OSV Awards O’Shaughnessy Fellowships to Two Ambitious Projects with Global Impact

Greenwich-based investment firm, O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC (“OSV”), has awarded O’Shaughnessy Fellowships to Dr. Alice Evans and Tony Morley. The fellowship program is designed for ambitious individuals who wish to build something great. Both Dr. Evans and Mr. Morley were awarded a $100,000 equity-free grant to fund their respective projects that have potentially enormous social impacts.

Dr. Alice Evans and Tony Morley are working on two distinct projects that will have global impacts. Dr. Evans is writing the first-ever global history of gender, while Tony Morley is funding research, communication, and innovation in progress studies.

The O’Shaughnessy Fellowships have been awarded to only two fellows so far, with ten more fellowships to be awarded before the end of the year. The fellowship program launched on January 1, 2023, and is designed to provide financial support and partner with creators to grow their life-changing creative ideas.

“We’re delighted to award O’Shaughnessy Fellowships to Dr. Alice and Tony. Both of their projects have a potentially enormous social impact, and OSV will be doing everything we can to help them unleash this potential. I can’t wait to see how the projects develop over the coming 12 months,” said Jim O’Shaughnessy, OSV’s founder, and CEO.

The Great Gender Divergence

Dr. Alice Evans is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and Visiting Associate Professor at Yale. She has been awarded the fellowship grant to write “The Great Gender Divergence,” the first-ever global history of gender. The book will explain how the world became more gender equal and why some countries are more gender equal than others.

The book will require Dr. Evans to study the history of every country globally and undertake qualitative research in six continents. It is set to be published by Princeton University Press. The fellowship grant will make her ambitions more achievable.

“The Great Gender Divergence is the most fundamental fact about humanity that existing research cannot explain. To understand the drivers of gender equality and global heterogeneity, we need to study the history of every single country globally. The O’Shaughnessy Fellowship makes my ambitions more achievable, and I am extremely grateful,” said Dr. Evans.

Unleashing Progress

Tony Morley is a progress studies writer, and he has been awarded the fellowship grant to fund research, communication, and innovation in progress studies. His work focuses on historical trends in global living standards and the forces that drive human progress.

Mr. Morley’s written work has appeared in TIME, Big Think, Freethink, The Progress Network, and HumanProgress.org, among others. He is also working on “Human Progress for Beginners,” the world’s first children’s book on progress, scheduled to be published with Pantera Press in Q4 of 2023.

The fellowship grant provides Mr. Morley with an unprecedented opportunity to dedicate all his time to research and communications in progress studies.

“Participating in the OSV Fellowship over the coming year will provide an unprecedented opportunity to park the vicissitudes of the daily grind and dedicate all my time to research and communications in progress studies. I couldn’t be more honored or more grateful for having been selected to undertake the OSV Fellowship and for the incredible support of the progress studies community. Here’s to the following year, a year to tell some of the greatest stories of human progress and, hopefully, to inspire a better future,” said Mr. Morley.

OSV Fellowship Program

The OSV Fellowship Program is designed for ambitious people who want to build something great. Fellows will receive a $100,000 equity-free grant and access to OSV’s network of founders, investors, and experts to support them in bringing their projects to life. The program aims to support promising creators and their inspiring ideas, regardless of age, location, job history, or level of education.

The program will award twelve fellowships in total, with the first two fellowships awarded on February 21, 2023. Dr. Alice Evans and Tony Morley were awarded the third and fourth fellowships, respectively. Applications for the remaining fellowships remain open and can be submitted through the OSV website.

About O’Shaughnessy Ventures

O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC (“OSV”) is a creative investment firm that empowers and inspires creators to bring their ideas to life. The firm was founded by Jim O’Shaughnessy, a pioneer in quantitative investing, founder of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, and author of four books on investing.

OSV aims to provide financial support and partner in growing the next life-changing creative ideas. The firm combines Jim’s deeply rooted interest in all things art, science, investing, and tech with his long-held desire to establish positive-sum scenarios designed to help promising creators and their inspiring ideas succeed.

Conclusion

Dr. Alice Evans and Tony Morley have been awarded O’Shaughnessy Fellowships by OSV. The fellowship program is designed for ambitious individuals who wish to build something great, and both recipients have projects that have potentially enormous social impacts.

Dr. Evans is writing the first-ever global history of gender, while Tony Morley is funding research, communication, and innovation in progress studies. The fellowship grant provides both recipients with an opportunity to dedicate all their time to their respective projects, which will require them to study the history of every country globally and focus on historical trends in global living standards.

The OSV Fellowship Program will award twelve fellowships in total, with the first four being awarded to Dr. Alice Evans, Tony Morley, and two other recipients. The program aims to provide financial support and partner in growing the next life-changing creative ideas.

OSV is a creative investment firm that empowers and inspires creators to bring their ideas to life. The firm was founded by Jim O’Shaughnessy, a pioneer in quantitative investing, and aims to establish positive-sum scenarios designed to help promising creators and their inspiring ideas succeed.