Student awards

James D. Gaisford Research Prize

A committee, chaired by the Head of the Research Activities Committee, will adjudicate the Second Year Research Papers, and award the best Second Year Research Paper by a PhD student with $1000. (Note: all second year students must present their papers to the department before the prize is awarded)

Award recipients

• 2021 Kuot Manyang
• 2020 Longzhou Wang
• 2019 Arthur Novaes de Amorim
• 2018 Dennis Nsafoah

Excellence in Dissertation Research Award

(Department Recommended Award)
Previously known as the Anton and Dalgarno Memorial Post-Candidacy Research Award in honor of Dr. Frank Anton, who was appointed the first Department Head of Economics at the University of Calgary in 1967. As a leader and mentor, Frank’s wisdom and integrity were instrumental in building the Economics Department. “Jock” Dalgarno immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1924 where he settled in the Mossleigh district of Alberta and farmed until 1972. Jock loved the prairies and came to appreciate the importance of understanding economics in successful farming. This scholarship honours Dr. Frank Anton and Jock Dalgarno. To borrow from poetry: “He does not die who can bequeath some influence to the land he loves.”

Open to students registered full-time in a thesis-based graduate program in the Department of Economics. Students conducting research in agricultural economics will be considered first for this scholarship.

Award recipients

• 2020 Jinan Liu
• 2019 Mokhtar Tabari
• 2018 Safoura Moeeni

MA Prize for Economic Theory

The top scoring graduate student with the highest average in their first year in ECON 615, ECON 657, and ECON 659 is awarded $250.

Award recipients

• 2022 Stephen Claassen, Nicholas Zacharias
• 2021 Ahmad-Reza Ehsanian-Mofrad
• 2020 Gilbert Lybbert
• 2019 Brendan Jewitt
• 2018 James Conville

Econometrics Prize

The top scoring doctoral graduate student with the highest average in ECON 705 and 715 is awarded $250.

Award recipients

• 2022 Hanqi Liu
• 2021 Mahesh Acharya
• 2020 Tazia Khushboo
• 2019 Eric Jung
• 2018 Felix Fosu

Microeconomics Prize

The top scoring graduate student with the highest average in their first year in ECON 707 and 757 is awarded $250.

Award recipients

• 2022 Abena Boafoa Darkwah
• 2021 Apoorva Babbar
• 2020 Sencer Karademir
• 2019 Kangyu Qiu
• 2018 Felix Fosu

Macroeconomics Prize

The top scoring graduate student with the highest average in their first year in ECON 709 and 759 is awarded $250.

Award recipients

• 2022 Md Maidul Islam Chowdhury
• 2021 Ali Niazi
• 2020 Zack Moline
• 2019 Kangyu Qiu
• 2018 Felix Fosu

Anton and Delgarno Memorial Graduate Scholarship

(Department Recommended Award)
Dr. Frank Anton was appointed the first Department Head of Economics at the University of Calgary in 1967. As a leader and mentor, Frank’s wisdom and integrity were instrumental in building the Economics Department. “Jock” Dalgarno immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1924 where he settled in the Mossleigh district of Alberta and farmed until 1972. Jock loved the prairies and came to appreciate the importance of understanding economics in successful farming. This scholarship honours Dr. Frank Anton and Jock Dalgarno. To borrow from poetry: “He does not die who can bequeath some influence to the land he loves.”

Open to students registered full-time in a thesis-based graduate program in the Department of Economics. Students conducting research in agricultural economics will be considered first for this scholarship.

