Yiran Fan Memorial Prize and Fellowships Awarded at The Yiran Fan Memorial Conference

On April 11, 2024, scholars in financial economics gathered to share ongoing research in a series of alumni and student presentations as part of a commemorative event dedicated to late colleague, Yiran Fan. Faculty announced the Yiran Fan Memorial Fellowship during the 2023 conference and presented the Yiran Fan Memorial Prize to student awardees in 2024. Conference participants hope to continue to carry the promise of Yiran's contributions forward.

The Yiran Fan Memorial Prize is a fellowship established in memory of late UChicago PhD student, Yiran Fan, which includes contributions from Fan's parents and is awarded to a student in the Joint Program in Financial Economics. 

It was established to commemorate Yiran Fan's kind and generous spirit and his devotion to bringing together fellow students, young researchers, and faculty as companions in learning. The prize is awarded by a student selection committee based on student nominations for the graduate student who made the greatest contribution to establishing and maintaining an open and nurturing learning environment for those with interests in economic dynamics, macroeconomics, or financial economics. 

The recipient of the 2024 Yiran Fan Memorial Prize is Manav Chaudhary. 

Past awardees are Marco Loseto (2023), Will Cassidy (2022, co-awardee), Aditya Chaudhry (2022, co-awardee), and Simon Oh (2021).

The Yiran Fan Memorial Prize is a fellowship established in memory of late UChicago PhD student, Yiran Fan. 

During his time at Booth, Yiran was completing a doctoral degree in Financial Economics and working as a Professional Development Fellow at the Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance. You can find more details on the life and legacy of Yiran Fan in the Economics Department's remembrance letter and by visiting the Chicago Booth memoriam page.