Your Contribution to the Economics Fund Makes ALL the Difference!

It makes ALL the difference for Undergraduate Students with Majors and Minors in economics:

• Who receive scholarships from the newly established Christiaan Grootaert Fund;
• Who receive support for undergraduate research projects that are closely linked with major faculty research projects on Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region;
• Who attend public lectures and department seminars presented by such prominent economists as Professor Dan McFadden, Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of California, Berkeley; and Randall Akee, Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany.

It makes ALL the difference for Master's and Doctoral Students in economics:

• Who are recipients of Hung Family Fellowships to support their graduate studies;
• Who receive travel grants from the Department to present their research at major conferences;
• Who receives the Outstanding Third-Year Research Paper Award from the Seiji Naya Fund;
• Whose outstanding performance in the graduate program's "core courses" is honored by the Outstanding First-Year Student Award from the Seiji Naya Fund
• And who receive the Burnham Campbell Award, which assists students in the final stages of their doctoral dissertation.

It makes ALL the difference for Faculty Members in economics:

• Who receive small grants to buy software for teaching or research;
• Who receive seed money to prepare and submit applications to private foundations and public agencies requesting grants to support faculty research projects;
• Who are able to participate in outstanding departments seminars;

How Can You Contribute? The Two Easiest Ways to Contribute Are:

1. Make a Donation with Your Credit Card Online

The University of Hawaii Foundation manages the Economics Fund. It provides a secure internet connection to protect your personal data. To make a donation online with either your VISA or MASTERCARD, please click here and look for the drop-down menu with the link to the Economics Fund. The UH Foundation web site will guide you through the rest of the process.

2. Make a Donation by Mailing A Check

Please make your check payable to "University of Hawaii" and in the comment line (lower left-hand part of check) write "Economics Fund." Please mail the check to:

3. Other Ways to Make a Donation

The University of Hawaii Foundation website provides information on a variety of ways to make a donation, ranging from instructions for wire transfer gifts to information concerning gifts of real estate. Click here for this information. Please specify the Department of Economics as the recipient of your gift in all your correspondence with the Foundation.

The department thanks you for your help and generosity!

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