In an ongoing effort to facilitate an informed, effective response to COVID-19, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University is now accepting short (1,000–2,500 word) policy briefs on the response to and recovery from the pandemic. Mercatus will conduct a robust internal review and then publish these briefs in a special COVID-19 Policy Brief Series within 24 hours of receipt in most cases. The author(s) of each published brief will receive a $1,000 honorarium.
The audiences for these briefs are decision-makers in the federal and state public sectors, civil society (i.e. the philanthropic, nonprofit, and voluntary sector), and/or the private sector. Successful briefs will have original insight with clear exposition for a nonspecialist audience.
Briefs should broadly address questions in one of two specific areas:
- Immediate response: What is working now, or what could be done immediately, to address the economic, social, medical, epidemiological, philanthropic, and/or political challenges associated with the novel coronavirus?
- Medium-term challenges: What challenges will exist, or magnify, in six to twelve months from now that scholars, analysts, business leaders, journalists, and public officials should begin to address now?
For more information, including possible research questions to address, read the call for papers.
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