Braumoeller, MESO Lab receive NSF funding for international order research
“When Bear Braumoeller, professor in the Department of Political Science and Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev Endowed Chair in Data Analytics, first got the email from the National Science Foundation (NSF), he was a bit confused.
He had been applying for NSF funding for years, and the end result was usually a form letter turning him down. But this one said the NSF would be giving him an award.
“And my first thought was, ‘Oh, that’s nice. Like a plaque or something. I didn’t know the NSF gave awards,’” Braumoeller said. “But then five seconds later it hit me, like, ‘Oh, an award! You’re actually going to give us money. Wow!’”
With a new grant from the NSF totaling nearly $750,000 — combined with a grant for $200,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York he received in May 2020 — Braumoeller’s research on the relationship between international order and international conflict can continue at a faster pace with more dedicated assistance.”