Research

Be a thought leader and help restore Wilson’s Fountain.

The following projects are designated for graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania and are designed to assess the impact of a free and equal nominating contest on elections for Congress.

Students are invited to submit proposals within a budget of $5,000 to $10,000 per project. Proposals need to specify deliverables, schedule and estimated hours.

  • Examine the activities of the committees comprising Wilson's Fountain and determine compliance with respect to Federal Election Commission regulations.

    The scope of the assignment includes the assessment of novel activities conducted by National Party, Nominating Committee, Candidate Committee and SuperPAC, as well as the steps necessary for a 527 Political Committee to achieve and maintain National Party Committee status.

    Under contract with Tulio Tagliaferri, BA '24, JD '27 and Gabriel Wright, BA '24.

  • A white paper for Wilson's Fountain describing and validating proof of concept.

    Section I: Motivating and Contextualizing the Concept 

    Section II: Description and Proof of Concept 

    Section III: Implementation Suggestions and Responses to Objections

    Assigned to Benjamin Friedman JD '26

  • The assignment is to determine the demographic conditions where a free and equal nominating contest will generate a more popular candidate for the general election than the public primary.

    And is there a degree of uncompetitiveness that free and equal elections cannot overcome (i.e. vulnerable to extremism)?

    Accepting proposals from graduate students in Political Science or Math.

  • Accepting proposals from graduate students in Economics or Political Science.

  • Accepting proposals from graduate students in the department of Political Science.

  • Accepting proposals from graduate students in the department of Political Science.