Giving – Your donation helps!
Help foster our ambitious students and faculty by making a charitable gift this year to the UHM Department of Earth Sciences. Your donation will help maintain and provide modern teaching infrastructure, support field excursions, research experiences, and fellowships for students, and support out-of-state visits and in-house-TGIF seminars by world-class Earth scientists.
Please contribute to the Department of Earth Sciences funds at the University of Hawai‘i Foundation and help make those geo-dreams come true for a new group of emerging geoscientists.
Please contribute to one of our UH Foundation Funds:
- Department of Earth Sciences Enrichment Fund
- Department of Earth Sciences Field Trip Fund
- Department of Earth Sciences Seminar Support Fund
- Department of Earth Sciences Undergraduate Research Fund
- Donald A. Swanson Geology and Geophysics Graduate Student Endowed Support Fund
- Dorothy and Harold Palmer Geology Loan Fund
- Fred M. Bullard Endowed Graduate Fellowship
- Gordon MacDonald Memorial Award Fund
- Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Fund
- Stefan Seyb SOEST Endowed Fund
- William T. Coulbourn Marine Geology Research Grant Endowment
Mahalo!
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES ENRICHMENT FUND
This is our most flexible “greatest needs” fund. Gifts to the Earth Sciences Enrichment Fund support scientists in their quest to understand the complex mysteries of the world around us. Your gift will advance the frontiers of science by helping our scientists build high-performance instrumentation, attract talented graduate and postdoctoral students, and provide funds for promising new research initiatives.
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES FIELD TRIP FUND
Gifts to the Earth Sciences Field Trip Fund support our students to conduct field exercises in our courses, such as geological field methods, volcanology, hydrology, sedimentology, structure, Dynamic Earth, Geology of the Hawaiian Islands, Petrology, and others.
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE SEMINAR SUPPORT FUND
This fund helps the department invite extraordinary scientists from around the world to present their work at our Earth and Planetary Science Seminar series.
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUND
Give the gift of research! Gifts to our Undergraduate Research Fund provide research support for promising new research initiatives amongst our thriving undergraduate student community. UHM Earth students are strongly encouraged to participate in research with a faculty mentor while pursuing their Earth Science degrees. Funds for stipends, research supplies, travel to conferences and/or field work, and cohort activities such as organization events and field trips are a critical part of undergraduate research success.
Donald A. Swanson Geology and Geophysics Graduate Student Endowed Support Fund
Donald A. Swanson, a longtime U.S. Geological Survey volcanologist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, has devoted decades to advancing scientific understanding of Hawaiʻi’s volcanoes, including pioneering work on the explosive history of Kīlauea between about 1500 and 1800. Through more than 15 years of collaboration with faculty and graduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Swanson helped uncover new evidence about the sequence, chemistry, and dynamics of these powerful eruptions. In recognition of these partnerships and to support future discoveries, Swanson established the Donald A. Swanson Graduate Student Endowed Support Fund, which provides annual support for Earth Sciences graduate students at UH Mānoa. The fund assists students with tuition, fieldwork, and research expenses, helping train the next generation of scientists studying the geology and volcanology of Hawaiʻi. See also the UHF press release.
Dorothy and Harold Palmer Geology Loan Fund
Each year, awards are given to Department of Earth Sciences majors to offset the cost of the geology summer field camp. These awards are used exclusively to attend summer geology field camps outside of Hawaii.
Fred M. Bullard Endowed Graduate Fellowship
The Fred M. Bullard Award supports outstanding graduate students in Earth Sciences who demonstrate exceptional promise in research and scholarship. Named in honor of pioneering volcanologist and geophysicist Fred Mason Bullard (1901–1994), the award continues his legacy of inspiring generations of Earth scientists through teaching, research, and global fieldwork. Established through the generosity of his daughter Thaïs Freda Bullard, the endowed fellowship supports innovative, student-driven research projects and may be used for research expenses, travel, or student support. By encouraging independent inquiry and exploration, the Bullard Award helps advance the next generation of Earth science researchers. See also the UH press release.
Gordon MacDonald Memorial Award Fund
Gordon A. Macdonald (1911–1978) was one of the 20th century’s most influential volcanologists and the world’s leading authority on Hawaiian volcanoes. A longtime University of Hawaiʻi faculty member, his pioneering research and landmark book Volcanoes helped establish Hawaiʻi as a global center for volcano research. The Gordon Macdonald Memorial Fund supports student field research on the geology and geophysics of Hawaiian volcanoes, helping cover travel and field expenses so students can conduct hands-on studies across the islands. Overseen by the Gordon Macdonald Professor of Volcanology, the fund continues Macdonald’s legacy by supporting field-based discovery and training the next generation of volcanologists.
Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Fund
The Harold T. Stearns Fellowship supports undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Earth Sciences conducting geological research on the Pacific Islands and along shorelines bordering the Pacific Ocean. The fellowship was endowed by longtime department friend Dr. Harold T. Stearns.
Stefan Seyb SOEST Endowed Fund
Stefan Seyb’s path into geophysics began at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he arrived as a graduate student in geodesy and soon found himself mapping gravity fields across the Pacific during the early development of plate tectonic theory. His time at SOEST launched a career of global exploration in geophysical fieldwork and the energy industry, taking him to regions ranging from the jungles of Peru to the Sahara and the North Sea. In gratitude for the opportunities he received as a student, Seyb established a fund to support undergraduate and graduate students in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with preference for geophysics. The fund helps students pursue research and field experiences in Hawaiʻi, continuing Seyb’s spirit of exploration and supporting the next generation of geophysicists. See also the UHF Press Release.
WILLIAM T. COULBOURN Marine Geology Research Grant Endowment
The William T. Coulbourn Fellowship supports undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Earth Sciences conducting research in marine geology and geophysics. The fellowship honors marine geologist Bill Coulbourn, whose research ranged from coral reefs to deep-sea trenches and helped advance understanding of marine sediments, seafloor morphology, and submarine fluid processes. Preference is given to students pursuing research in fields connected to Coulbourn’s areas of study.