From the halls of the global financial system to the rural markets of the developing world, our graduate students conduct research that yields innovative solutions to the gravest problems facing our society.
Our graduate students are also the backbone of our undergraduate program and the heart of the university. A graduate TA is the first person an undergraduate will ask for help and often the most meaningful mentor of a student navigating university life.
But despite the significant contributions of our graduate students, they face funding shortfalls during summers. To compensate, they often continue teaching, removing themselves from research during valuable summer months, or moving away to work or live with family, which directs their focus away from their research. This is detrimental to their research careers and progress on their dissertation. For those who wish to go into academic or policy research, these summer months are absolutely critical to doing research ambitious enough to earn jobs that position them to influence society.
The Economics Summer Research Accelerator is a new endowment that specifically funds students to engage in research between academic years, a time when graduate students are largely unfunded. Students will be able to work with faculty as student researchers to learn the basic skills of research or receive individual fellowships to pursue their own research ideas. Students will no longer be forced to pause their research to seek outside employment or live with family between academic years. Our goal is to ensure no PhD student lacks the summer funding they need to accelerate their research and excel in their careers.
Reasons to Donate
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $1,000 | NCAA Women's Basketball Team | 36 |
2 | $500 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 28 |
3 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 24 | |
4 | Center for Agroecology: Chadwick Garden | 7 | |
5 | KZSC Radio 2022 | 6 | |
6 | Pacific Art and Visual Studies Fund | 4 | |
7 | oSTEM (Out in STEM) | 4 | |
8 | Research Ctr for Americas: Dolores Huerta Archives | 3 | |
9 | Adventure Rec | 3 | |
10 | The Dickens Project | 3 | |
11 | UCSC Rugby Club | 2 | |
12 | Archaeological Research Center | 2 | |
13 | Arts Dean's Fund for Excellence & Equity | 2 | |
14 | Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology | 2 | |
15 | Academic Excellence (ACE) Program | 2 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $2,500 | "Finding Ma": Uplifting Incarcerated Voices | 99 |
2 | $1,000 | City on a Hill Press | 95 |
3 | $500 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 80 |
4 | Slugbotics | 48 | |
5 | Adventure Rec | 44 | |
6 | UCSC Rugby Club | 32 | |
7 | Taza Tal | 23 | |
8 | PBSci Peer Mentoring Coalition | 22 | |
9 | Surfing Club | 19 | |
10 | Society of Physics Students (SPS) | 17 | |
11 | Fisheries Collaborative Program | 17 | |
12 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 16 | |
13 | Center for Agroecology: Chadwick Garden | 11 | |
14 | Cal Teach Fund for Future Math or Science Teachers | 11 | |
15 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 10 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $10,000 | "Finding Ma": Uplifting Incarcerated Voices | 281 |
2 | $5,000 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 261 |
3 | $2,000 | City on a Hill Press | 192 |
4 | Adventure Rec | 177 | |
5 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 167 | |
6 | Formula Slug | 153 | |
7 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 126 | |
8 | Surfing Club | 117 | |
9 | UCSC Rugby Club | 112 | |
10 | NCAA Women's Basketball Team | 110 | |
11 | Rocket Team at UCSC | 108 | |
12 | PBSci Peer Mentoring Coalition | 91 | |
13 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 87 | |
14 | KZSC Radio 2022 | 83 | |
15 | Smith Internships and Research Fellowships | 79 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $2,500 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 21 |
2 | $1,000 | Cal Teach Fund for Future Math or Science Teachers | 16 |
3 | Smith Internships and Research Fellowships | 14 | |
4 | Academic Excellence (ACE) Program | 13 | |
5 | Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative | 12 | |
6 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
7 | Girls in Engineering | 9 | |
8 | Redwood Free Market | 9 | |
9 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 8 | |
10 | UCSC Rugby Club | 8 | |
11 | Center for Agroecology: Chadwick Garden | 8 | |
12 | City on a Hill Press | 7 | |
13 | Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP) | 7 | |
14 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 7 | |
15 | Institute of the Arts and Sciences | 7 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $1,500 | "Finding Ma": Uplifting Incarcerated Voices | 34 |
2 | $750 | UCSC SACNAS Chapter | 26 |
3 | $500 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 25 |
4 | UCSC Fencing Club | 10 | |
