Hazlitt Fellowship
Launch your career for liberty
An intensive fellowship for graduates with the drive to become a real advocate for liberty.
Rebuilt for Your Career Journey
The Hazlitt Fellowship has been redesigned as a launch pad for recent graduates and grad students who want to jump-start their careers.
If you have already started finding your voice, whether through a student newspaper, a podcast, a Substack, campus commentary, or debate, or working for liberty goals, then the Fellowship is for you. FEE can help you turn that momentum into a career.
Over eight weeks, you'll work in a small cohort with mentorship from senior FEE staff matched to your interest area, build a portfolio and résumé designed for professional submission, and finish with a summit in Washington, DC meeting the organizations looking to hire people like you.
Meet the Fall 2026 Fellows
Nineteen fall fellows working in five cohorts with FEE's Editorial, Donor Communications, Education, Studios, and Marketing teams.
Editorial
Bethlehem Bekele
Bethlehem Bekele is an Ethiopian-born Economics and Finance graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Superior. Her work explores how migration, markets, and economic freedom shape opportunity, with a focus on connecting economic research to people's lives.
Elan Kugler
Elan Kugler is a Founding Editor of The New Critic.
Alec Mena
Alec Mena is the State Government Affairs Manager at Citizens Against Government Waste, where he tracks legislation and writes on public spending and regulation. He holds a Political Economy degree from Hillsdale College and is pursuing a master's in Public Policy at George Mason University.
Samuel Williamson
Samuel Williamson is an Oxford PPE graduate and an advocate for classical liberalism. He has worked at the Centre for Policy Studies and the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Donor Communications
Luigi Bilibio
Luigi Bilibio is a fourth-year Economics and Finance student at George Mason University and an alum of the Mercatus Center's Undergraduate Scholars Program, Cato University, and AEI's Summer Honors Program. This summer he researched banking and financial deregulation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Valeria Vásquez
Valeria Vásquez studies Business and Computer Science Engineering at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala, with interests in public choice, law and economics, and institutional analysis. She is a Research Assistant at UFM's Prosperity Lab and a Senior Local Coordinator for Students For Liberty.
Finneas Smith
Finneas Smith is a policy researcher and political psychology scholar with a B.A. and accelerated M.A. from Arizona State University. He has held research and government affairs roles with the Capital Research Center, the Arizona School Boards Association, and ASU's Center for American Institutions.
Connor Sutton
Connor Sutton is pursuing an MA in Political Economy and building the Institute for Radical Liberation, an organization focused on self-determination for individuals and movements. His professional background is in nonprofit programs, events, and research.
Education
Matthew Geiger
Matthew Geiger is a PhD candidate in Economics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, researching monetary institutions and social outcomes in the Austrian tradition. He teaches at the Carl Menger Institute in Los Angeles and hosts its podcast.
Ava Stanzo
Ava Stanzo is a law student and former Goldman Sachs Legal Analyst. She is interested in privacy law in an increasingly surveilled state.
Guy Cardwell
Guy Cardwell is a fourth-year Economics and Sociology student at the University of Virginia, pursuing an accelerated Master of Public Policy at the Batten School. A former fiscal intern at the Tax Foundation, he writes a Substack on tax, immigration, and regulatory policy.
Munkhjiguur Bayarsaikhan
Munkhjiguur Bayarsaikhan is a Fulbright Scholar from Mongolia and a Master of Public Affairs student at Indiana University Bloomington. Her work has focused on civic engagement and democracy, including a nationwide campaign to increase women's and youth political participation in Mongolia.
Studios
Laura Rangel Osorio
Laura Rangel Osorio is a Guatemalan researcher and community manager at Guatemala Libre and a former intern at the American Institute for Economic Research. Her interests include Austrian economics, entrepreneurship, Bitcoin, and classical liberal thought.
Brayden Myers
Brayden Myers is a Financial Policy Analyst at the Reason Foundation, focusing on public pensions, state and local finance, and tax policy. He holds degrees in Economics, Philosophy, History, and Quantitative Economics from the University of Alabama.
Varun (Bob) Sriram
Varun "Bob" Sriram is a DePaul University Political Science graduate with experience in policy research, political communications, and digital marketing. He is a Marketing Consultant for the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving and Multimedia Director for the Alliance For American Leadership.
