K.P. and Jayalakshmi Muddappa Graduate Award for Economics

• Fall 2015: Shanjukta Nath
• Fall 2016: Palak Suri
• Fall 2017: Mrinmoyee Chatterjee
• Fall 2018: Kartikeya Batra
• Fall 2019: Palak Suri
• Fall 2020: Adnan Barazi
• Fall 2021: Emily Schueller
• Fall 2022: Hariharan Jayashankar
• Fall 2023: Satyaki Sensarma
• Fall 2024: Sankha Mitra

Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship

• 2014-2015: Jeronimo Carballo

Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

• 2006-2007: Emily Owens
• 2007-2008: Nazgul Jenish and Thayer Morrill
• 2008-2009: Ethan Ilzetzki and Antoine Gervais
• 2009-2010: Seth Freedman and Quynh Nguyen
• 2010-2011: Diether Beuermann and Javier Bianchi
• 2011-2012: Sushant Acharya and Julien Bengui
• 2012-2013: Orhan Torul
• 2014-2015: Ben Zou
• 2015-2016: Hector Lopez Carbajal
• 2016-2017: Jingting Fan
• 2017-2018: Joonkyu Choi and Sungho Noh
• 2019-2020: Prateik Dalmia and Yongjoon Park
• 2020-2021: Donggyu Lee
• 2021-2022: Daniel Kolliner
• 2023-2024: Alvaro Silva Uribe
• 2024-2025: Luis Felipe Jaramillo and Weizheng Lai

Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship

• 2008: Tim Moore and Seth Freedman
• 2009: Daniel Hernaiz and Terence Johnson
• 2010: Julien Bengui and Leland Dod Crane
• 2011: Alan Finkelstein-Shapiro and Hatice Ture
• 2012: Nona Karalashvili and Haishan Yuan
• 2013: Marisol Rodriguez Chatruc and Miguel Sarzosa Castillo
• 2014: Jingting Fan and Hector Lopez Carbajal
• 2015: Glenn Blackwood
• 2016: Yong Paek and Matthew Staiger
• 2017: Cody Tuttle and Di Wang
• 2018: George Zuo
• 2019: Danny Kolliner, Jun Hee Kwak, Palak Suri, and Shihangyin Zhang
• 2020: Dheeraj Chaudhary and Kai Chung Oue
• 2021: Seho Kim, Mario Leccese, The Linh Bao Nguyen, Alvaro Silva Uribe
• 2022: Shuqing Chen, Luis Jaramillo and Qiyao Zhou
• 2023: Arseniy Braslavskiy, Haoyuan Chen, Haoran Wang, Qian Wang
• 2024: Mariana Sans and Ruibing Su
• 2025: Adam Tucker

All-S.T.A.R. Graduate School Fellowship

• 2017-2018: Prateik Dalmia

Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

• 2019-2020: Anu Sivaram
• 2020-2021: Yi Liu and Elena Ramirez
• 2021-2022: Keaton Ellis and Ziqiao Liu
• 2023-2024: Sara Ellen King

Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award

• 2019-2020: Jun Hee Kwak

International Graduate Research Fellowship

• 2015: Xuezhen Tao

Flagship Fellowship

• 2011: Marisol Rodriguez Chatruc
• 2020: Cameron Conrad and Erica Ryan
• 2021: Emily Schueller

BSOS Dean's Research Initiative

• 2015: Dun Jia, Sai Luo, Matthew Staiger and Yichen Zhou
• 2017: Rodrigo Heresi, Xuezhen Tao and Cody Tuttle
• 2018: Ibraheem Catovic, Erika Domotor and Tomohiro Hara
• 2019: Jiankun Chen, Sai Luo, Anusuya Sivaram, Palak Suri, and Xinlu Yao
• 2020: Julia Brown, Seula Kim, Jun Hee Kwak, Mario Leccese, Elif Osun, Wenbo Yu and George Zuo
• 2021: Mario Leccese and Yi Liu
• 2022: Shanglyu Deng, Seula Kim, Taylor Landon, Zhenxun Liu,The Linh Bao Nguyen, Elif Osun and Ece Yegane
  2023: Kartikeya Batra, Cameron Conrad, Jake Kramer, Mario Leccese, Alejandra Montoya-Agudelo, Michael Navarrete, Alessandra Palazzo, Ece Yegane and Mariana Yoder
• 2024: Gabriel Cruz Fernandez, Jake Kramer, Chenyu Mao,  Tri Vu Phu, Shirley Redroban, Emily Schuller, Tereza Varejkova, Jonathan Yu and Mengyi Zhong

