Applications for financial support from the new Hughes Hallett Scholarship Fund for Research in Applied Economics are actively sought and encouraged within the scope of the boundaries and eligibility outlined below.
Overview
Scholarship funding from The Hughes Hallett Scholarship Fund for Research in Applied Economics, is awarded annually. The Scholarship and the endowment that underwrites it were established in 2019 with a generous gift to the St. Andrew’s Society of Washington, DC’s Washington Scots Charity and Education Fund from distinguished academic and internationally respected Economic Advisor Dr. Andrew Hughes Hallett, FRSE.
Biography
Andrew Hughes Hallett made his name as an academic economist with interests in international economics and policy, and fiscal governance and monetary affairs in particular. He held appointments at the University of St Andrews, earlier at Princeton and Harvard, and later at Kings College, London.
He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and long time consultant to the European Commission (joining rates to the Euro, debt management in the Euro); the European Central Bank (fiscal sustainability); the International Monetary Fund (market reform); the World Bank (strategic trade policies, emerging economies); the European Parliament (monetary affairs, regional policy); as well as the Scottish Growth Commission and the Commissioner, Scottish Fiscal Commission.
In alignment with and honoring his life’s work, Dr. Hughes Hallett and his family chose to establish a legacy that would support new talent on the path to advanced critical thinking in the field of applied economics, policy evaluation and economic history. The Scholarships are intended to foster the development of high-caliber academics and policy analysts by supporting the research and studies of doctoral candidates in Economics and related fields.
Scholarship Candidacy
Candidates for the Hughes Hallett Scholarship will meet the general eligibility requirements of the St. Andrew’s Society of Washington, DC’s Scholarships Program, through which the Scholarship will be awarded. Refer to the Overview & Application page for eligibility details and application deadlines.
These Hughes Hallett Scholarships are designed to provide additional financial support to those pursuing a PhD at specific US and Scottish Universities:
- University of St. Andrews
- University of Glasgow
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Edinburgh
- Harvard University
- Yale University
- Princeton University
- Columbia University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Michigan
- Heriot-Watt University
- Duke University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Vanderbilt University
- University of Dundee
- University of Chicago
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Stirling.
Preference will be given to candidates choosing to pursue their degree at one of the named Universities that is not in their country of citizenship. The scholarships are not intended for Masters level studies.
Award Criteria
The Committee will take a wide view of what constitutes research in applied and/or quantitative economics. Some preference may be given to the traditional topics of economics (for example: monetary policy, the impact of fiscal imbalances, the impact of financial markets on economic performance). But studies on enhancing productivity growth and competitiveness, macro and trade imbalances and foreign debt risk, labour market reform and increased market flexibility are equally appropriate. And topics with a wider reach: like economic history, innovative research in econometrics, environmental economics or the economics of health, regional policy or fiscal federalism, international or inter-institutional coordination will be equally welcome. The linking factor is that there has to be a clear and demonstrable application amenable to empirical analysis to resolving contemporary economic policy issues. Studies covering advanced developed and/or emerging market economies would be entirely appropriate.
These scholarships are intended to support PhD level candidates during the exploratory, research phase and prior to the dissertation-writing phase.