Contributions to this fund are added to an endowment, the proceeds of which support recurrent research-related expenses, including undergraduate Research Assistantships, the Department's seminar series, student and faculty conference travel, and others.
Our department relies on the generous support of alumni and friends to provide the best possible learning and research environment for our students and faculty members.
Donor support allows us to:
- Offer scholarships to academically strong undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to those with financial need
- Recruit and retain the best faculty members
- Provide state-of-the-art facilities that house important research and teaching
- Provide learning and professional development opportunities for our students
The Department of Economics benefits from the generosity of friends, like you, who share in our commitment to excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. With your support, we will continue to transform the lives of our students.
Economics Annual Fund
Werner Baer Scholarship
This fund has been created in honor of Professor Werner Baer, who has been engaged in promoting the modernization of the Economic profession in many Latin American and other countries, and who is the founder of our Department's Masters in Policy Economics program. Contributions to this fund are added to an endowment, the proceeds of which fund graduate studies of international students in our Department.
Fred M. Gottheil Faculty Award
This faculty award is being endowed in honor of Fred M. Gottheil, a long time faculty member in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Contributions to this fund are added to an endowment, the proceeds of which will be awarded to faculty teaching either undergraduate or graduate courses with preference given to tenure-track faculty members.
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