He was able to study at the University of Chicago because the Department of Economics gave him a full scholarship as well as a stipend.

His studies at the University of Chicago were funded by a full Hillman Scholarship, augmented by a Sloan Fellowship grant administered by Sloan Fellow and Nobel laureate Gary Becker, known for his work on the economic analysis of race and crime and of marriage and family. Mr. Ideafarm was also nominated by the Department of Economics for the university-wide Danforth fellowship.