Alisa Folds
Alisa Folds is a PhD student in Economics at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, researching political economy and AI's implications for Hayek's knowledge problem. She also serves as Regional Director of Social Media for the Ladies of Liberty Alliance's USA Region.
Marketing
Valentina Jiménez Monterroso
Valentina Jiménez Monterroso is a Graphic Design and Communication graduate of Universidad Galileo in Guatemala City who uses design to make the case for a free society accessible. She is a Development Administrative Assistant at UFM, focused on spreading liberty-focused ideas across Latin America.
Nathalie Dugginapeddi
Nathalie Dugginapeddi is pursuing a master's degree in the Eastern Classics program at St. John's College.
Robert Dalton
Robert Dalton is an MA student in Modern World History at King's College London and an incoming intern at the Institute of Economic Affairs. A former journalist and civil servant, he is especially interested in donor outreach.
The Fall 2026 Program
Format
8 weeks, fully remote, plus an in-person summit in Washington, DC
Dates
September 21 – November 17, 2026, with the DC summit November 13–17
Cohort
20 fellows, working in 5 clusters of 4 for a real peer workshop environment
Eligibility
Ages 21+, recent graduates and graduate students. Final-year undergraduates may be considered.
Applications
July 27th – August 28, 2026. No extensions.
Stipend
$2,000 and a scholarship for travel costs
What You'll Gain
This program will point you towards a job where you can bring your skills to the liberty movement.
Mentorship
Apprentice with senior FEE staff matched to your interest area, plus live Q&As with FEE's visiting & senior fellows.
Writing & Publishing
Create a portfolio of work built for professional submission: op-eds, essays, and policy writing and analysis you can put in front of potential employers.
Real Connection
Attend a summit in Washington, DC focused on introductions to think tanks and liberty organizations that are looking to hire.
Access to FEE's Network
Join the community of FEE alumni, scholars, and other professionals committed to advancing liberty.
Fall 2026 Schedule
Work in your cluster with mentorship from FEE staff and build a portfolio of work aimed at professional submission.
Finish the fellowship in Washington, DC with all the fellows full cohort. The summit is built around introductions to think tanks and liberty organizations, the places Hazlitt Fellowship alumni work today.
Where Fellows Land
Alumni are working at Cato, Reason, and organizations across the liberty movement.
"The Hazlitt Fellowship, especially Dan Sanchez and the other great mentors involved with the program, helped me learn how to write and think more clearly and reliably. Partly as a result of my work at the Hazlitt Fellowship, I was able to land a job at the Cato Institute, where I have been ever since."
Saul Zimet
2021 Fellow · Cato Institute
"The Hazlitt Fellowship made me a more rigorous thinker, a better writer, and a stronger commentator. It gave me the foot in the door I needed to go beyond being a fan of the liberty movement, and start being an active contributor."
Hannah Frankman
2022 Fellow · Founder of rebelEducator
"Learning about the history, economics, and philosophy of liberty while maintaining a daily Substack prepared me to intern at National Review and, after graduation, begin my full-time job as an assistant editor at Reason magazine."
Jack Nicastro
2023 Fellow · Assistant Editor, Reason
Who This Is For
You're a fit if:
- You're 21+ and a recent graduate or graduate student. Final-year undergraduates may be considered.
- You've already started finding your voice with a student newspaper, podcast, Substack, campus commentary, debate, or student organizations.
- You're serious about economics, political economy, philosophy, and the ideas of liberty.
- You're looking for a career path.
Where this leads:
- Think tanks and policy organizations
- Journalism and independent media
- Nonprofit communications, marketing, and fundraising
- Project management and program building
How to Apply
The application is a single short form: a few brief questions about what draws you to the program, your interest areas and career aspirations, and your resume or CV. We also ask for a portfolio of your recent work.
The Legacy
You'll Join
Henry Hazlitt, 1894–1993
The fellowship honors Henry Hazlitt, one of liberty's greatest communicators. His Economics in One Lesson has sold over a million copies, and his ten million published words appeared everywhere from The New York Times to Newsweek.
Through this fellowship, FEE continues the mission set by its founder, Leonard E. Read: developing the "10,000 beacons" needed to illuminate the path to liberty. For 80 years, FEE has been the original free market education organization in the U.S., and the Hazlitt Fellowship is our premier investment in the next generation of professional voices.
Join Us
Ready to turn the work into the career you want?