Maryland Population Research Center Summer Grant

• 2019: Sai Luo

Economics Department Third Year Paper Prize

• 2007: First Prize: Ethan Ilzetzki. Second Prize: Sebastian Miller and Jeta Menkulasi
• 2008: First Prize: Craig Garthwaite. Second Prize: Seth Freedman and Ryan Banerjee
• 2009: First Prize: Javier Bianchi and Tim Moore. Second Prize: Teresa Fort and Terence Johnson
• 2010: First Prize: Sushant Acharya and Julien Bengui. Second Prize: Lisa Dettling
• 2011: First Prize: Orhan Torul. Second Prize: Leland Dod Crane
• 2012: First Prize: Jonathan Kreamer and Matija Jancec
• 2013: First Prize: Miguel Sarzosa Castillo and Lixin Tang. Second Prize: Giordano Palloni and Yiqun Chen
• 2014: First Prize: Hector Lopez Carbajal and Camilo Morales-Jimenez. Second Prize: Jingting Fan and Ricardo Espinoza Gonzalez
• 2015: First Prize: Joonkyu Choi. Second Prize: Emekcan Yucel
• 2016: First Prize: Riley Wilson. Second Prize: Lucas Goodman and Veronika Penciakova
• 2017: First Prize: Cody Tuttle .Second Prize: Fernando Saltiel
• 2018: First Prize: Camila Galindo. Second Prize: Gonzalo Garcia and Xinlu Yao
• 2019: First Prize: Danny Kolliner and George Zuo. Second Prize: Hung Yui Cheung, Kenji Higa-Flores, Jun Hee Kwak, and Yi Liu
• 2020: First Prize: Edward Olivares. Second Prize: Panos Dimitrellos and Luke Pardue
• 2021: First Prize: Ece Yegane. Second Prize: Seho Kim and Mario Leccese
• 2022: First Prize: Luis Jaramillo. Second Prize: Qiyao Zhou and Weizheng Lai
• 2023: First Prize: Cameron Conrad
• 2024: First Prize: Tri Vu Phu Second Prize: Tyler Pike, Ruibing Su and Haoran Wang

Hilda Moskowitz Graduate Fellowship in Economics

• Fall 2011: Orhan Torul
• Spring 2012: Cesar Sosa Padilla
• Fall 2013 - Spring 2014: Carlos Van Hombeeck
• Fall 2014 - Spring 2015: Thomas Hegland
• Fall 2017 - Spring 2018: George Zuo
• Fall 2019 - Spring 2020: Luke Pardue
• Fall 2020 - Spring 2021: Luke Pardue
• Fall 2021 - Spring 2022: Taylor Landon
• Fall 2022 - Spring 2023: Taylor Landon
• Fall 2023 - Spring 2024: Taylor Landon
• Fall 2024 - Spring 2025: Haoyuan Chen
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Roger and Alicia Betancourt Fellowship in Applied Economics

• 2010: Terence Johnson
• 2011: Justin Burkett and Tim Moore
• 2012: Alan Finkelstein-Shapiro
• 2013: Hei Sing Chan and Shu Lin Wee
• 2014: Weijia (Daisy) Dai and Kristian Lopez Vargas
• 2015: Stephanie Rennane
• 2016: Robert Kulick
• 2017: Haomin Yan
• 2018: Cody Tuttle
• 2019: Seth Murray
• 2020: Matthew Staiger
• 2021: Heehyun Lim
• 2022: Zu Yao Hong
• 2023: Rachel Nesbit
• 2024: Alessandra Palazzo

Allan G. Gruchy Graduate Fellowship in Economics

• 2014-2015: Matthew Staiger and Carlos Van Hombeeck
• 2015-2016: Matthew Staiger and Mateo Uribe-Castro
• 2016-2017: Matthew Staiger, Cody Tuttle and Mateo Uribe-Castro
• 2017-2018: Tomohiro Hara and Mateo Uribe-Castro
• 2018-2019: Anu Sivaram and Mateo Uribe-Castro
• 2020-2021: Luis Jaramillo and Anu Sivaram
• 2021-2022: Kartikeya Batra and Qiyao Zhou
• 2022-2023: Alessandra Palazzo
• 2023-2024: Kartikeya Batra
• 2024-2025: Luis Felipe Jaramillo

