2026 Weidenbaum Center Small Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our Fall 2026 Weidenbaum Center Small Grant Awardees!
The Weidenbaum Center provides research funding to WashU tenure-track faculty Small Grant Proposals. Generally, this funding is provided to faculty in the Departments of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology.
Small grants awards are typically up to $15,000. Awards are given for research that focuses on social science and/or public policy. These awards support collaborative research efforts, projects with a high likelihood of prominent publication, and research that leads to external grant applications.
Below we list our Fall 2026 Small Grant awardees. To see a list of our past awardees, click here.
Darwin Baluran, Department of Sociology, Structural Racism and Southeast Asian Health
Taylor Carlson, Department of Political Science and Esther Ng and Allan Hazlett, both with the Department of Philosophy, Self-Reflection and Belief Polarization
David Carter, Department of Political Science, Disproportionate Military Sacrifice and National Belonging in India
Dino Christenson, Department of Political Science and Mark Crovella and Mayank Varia, both with Boston University, Public Support in Multi-Candidate Primary Contests Via Privacy-Protected Web-Browsing Measurement
Clarissa Hayward, Department of Political Science and Joe Soss, University of Minnesota, Political Participation, Agency, and the Aftermath of Operation Metro Surge: A Qualitative Research Collaboratory Pilot
Andrew Jordan, Department of Economics and Christopher Lucas, Department of Political Science, Distributed Review and Administrative Measurement of Police Body Camera Footage
Jacob Montgomery and Taylor Carlson, both with the Department of Political Science, Who Opposes Data Centers and Why? Linking Public Opinion to the Built Infrastructure of AI
Julie Holland Mortimer, Department of Economics, Sylvia Hristakeva, Cornell University, Maura Coughlin, Rice University and Eric Yde, Harvard University, How Pricing Regulation in the Healthcare Industry Impacts Hospitals, Medicare Spending, and Patients
Peng Peng, Department of Political Science, State Building Through Emulation
Xiaoyan Qiu, Department of Political Science and Taylor Damann, Rice University, How Civilian Assistance Shapes Battle Duration in Interstate War: Evidence from Ukraine
Sepehr Shahshahani, School of Law, Rhetoric and Reality in American Intellectual Property Law
Guanyi Wang, Department of Economics and Áureo de Paula, University College London, Recovering Information Sets in Social Networks
Carly Wayne, Department of Political Science, External Threat, Domestic Exclusion, and National Belonging among Palestinian Citizens of Israel during the October 2026 Election