markets, governance, public policy, property rights and/or innovation.

Description: 

PERC’s Lone Mountain Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for scholars to undertake a project that advances our understanding of the role of markets, public policy, property rights, and governance in affecting environmental resources. Fellows spend at least a portion of their fellowships in residency at PERC in Bozeman, Montana.

The Lone Mountain Fellowship provides you with a chance to network with leaders in diverse fields of study related to markets, resource governance, public policy, and the environment. The atmosphere is appealing to careful thinkers who have an ability to communicate research in non-technical ways to diverse audiences. Fellows work in a congenial, stimulating work environment in a locale of natural beauty.

Fellows receive a stipend that varies with the nature of the work, duration of residence at PERC, and the fellow’s qualifications. The timing of stipend payments varies with the circumstances of the fellowship, although in every instance 20 percent of the stipend is withheld until completion of the final project. Office space and office support are provided. Fellows are responsible for their own travel and living arrangements. PERC may also provide some commuter bicycles that can be used during residency. 

A sample of the types of projects that a scholar might undertake includes:

  • Completion of a book or other large-scale research project while on sabbatical
  • Initiation or completion of a scholarly paper for an academic journal
  • A PERC publication
Award Purpose: 
Research
Summer Experience
Year In School: 
Masters
Eligibility Requirement - Gender: 
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Citizenship: 

Any

Eligibility Requirement - Residency: 

Between two weeks and two months, depending on the nature of the project. Fellows visit during the summer.

Specializations: 
Business and the Environment
Climate Change Science and Solutions
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy Analysis
Forestry
Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry
People, Equity, and the Environment
Water Resource Science & Management
Urban
Date Updated: 
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Recurring: 
Annual - Feb