Scholarships
The Kautz-Uible Economics Institute offers scholarships and prizes to undergraduate and graduate students. Since 1983, the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute has awarded fellowships and book prizes to students studying Economics and Business Economics. For the 2018-19 academic year, the Kautz-Uible Economics Institute awarded more than $80,000 in total funds to students.
Undergraduate Awards
Awardees are selected based on a holistic evaluation, which includes strong academic credentials, a demonstration of an ongoing connection to the Economics Society, and a demonstrated interest in, aptitude for, and passion for economics. Review additional Economics scholarship information here.
Kautz-Uible Undergraduate Fellowships are awarded to sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduate students majoring in Economics or Business Economics. Undergraduate Fellowships, initially known as Hewett-Kautz Fellowships, started in 1983.
Caroline Kautz Book Prizes are awarded to freshmen and sophomore undergraduate students.
Kautz-Uible Pathways to Success Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students who belong to groups that have been historically underrepresented among economics majors at the University of Cincinnati.
Kautz-Uible Prizes are awarded to students majoring in Economics or Business Economics.
Graduate Awards
Kautz-Uible Graduate Fellowships are offered to two incoming graduate students based their academic records. Each awardee receives $5,000.
Kautz Scholar Awards were first offered by the Institute in the 2015-16 academic year, and two awardees are recognized each academic year. Each awardee receives $9,000 and works on applied economics research projects under the supervision of an economics faculty member. No separate applications are required for these scholarships, and recipients are chosen from the pool of MA applicants based on their academic credentials and follow-up interviews.
Kautz Graduate Scholars, 2020-2021
David Jacques
Kautz-Uible Undergraduate Fellows, 2020-2021
Kautz-Uible Fellowship
Anna Croyts
Brandan Dewing
Dylan Dietrich
Evan Eskilson
Andrew Geers
Quinn Lemarr
Ayann Mehta
Joe Niehaus
Andrew Niese
Ryan Paul
Alejandro Diaz Peralto
Daniel Posmick
Vighnesh Raj
Adam Schraffenberger
Emily Smagola
Sheffi Tiwari
Khoa Tran
Kautz-Uible Women in Economics Fellows, 2020-2021
Kautz-Uible Amanda Wait Fellowship
Marie Curd
Grace Grissett
Abigail Klare
Deanna Marie Lammers
Piper Magyaros
Megan Oldfield
Sarah Rea
Olivia Robinson
Margarita Stringfellow
Kautz-Uible Nandita Jena Fellowship
Trang Manh
Kautz-Uible M.P. Gupta Fellowship
Sara Dwivedi
Kautz-Uible Joni Lewis Fellowship
Carmen Licht
Kautz-Uible Inna Tobin Fellowship
Molly Flanagan
Previous awardees
2019-2020
Hunter Hall
Jesse Hendren-Mills
2018-2019
Yianni Kanellopoulos
Iain Kirsch
2017-2018
Megan Heare
Philippe Oniate
2016-2017
Aziza Banerjee
Marcus Richards
2015-2016
Shobana Balasubramanium
Ipshita Rana
2019-2020
Abigail Klare
Clare Koontz
Deanna Marie Lammers
Megan Oldfield
Jinal Patel
Sarah Rea
Olivia Robinson
Margarita Stringfellow
2018-2019
Abigail Klare
Claire Koontz
Jinal Patel
Sarah Rea
2017-2018
(Kautz-Uible Amanda Wait Women in Economics Initiative Fellows)
Kathryn Johnson
Claire Koontz
Jinal Patel
2019-2020
Molly Bonino
Anna Croyts
Dylan Dietrich
Noah Katz
Quinn Lemarr
Joe Niehaus
Andrew Niese
Adam Schraffenberger
Emily Smagola
Khoa Tran
2018-2019
Molly Bonino
Jackson Burton
Noah Katz
Joseph Niehaus
Emily Smagola
Alexander Stringfellow
Gabrielle Swonger
2018-2019
Peter Bandrowsky
2017-2018
Amy Crooks
Svetlana Galvez
Cassandra Gibbs
Iain Kirsch
Gabrielle Swonger
Duy Tran
Mohit Vaid
Matthew Vorndran
2016-2017
Maryam Adewumi
Ha Dinh
Lucas Golden
Brandon Livengood
An Nguyen
Brady Ramsaur
Ashwita Saxena
Duy Tran
2015-2016
Maryam Adewumi
Aziza Banerjee
Tyler Dugan
Daniel Wilches Giraldo
Brent Goldschmidt
Zachary Morris
Kevin Thompson
Duy Tran
2014-2015
Robert Apple
Chloe Bierman
Robert Blue
Dinushki De Livera
Yakubu Mahdi
Zachary Morris
Tyler Newsock
Samuel Schwab
2013-2014
Sally Amkoa
Dinushki De Livera
Erica Goubeaux
Shelby Jones
Nathan Sisodia