University of Hawaii
(Fall) is funded with donations from friends, family, and colleagues of the late Harry Friedman to assist students who has some degree of financial need in the graduate program in Political Science at the Manoa campus. Recepients must be enrolled full-time in a graduate program. This award of $250 is given in the fall semester for academic merit demonstrated by a research paper in the sub-field of Comparative Politics. The award-winning research paper ought to reveal a combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical depth on a specific area in Comparative Politics, with sensitivity to issues of third-world development and progress.
Norman Meller Award
(Fall) was created in honor of the Department’s expert in Pacific Islands Studies, now Professor Emeritus. This award is available to graduate students enrolled or accepted in the graduate program in Political Science. Applicants must not hold grants or awards from University sources or the East-West Center during the same period. This award of $1,500 is given in the fall semester for meritorious academic achievement, especially for progress in the Ph.D. program.