Melville J. Ulmer Graduate Fellowship in Economics

• 2014-2015: Bryan Hardy and Xuezhen Tao
• 2015-2016: Rodrigo Heresi
• 2016-2017: Matthew Staiger
• 2017-2018: Camila Galindo Pardo
• 2018-2019: George Zuo
• 2019-2020: Dheeraj Chaudhary and Macarena Kutscher
• 2020-2021: Shanglyu Deng and Keaton Ellis
• 2021-2022: Weizheng Lai and Luis Jaramillo
• 2022-2023: Cameron Conrad and Robert Benjamin Rodriguez
• 2023-2024: Tyler Pike (first prize). Haoran Wang and Mariana Sans (second prize)
• 2024-2025: Adam Tucker and Jingyi Xing

First-Year Summer Research Fellowship

• 2019: Keaton Ellis and Seho Kim
• 2021: Ziqiao Liu and Arseniy Braslavskiy
• 2022: Ruibing Su
• 2023: Jingyi Xing

Visiting Day Poster Competition

• 2015: First prize: Youngjin Yun. Honorable Mention: Hector Lopez Carbajal
• 2016: First prize: Riley Wilson. Honorable Mention: Joonkyu Choi and Matthew Staiger
• 2017: First prize: Prateik Dalmia. Honorable Mention: Karam Jo and Heath Witzen
• 2018: First prize: Matthew Staiger. Honorable Mention: Seth Murray and Yongjoon Park
• 2019: First prize: George Zuo (co-authored with Daniel Kolliner). Honorable Mention: Tomohiro Hara
• 2023: First prize: Rachel Nesbit. Honorable Mention: Kartikeya Batra and Weizheng Lai
• 2024: First prize: Tereza Varejova
• 2025: First prize: Arseniy Braslavskiy. Honorable Mention: Ruibing Su and Jingyi Xing

University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Award

• 2013: Teresa Fort
• 2021: Cody Tuttle

Other University of Maryland Awards

• 2010: Sheri Pruitt Walker, Dr. James W. Longest Memorial Award for Social Science Research
• 2012: Nona Karalashvili, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Award in Recognition of Dr. Peter Murrell's Service as Economics Department Chair
• 2024: Chan Kim, CIBE Summer Research Award, Center for Global Business, Smith School of Business

Economic Club of Washington Doctoral Research Fellowship

• 2004: Alex Whalley
• 2006: Aparajita Goyal and Emily Owens
• 2007: Ethan IIzetzki and Melissa Mclnerney
• 2008: Matthew Chesnes
• 2009: Agustin Roitman
• 2010: Abby Alpert and Kyle Handley
• 2012: Jeff Borowitz and Lisa Dettling
• 2016: Robert Kulick and Riley Wilson
• 2018: Sai Luo, Yongjoon Park, and Veronika Penciakova
• 2019: Matthew Staiger
• 2020: Xinlu Yao

American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) Summer Research Fellowship

• 2015: Yiqun Chen
• 2016: Edith Laget

Center for Retirement Research Dissertation Fellowship

• 2009: Gabriel Lara Ibarra
• 2010: Tim Moore
• 2018: Seth Murray

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) Dissertation Grant

• 2010: Seth Freedman
• 2011: Abby Alpert

Federal Reserve Board Dissertation Fellowship, Washington D.C.

• Summer 2007: Matthew Chesnes and Ethan IIzetzki
• Summer 2009: Ana Abras and Jeta Menkulasi
• Summer 2010: Javier Bianchi
• Fall 2011: Sushant Acharya and Yasin Mimir
• Summer 2015: Yiqun Chen
  Summer 2023: Seho Kim and Alvaro Silva Uribe

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• Federal Reserve Bank of New York Dissertation Internship
• Summer 2011: Julien Bengui

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Dissertation Internship

• Summer 2009: Cesar Sosa Padilla

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Dissertation Internship

• Summer 2013: Shu Lin Wee
• 2016: Edith Laget

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Dissertation Fellowship

• 2022: Zu Yao Hong

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Dissertation Internship

• 2022: Seula Kim

Americas Center Graduate Dissertation Internship, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

• 2009: Javier Bianchi
• 2010: Cesar Sosa Padilla
• 2013: Alvaro Pedraza
• 2014: Pablo Cuba Borda

