Emergent Ventures
Mercatus Center, George Mason University Remote · open worldwide
Fast, low-overhead grants and fellowships run by Tyler Cowen for people anywhere with ambitious, high-impact ideas. There are dedicated tracks for India, Africa and the Caribbean, Ukraine and others.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: grants or fellowships of varying size; EV winner community; special tracks: India, Africa & Caribbean, Ukraine, UK dynamism, science policy, archaeology, career travel.
Who can apply: Applicants must be at least 13; AI-written applications are rejected; one application per person and project.
Free to apply.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal.
What to prepare: application form, project description.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Emergent Ventures no longer accepts AI-written applications”
Who can apply
- Open to students, founders, researchers, creators and freelancers, working professionals
- Applicants must be at least 13; AI-written applications are rejected; one application per person and project.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal).
How Onward Scout helps
Once browser filling is switched on, Onward Scout fills the official form in a browser on your behalf after your tap, taking a screenshot at every step; until then every field is prepared for you to paste. CAPTCHAs, logins and payments always stay with you, as a handoff with everything ready.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Mercatus Center, George Mason University without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.