Runjing Lu, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Social Media and Financial Markets
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$165,465
Polarizing social policies and geographic sorting of innovators and innovation
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$59,975

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Social Media and Financial Markets

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lu, Runjing

$165,465

Polarizing social policies and geographic sorting of innovators and innovation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lu, Runjing

Keywords: Social Policy; Innovation; Residential Sorting; Geographic Polarization

$59,975

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Lu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Social Media and Financial Markets" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]