MADISON, WI —The Deloitte Foundation has awarded a $25,000 Doctoral Fellowship to Brayden Bulloch, a fourth-year accounting PhD candidate in the Accounting and Information Systems Department at the Wisconsin School of Business.
The Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship awards are intended to help strengthen the pipeline of accounting faculty by supporting PhD candidates who plan to pursue academic careers. For 70 years, this program has awarded fellowships to 10 top accounting PhD candidates across the U.S.—helping them cover expenses during their final year of coursework and subsequent year to complete their doctoral dissertation.
Bulloch’s research focuses on corporate taxation and the effects of tax policy. Using large-scale archival data, his work examines how firms respond to tax incentives, constraints, and variability, with particular emphasis on how these forces shape business location decisions and the broader information environment.
Bulloch is passionate about teaching taxation and helping students understand how tax systems influence real-world decision-making. Prior to his doctoral studies, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University.
Each year, accounting doctoral students from more than 100 universities are invited to apply for the fellowship. A selection committee composed of eminent accounting educators chose this year’s recipients who were nominated by accounting faculty at their school. Since inception, the program has supported nearly 1,200 doctorates. “The Deloitte Foundation helps prepare students for the future of work. A strong pipeline of faculty can help shape a future workforce that is prepared for career success,” says Erin Scanlon, Deloitte Foundation president. “Doctoral study can be demanding— especially at the point where candidates are completing advanced coursework and pushing their dissertation across the finish line. This fellowship program is designed to help Fellows maintain momentum through that critical transition.”
“I’m very grateful to the Deloitte Foundation for this support and to the selection committee for considering me,” Bulloch says. “I’m also extremely thankful for the people who have shaped my journey, including my dissertation committee—Fabio Gaertner, Dan Lynch, Stacie Kelley and Dean Corbae—who have been tremendous mentors to me and whose example I look up to. I’m also grateful to the entire accounting department, the Wisconsin School of Business, my co-authors and many others who have supported me through their time, resources and friendship.”