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Fellowship

Polymarket Science Fellowship

Supporting independent research into prediction markets across institutions, disciplines, and career paths.

12
Fellows per year
$10,000
Award per fellow
1 year
Fellowship term

Overview

The Polymarket Science Fellowship supports 12 fellows per year, each awarded $10,000 grant to conduct independent frontier research on prediction markets. Fellowships run for one year and are open to early-career Ph.D. researchers.

Each fellow works within one of the Institute’s five research verticals. Fellows retain full rights to publish their findings, favorable or not, with no embargo or pre-publication review by Polymarket.

Research verticals

The areas of research are linked to the research areas defined in the Institute’s charter.

  1. 01Market Structure
  2. 02Market Integrity
  3. 03AI
  4. 04Policy and Economics
  5. 05Crypto and Decentralization

Apply

Tell us the question you want to pursue, how you would answer it, and the work that led you here.

Applicant

Research

Outline the question, the method, and the contribution you expect to make.

0 / 1,500 words

Describe the data you will use and how another researcher could reproduce your results.

0 / 500 words

Background

Your background, and why this research matters to you.

0 / 300 words

PDF only, up to 4 MB.

A link to one completed output: a paper, preprint, dataset, or repository.