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The Department of Economics at the University of Minnesota ranks among the top eleven departments in the US and shares this ranking with just two other public institutions. Your support helps us to sustain this excellence and educate the next generation of leading academics, policymakers, and business executives around the world.

Your tax-deductible gift helps us provide our students with a powerful education in economics, with a solid grounding in the liberal arts, and enables our esteemed faculty to do the scholarly research that deepens understanding of global economic issues and ensures the department's continued international stature.

Ways Your Gift Can Make a Difference

General Support for the Department of Economics and the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute

Department of Economics Annual Fund

Supports the department’s most pressing needs across teaching, research, and student initiatives.

• Invest in the Economics Annual Fund

Heller–Hurwicz Economics Institute Program Fund

Advances the Institute’s outreach mission—policy engagement, roundtables, conferences, and podcasts—and provides support for faculty and student research.

• Invest in the HHEI Program Fund

Heller–Hurwicz Economics Strategic Initiatives Endowed Fund

Advances the Institute’s outreach mission—policy engagement, roundtables, conferences, and podcasts.  It also provides support for faculty and student research, and other strategic initiatives through an endowment for the long-term viability of the Institute.

• Invest in the HHEI Strategic Initiatives Fund

Student and Faculty Endowed Funds

Below we feature endowed funds established to honor current and former Minnesota faculty with each fund focused on supporting a particular component of the department's mission, from student support to excellence. 

Graduate Student Fellowships 

These fellowships honor distinguished Minnesota economists and provide vital funding for PhD students—strengthening our longstanding commitment to excellence in graduate education and research.

• See the Complete List of Faculty-Named Fellowships

Undergraduate Student Research Fund Named for the late Professor Patrick L. Bajari

This research fund provides opportunities for undergraduate students to work as faculty research assistants and to receive mentorship on independent projects.

• Support the Patrick L. Bajari Undergraduate Research Fund

Endowed Chairs and Professorships 

Endowed chairs and professorships play a vital role in helping the department attract and retain world-leading economists and provide the resources to advance their pioneering research. Among these, two are named in honor of distinguished former Minnesota faculty:

• Support the Anne O. Krueger Professorship
• Support the Thomas Sargent Professorship

If you would like to contribute to one of the named funds in this list, please click on the secure link to go to the University of Minnesota Foundation’s secured online giving site.  If you wish to establish your own fund or make a gift of appreciated assets, please feel free to reach out to Ashley Harville at [email protected] or Colleen Donahue at [email protected].