5 | Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers | 9 | |
6 | Adventure Rec | 8 | |
7 | Formula Slug | 8 | |
8 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 8 | |
9 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
10 | City on a Hill Press | 7 | |
11 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 6 | |
12 | College Scholars Program | 4 | |
13 | Surfing Club | 4 | |
14 | UCSC Rugby Club | 4 | |
15 | Pilipino Cultural Celebration | 4 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $1,000 | Formula Slug | 30 |
2 | $500 | Society of Physics Students (SPS) | 30 |
3 | Pilipino Cultural Celebration | 22 | |
4 | Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas de UCSC | 22 | |
5 | UCSC Triathlon | 19 | |
6 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 18 | |
7 | KZSC Radio 2022 | 12 | |
8 | PBSci Peer Mentoring Coalition | 8 | |
9 | NCAA Women's Basketball Team | 5 | |
10 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 5 | |
11 | Archaeological Research Center | 2 | |
12 | Cal Teach Fund for Future Math or Science Teachers | 2 | |
13 | Redwood Free Market | 2 | |
14 | The Dickens Project | 2 | |
15 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 2 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $1,000 | Formula Slug | 42 |
2 | $500 | Make Seymour Center free to low-income families | 20 |
3 | Adventure Rec | 11 | |
4 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
5 | Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas de UCSC | 8 | |
6 | oSTEM (Out in STEM) | 8 | |
7 | UC Santa Cruz Track & Field | 7 | |
8 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 6 | |
9 | Surfing Club | 5 | |
10 | Academic Excellence (ACE) Program | 5 | |
11 | NCAA Women's Basketball Team | 5 | |
12 | KZSC Radio 2022 | 5 | |
13 | Center for Agroecology: Chadwick Garden | 4 | |
14 | Smith Internships and Research Fellowships | 4 | |
15 | Donate to the Chicanx Latinx Year End Ceremony! | 4 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $2,500 | Rocket Team at UCSC | 89 |
2 | $1,000 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 78 |
3 | $500 | "Finding Ma": Uplifting Incarcerated Voices | 62 |
4 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 61 | |
5 | City on a Hill Press | 45 | |
6 | UCSC Fencing Club | 23 | |
7 | Pilipino Cultural Celebration | 20 | |
8 | Adventure Rec | 19 | |
9 | PBSci Peer Mentoring Coalition | 13 | |
10 | Academic Excellence (ACE) Program | 11 | |
11 | oSTEM (Out in STEM) | 11 | |
12 | Cal Teach Fund for Future Math or Science Teachers | 10 | |
13 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
14 | Surfing Club | 9 | |
15 | Grupo Folklorico Los Mejicas de UCSC | 9 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,000 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 67 |
2 | $500 | Smith Internships and Research Fellowships | 50 |
3 | UCSC Rugby Club | 49 | |
4 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 46 | |
5 | Cal Teach Fund for Future Math or Science Teachers | 40 | |
6 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 38 | |
7 | Center for Agroecology: Chadwick Garden | 36 | |
8 | Surfing Club | 36 | |
9 | Academic Excellence (ACE) Program | 35 | |
10 | UC Santa Cruz Track & Field | 35 | |
11 | City on a Hill Press | 35 | |
12 | Adventure Rec | 32 | |
13 | The Dickens Project | 30 | |
14 | Tech4Good Student Programs | 29 | |
15 | NCAA Women's Basketball Team | 29 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Donors |
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1 | $1,000 | Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) | 30 |
2 | $500 | SlugMUN (Model United Nations) | 24 |
3 | PBSci Peer Mentoring Coalition | 12 | |
4 | Surfing Club | 11 | |
5 | Adventure Rec | 11 | |
6 | UCSC Rugby Club | 10 | |
7 | "Finding Ma": Uplifting Incarcerated Voices | 10 | |
8 | Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | 9 | |
9 | WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
10 | Smith Internships and Research Fellowships | 8 | |
11 | NCAA Women's Basketball Team | 8 | |
12 | Cal Teach Fund for Future Math or Science Teachers | 7 | |
13 | UCSC SACNAS Chapter | 7 | |
14 | iGEM 2022 | 6 | |
15 | KZSC Radio 2022 | 6 |
Rank | Prize | Fund Designation | Donors |
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1 | $2,500 | oSTEM | 63 |
2 | $1,000 | Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers | 46 |
3 | $500 | Physics Outreach Task Force | 34 |
4 | Economics Summer Research Accelerator | 25 | |
5 | Waterfall Scholarship | 21 | |
6 | Civic Discourse & Democratic Engagement Initiative | 19 | |
7 | Auerbuch Stone Lab | 15 | |
8 | Library Opportunity Fund | 13 | |
9 | Arts Professional Pathways | 12 | |
10 | Women's Water Polo Club | 12 | |
11 | Earth's Environment Fund | 12 | |
12 | College Scholars Program | 11 | |
13 | Student Success | 10 | |
14 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Women | 9 | |
15 | Beethoven Celebration | 9 |
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