BFI News·May 5, 2026

Use Your Life as a Lab: BFI Director John List’s New Guide to Experimental Economics

Have you ever tested multiple subject lines on an email to see which got more opens? Cooked a recipe two ways to settle a debate at home? If so, you’ve dabbled in the ideas that John List has spent more...
BFI News·Apr 22, 2026

Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago Announces 2026 Cohort of the Price Theory Summer Camp

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) at The University of Chicago is pleased to announce the 2026 Price Theory Summer Camp cohort, consisting of 40 PhD students in economics from 25 institutions around the world. More information on the...
BFI News·Apr 2, 2026

Gracias Incubator Announces Two New Research Awards

The BFI Gracias Center for Human Sciences and Well-Being is pleased to announce two new Gracias Incubator awards, totaling $1.6 million in funding. These grants will support rigorous, interdisciplinary research on the beliefs, behaviors, and technologies that shape human development....
BFI News·Mar 26, 2026

UNAB Convenes International Economists to Analyze the Impact of AI on Productivity

The event, organized by the Institute of Economic Policy of the School of Business and Economics at Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB), in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago and the Central Bank of...
BFI News·Oct 22, 2025

$20 million gift from Gracias Family Foundation to support UChicago research and student advancement

The Gracias Family Foundation has made a $20 million gift to the University of Chicago in support of faculty research and student advancement. This philanthropic investment will directly support the Gracias Family Center for Human Sciences and Wellbeing and the...
BFI News·Oct 8, 2025

BFI PREP Achieves Record Success: 33 Research Professionals Placed at Top PhD Programs

BFI’s Pre-Doctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) demonstrated exceptional placement success this application season, sending 33 research professionals to some of the nation’s most prestigious PhD programs. The cohort’s impressive results include nine fellows heading to University of Chicago, four...