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Graduate Student Summer 2020 Support
During summer 2020, the Bravo Center supported 5 graduate students to further develop their own dissertation research and/or work with faculty on joint research projects. More info on the students and their projects...
Bravo Center Funding Applications
The Bravo Center is currently accepting funding requests for research projects. Interested parties should submit an application with a list of the contributing authors, brief project description, reason for funding, potential outside funding sources, proposed budget, and tentative project timeline.
Applications should be no longer than two pages. Supplementary materials may be appended but are not required. Applicants...
Applications should be no longer than two pages. Supplementary materials may be appended but are not required. Applicants...
Bravo Center Working Paper Series Submissions
The Bravo Center welcomes scholars in the Department of Economics to contribute to the Orlando Bravo Working Paper Series. All faculty members are welcome to release their papers to the Series, while graduate students must obtain and acknowledge a faculty member as a sponsor. Faculty sponsors should evaluate graduate papers based on whether the paper is about to be submitted to a journal and whether the paper is...
Teddy Mekonnen Appointed as the Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor of Economics
Professor Teddy Mekonnen has been appointed as the Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor of Economics as of July 1, 2020. More info...
April 18, 2019
News from Brown
$25 million Bravo Family Foundation gift will amplify Brown’s high-impact economics scholarship
Generous support from the foundation will fund the creation of the Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research, expanding the scope of research in the University’s top-ranked economics department.
January 10, 2019
News from Brown
Highlighting Brown’s distinction in economics
With an increased focus on unearthing novel data sources for analysis, Brown’s economics scholars are bringing new insights to complex problems and teaching the next generation of researchers and policymakers to do the same.