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Funding Opportunities
As graduate students, there are many scholarships, grants, and loans available to help you augment your studies. These are predominantly available from the University, but some outside sources also offer funding for outstanding scholars. We list below a few such programs; this is by no means a complete list! We encourage you to exploit every opportunity available to you as students, but this sampling will give you a good idea of what to look for. If you find a program that you think would serve the rest of the graduate student body well, please let us know!
Scholarships and Other Tuition Aids
Travel Grants
Scholarships and Other Tuition Aids
- East-West Center Fellowship
Application deadline: November 1 (for fall) Award amount: varies.
East-West Center Fellowships provide substantial funding for both Masters and Doctoral degree programs. Citizens of Pacific and Asian countries, Russia, and the United States are eligible to apply. Fellowship awardees are required to participate in research studies and specialized education courses supervised by the East-West Center.
- Burnham O Campbell
Critera: Graduate student enrolled in the Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Preference given to Ph.D. candidate with interests in Asian economic development who have - successfully defended the dissertation proposal;
- made substantial progress towards completion of the dissertation;
- high probability of successfully completing the dissertation within a few months of the award.
Application Form: Please submit to the Economics office, Saunders 542.
- HUNG Family Fellowship
Critera: Chinese or Taiwanese citizen graduate student in recognition of the inseparable relationship of Chinese civilization to world history and international economy.
Award: stipend of $14,500 per academic year, plus a tuition waiver
Further Information: Available at the HUNG Family Fellowship page, which provides more detail about the award's philosophy and application procedure.
- Seiji Naya Outstanding First-Year Award
Critera: Economics graduate student from the previous year who has completed the six first-year courses in the doctoral core, and has passed qualifying examinations in microeconomics and macroeconomics.
- Seiji Naya Outstanding Third-Year Research Paper Award
Critera: Economics student who has written a third-year quality research paper.
Award: $750 and certificate
Contact: Professor Byron Gangnes, econgrad@hawaii.edu
Travel Grants
- Conference Travel Grant (College of Social Sciences)
Application deadlines: December 1, April 1, and September 1. Award amount: $1000.
These funds are primarily intended to cover travel costs for junior faculty and graduate students who have been invited to present a conference paper, although other applications are possible. This award is not renewable within a twelve month period.
- Conference Travel Grant (Graduate Student Organization)
Application deadline: none. Award amount: varies.
Funds provided by UH's Graduate Student Organization (GSO) on a rolling basis. Intended as reimbursment for travel costs.
- Arts & Sciences Advisory Council 2005 Awards
Application deadline: March 11, 2005, 4:00pm Award amount: up to $2000.
The mission of the Arts & Sciences Advisory Council is providing monetary awards to upper division undergraduates with a declared major and classified graduate students. The awards of up to $2000 are intended to help fund special scholarly projects of significant educational value initiated by individual students and not available through regular coursework. Preference is given to projects requiring travel.
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