Award recipients

• 2021 Karam Jarad, Farouk Awal, Ipek Tastan, Mallika Sharma, Marjan Habibi
• 2020 Marjan Habibi, Kangyu Qiu, Kuot Manyang, Aashay Tripathi and Anil Gogebakan
• 2019 Nahiyan Azad,  Anil Gogebakan,  Karam Jarad, Sencer Karademir and Dimitrios Serletis
• 2018 Eashita Dabas, Marjan Habibi,  Jinan Liu and  Dimitrios Serletis
• 2017 Zahra Espanani, Sayeeda Jahan, Sobhan Iranmeshi, Chetan Sharma  and Longzhou Wang
• 2016 Ahmadreza Javanmardi
• 2015 Philip Rasmussen
• 2014 Astou Ndeye Aw
• 2013 Yang Zhao
• 2012 Bowen Gao
• 2011 Connor McDonald
• 2011 Richard Kendall-Smith
• 2009 Andrew Wilkins
• 2009 Jecielle Alonso
• 2008 Jecielle Alonso
• 2007 Margarita Gres
• 2006 Daniel Dutton

Department of Economics Graduate Alumni Scholarship

(Department Recommended Award)
The goal of the Economics Alumni Graduate Scholarship is to encourage excellence in economics research. This Economics Alumni Graduate Scholarship is made possible through contributions from graduate alumni, faculty members, and the Building on the Vision campaign at the University of Calgary.

Open to students registered full-time in a thesis-based graduate program in the Department of Economics.

Award recipients

• 2021 Felix Fosu
• 2020 Sencer Karademir
• 2019 Felix Fosu
• 2018 Aashay Tripathi
• 2017 Feng Wei
• 2016 Larz Renborg
• 2015 Ian Michael Heffernan
• 2014 Blake Shaffer
• 2013 Aisha Khan
• 2012 Bowen Gao
• 2011 Connor McDonald
• 2010 Maksim Isakin
• 2009 Brett McIntosh
• 2008 Jecielle Alonso
• 2007 Jesse Tweedle
• 2006 Ashley Martin & Xing Huang

Economics Society of Calgary Graduate Scholarship

(Department Recommended Award)
The Economics Society of Calgary (ESC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the understanding of economics within and around Calgary. The ESC is a chapter of the Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE). The chapter was founded in 1965 to provide regular meetings for discussion and exchange of ideas in the area of economics, to promote public awareness and understanding of current economic issues and problems, to further economic knowledge in the Calgary area in conjunction with institutions of higher learning, and to provide for the social fellowship of individuals with a common interest in the field of economics and business.

Open to students registered in the first year of a graduate program in the Department of Economics. The recipient will be selected on the basis of academic standing and scholarship as evidenced by the documentation available to the adjudicators.

Award recipients

• 2021 Tong Liu
• 2020 Phuong Hue Trin Ha
• 2019 Zack Moline
• 2018 Kangyu Qiu
• 2017 Sida Yang
• 2016 Tianjio Bao
• 2015 Nafees Sadat Marashi Shoushtari
• 2014 Blake Shaffer
• 2013 Nurul Hossain
• 2012 Zinan Li
• 2011 Ali Jadidzadeh
• 2010 Mohammad Alam
• 2009 Stephan Sedor
• 2008 Garret Fellows
• 2007 David Still
• 2006 Jason Strauss

Stephen G. Peitchinis Memorial Graduate Recruitment Scholarship

(Department Recommended Award)
In a career that spanned more than three decades, Stephen Peitchinis (1925–2004) was one of  Canada’s most respected and influential commentators on economic policy. A talented educator and prolific scholar, he joined the University of Calgary in 1968 as professor of economics, was dean of the School of Business (now the Haskayne School of Business) from 1973 to 1975 and head of the Department of Economics from 1985-1991, before retiring in 1992. This award was established to honour Dr. Petichinis’ contributions to the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary.

Open to students entering a full-time master's program in the Department of Economics. This award may be held in combination with any other award.

Award recipients

• 2021 Abaalhasan Al-Sudani
• 2020 Taylor MacPherson
• 2019 Alaina Olson
• 2018 Melanie Varkey
• 2017 Sina Ferdowsi
• 2016 Bella Yao
• 2015 Liang Chen
• 2014 Nowshin Chowdhury
• 2013 Philip Rasmussen
• 2012 Zinan Li
• 2011 Brent Cohn
• 2010 Richard Kendall-Smith
• 2009 Cory Temple