IMF Fund Summer Internship

• 2020: Seula Kim, Yi Liu, and Shihangyin Zhang

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

• 2018: Ian Chadd
• 2020: Xinlu Yao
• 2021: Yi Liu
• 2022: Hung Yui (Paul) Cheung and Keaton Ellis
• 2022-2023: Zhenxun Liu

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

• 2016: Ryan Malitz (honorable mention) and Matthew Staiger (honorable mention)
• 2018: George Zuo
• 2019: Victoria Perez-Zetune
• 2020: Cameron Conrad, Amber Flaharty and Erica Ryan

National Science Foundation, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellow

• 2010: Kyle Handley

Chiang Ching-kuo Doctoral Fellowship

• 2022: Ming Fang

Western Economic Association International Graduate Student Dissertation Workshop

• 2012: Lisa Dettling
• 2013: Alvaro Pedraza
• 2014: Ben Zou
• 2015: Ricardo Espinoza Gonzalez

Inter-American Development Bank Research Grant

• 2012: Miguel Sarzosa and Alan Finkelstein Shapiro

eBay Policy Scholar at the University of Maryland

• 2014-2015: Dun Calvin Jia
• 2015-2016: Xuezhen Tao
• 2016-2017: Yue Chao
• 2017-2018: Xinlu Yao
• 2018-2019: Gustavo Saraiva

Google Policy Fellowship

• 2022: Jake Kramer

Kauffmann Dissertation Fellowship

• 2015: Joonkyu Choi
• 2017: Karam Jo and Matthew Staiger

APPAM PhD Dissertation Award

• 2021: George Zuo

Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship

• 2017: Prateik Dalmia and Mateo Uribe-Castro

Abell Award in Urban Policy

• 2017: George Zuo

Graduate Research Award from the Airport Cooperative Research Program

• 2017: Yongjoon Park

Gerontelis Foundation Graduate Study Scholarship

• 2018: Panagiotis Dimitrellos

Seoul National University Alumni Association USA Scholarship

• 2018: Seula Kim

Seoul National University Alumni Association Washington DC Scholarship

• 2019: Seula Kim

Economy of Francesco Academy Fellowship

• 2023: Alessandra Palazzo

Washington Center for Equitable Growth Grant

• 2018: Matthew Staiger
• 2022: Mario Leccese
• 2023: Seula Kim and Michael Navarrete

Washington Center for Equitable Growth Dissertation Scholar

• 2020: Matthew Staiger

BECAS Chile Graduate Fellowship

• 2011: Ricardo Espinoza
• 2015: Gonzalo Garcia
• 2019: Catalina Morales, Maria Riquelme Gajardo, Alvaro Silva Uribe

Western Economic Association International Graduate Student Workshop

• 2019: Cody Tuttle and Karam Jo

Other Student Awards

• 2008: Matthew Chesnes, Dissertation Prize, Journal of Applied Econometrics
• 2008: Matias Herrera-Dappe, Best Student Paper Award, 31st IAEE International Conference, Istanbul
• 2008: Mircea Trandafir, Best Paper Award, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference
• 2010: Javier Bianchi, Best Paper Award, XV Workshop in Dynamic Macroeconomics, Vigo, Spain
• 2010: Enes Sunel, Best Student Paper Award, 15th Annual LACEA Meeting, November 2010
• 2011: Tim Moore, First Prize Travel Scholarship for Best Student Paper submitted to the International Society of Drug Policy Annual Conference
• 2011: Teresa Fort, Top Ph.D. Submission, Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference
• 2012-13: Ayeh Bandeh-Ahmadi, Kauffman Foundation Research Grant
• 2013: Ben Zou, Research Papers Program Award from the Employment and Training Administration
• 2014: Stephanie Rennane, Mathematica Disability Research Consortium Summer Experiential Learning Fellowship
• 2014: Álvaro La Parra Pérez, Best Paper Award, European School of New Institutional Economics (ENSIE), Cargèse, France
• 2018: Yongjoon Park, Robert F. Lanzilotti Prize for best paper in antitrust economics, International Industrial Organization Conference (joint with Prof. Andrew Sweeting and Jun Zhang)
• 2021: Ferda Erturk, Interdisciplinary Transportation Engineering, Economics, and Policy PhD Fellowship Program
• 2023: Rachel Lee Nesbit, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Graduate Research Fellowship
• 2024: Chan Kim, CIBE Summer Research Award, Center for Global Business, Smith School of Business