Launched in 2013, the GMMA Travel Grant has financially supported many Ph.D. and Master students allowing them to participate in national and international conference to present their papers. Students attended and presented their work at the following conferences:

• July 1-2, 2015: European Integration and its International Dimension (Düsseldorf, Germany)
• June 12-13, 2015: Conference on Development Economics and Policy (Kiel, Germany)
• May 21-23, 2015: Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Gent, Belgium)
• April 27-28, 2015: Asymmetries in Europe: Causes, Consequences, Remedies (Pescara, Italy)
• January 3-5, 2015: Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (Boston, USA)
• August 25-29, 2014: Econometric Society, European Meeting (Toulouse, France)
• May 30-June 1, 2014: Midwest Economic Theory and Trade Conference (Indianapolis, USA)
• June 18-22, 2014: North American Summer Meeting, Econometric Society (Minneapolis, USA)
• June 18-21, 2014: 14th Meeting, Society for Social Choice and Welfare (Boston, USA)
• June 11-13, 2014: 8th World Conference, Spatial Econometrics Association (Zurich, Switzerland)
• April 24-26, 2014: 19th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Vienna, Austria)
• January 3-5, 2014: The American Economic Association Meeting (Philadelphia, USA)
• September 4-7, 2013: Jahrestagung 2013, Verein für Socialpolitik (Düsseldorf, Germany)
• July 22-27, 2013: 13th SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics (Paris, France)
• July 10-12, 2013: Computing in Economics and Finance 2013 (Vancouver, Canada)
• June 27-29, 2013: Annual Meeting, Society for Economic Dynamics (Seoul, South Korea)
• May 30-June 1, 2013: Conference on Macro Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece)
• May 23-25, 2013: Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference (Istanbul, Turkey)

Awarded from 2007/08 to 2013, the Goethe Money and Macro Association (GMMA) Best Paper Award honors exceptional contributions by students participating in the economics seminars (Bachelor program). Competing students present their term paper to a jury consisting of professors, donors, and alumni of the faculty.

Recipient of the Best Paper Award in 2012:

Best First-Year Student in the Master's Program in Money and Finance
Cedric Schwalm

Recipient of the Best Paper Award in 2011:

Best First-Year Student in the Master's Program in Money and Finance
Jaideep Tamhane

Recipient of the Best Paper Award in 2010:

Best First-Year Student in the Master's Program in Money and Finance
Alexander Schmitt

Recipient of the Best Paper Award in 2009:

Best First-Year Student in the Master's Program in Money and Finance
Stefan H. Pitschner

Recipients of the Best Paper Award in 2008:

1st Prize:
Jochen Zimmer, "Zweiseitige Märkte"

2nd Prize:
Elif Arul and Dana Schäfer, "Arbeitslosigkeit als Ursache für Rechtsextremismus"

3rd Prize:
Michael Mielach and Severin Zörgiebel, "Die Macht der Rating-Agenturen und selbsterfüllende Erwartungen"

Jury:
Junprof. Dr. Günter Beck (Goethe University), Dr. Roland Beck (European Central Bank), Dr. Ulrich Kater (DekaBank), Dr. Dirk Schumacher (Goldman Sachs)