Florian Richard, Université Laval

Research

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Sciences sociales Sciences économiques et administration des affaires Sciences économiques Économétrie Finance Finance, n.c.a.

Latest funding

Specification Testing with Many Weak Instrumental Variables
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$65,355

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Specification Testing with Many Weak Instrumental Variables

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Richard, Florian

$65,355

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Sciences sociales Dear Professor Richard, 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 on sciences sociales 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 "Specification Testing with Many Weak Instrumental Variables" (2026), 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]