Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Sloan Spotlight

Led by Lars Peter Hansen (UChicago) and Andrew W. Lo (MIT), the Macro Financial Modeling Group has issued a call for proposals for its dissertation support program, which will award up to $16,000 to outstanding young Ph.D. students working on issues related to modeling the financial sector, macroprudential regulation, and systemic risk. Proposals are due July 30, 2013. more...

About the Foundation

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution based in New York City.

Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation, the Foundation makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economic performance. more...

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