Receiving funding from the European Research Council is an indisputable mark of excellence for a researcher, so competitive is the selection process.  

Two young researchers from Sciences Po - Philipp Brandt and Zachary Van Winkle - have just received this international recognition by winning two Starting Grants, funding awarded to researchers at the start of their careers who have already produced excellent work and have the potential to distinguish themselves in the research world.

The Royal Economic Society and The Econometrics Journal announced January 19th, 2015 that the 2013 Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize is awarded to the Department's Koen Jochmans.

The Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize is awarded to the best article published in The Econometrics Journal in a given year by a researcher who is within five years of being awarded their doctorate.