Support for Graduate Students
EGC provides fellowship awards, research funding, and in-kind support for securing external funding to students pursuing their PhD in economics at Yale focused on topics in international development and trade.
EGC Research Awards
EGC aims to support Yale doctoral student research in international development and trade through a number of grant opportunities. A description of the various funding sources are below. Please allow up to 5 business days for a response to your application. For all opportunities, use the grant application templates provided here:
Sylff Research Awards
Research grants of up to $40,000 per student are available from the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowships Fund (Sylff) Research Fund. The award competition is open to all Yale Economics PhD students. To learn more about the separate Sylff Fellowship Program at EGC, click here.
The Deadline for Applications: Tuesday, April 1st
Evenson Fund Travel Research Awards
EGC awards research grants to support data collection and travel to less developing countries to graduate students and new faculty in the Yale economics department in honor and memory of Professor Robert E. Evenson. To learn more about the life of Professor Evenson and the Evenson Fund, click here.
EGC PhD Dissertation Research Grant
EGC awards funding of up to $25,000 for Yale PhD students on research related to themes of international development in pursuit of their dissertation requirements. This grant may be accessed in combination with other funding sources at EGC.
EGC Secondary Data Acquisition Grant
EGC is able to provide funds to PhD students from across Yale to acquire secondary data focused on research topics in international development.
Learn about past research award recipients.
External Research Funding
If you are planning to apply to one of the below grant opportunities, you must reach out to EGC staff for assistance(egc@yale.edu), ideally at least four weeks before the sponsor deadline. EGC staff will assist with required Yale processes and forms to be sure that the University is prepared to host your award.
The EGC provides in-kind support to PhD students applying to external entities for research funds that would be administered at Yale, such as to the opportunities below:
- Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics. Students working in Development Economics, broadly defined, are eligible for support through the Weiss Fund for Research.
- The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) offers travel grant and pilot funds through sponsorship by Yale faculty who are J-PAL affiliates. A recent example is a call for proposals through the Governance Initiative.
In-kind support for grant applications typically includes:
- Budget preparation
- Review of proposal documents and coordination with FRMS and OSP entities to meet Yale proposal submission requirements.
- Coordination with implementing partners for required inputs.
PhD Fellowship Awards
The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff)
Sylff Fellowship Awards are made each year to outstanding economics PhD students in development economics and trade. The fellowship awards will be allocated by the Sylff Committee, which will meet each year to determine the recipients of these fellowships for the following academic year. These awards will be in the form of a full or partial tuition award to the Yale Graduate School, plus up to $2000 in funds for the purchase of data or other justified expenses related to the student’s dissertation research. For more information on the program and current and past fellows, please visit:
Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro Memorial Fund
The Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro Memorial Fund was established in 1986 in memory of Professor Diaz, who was a Yale Economic Professor specializing in Latin American economies. The fund aims to assist Latin Americans to pursue graduate and post-doctoral work in Economics at Yale.