Thanks to generous contributions from its supporters, CAPE is able to enhance Asia-Pacific exchanges and scholarly activity through an active program of scholarship and fellowship support.
For more information regarding scholarships, awards, and funding, please see our Q&A page.
Tuition Waivers
Every year the Center is able to award approximately 20 tuition waivers to help defray tuition fees for participants in it programs.
Research and Housing Grants
Research grants assist recipients in meeting expenses incurred while pursuing their research agenda. Individual scholars receive CAPE funding to support their research activities on topics of relevance to the Asia-Pacific region.
Housing grants assist scholars in defraying living expenses while studying or completing research in Honolulu. Approximately 50 research and housing grants are awarded annually.
Academic Merit Awards
CAPE awards merit-based incentive scholarships to outstanding students in recognition of their achievements during the course of their program of study in Honolulu.
Endowments
CAPE has endowed several scholarships in academic departments at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Scholarships have already been established with the Department of Human Resources, the School of Nursing and with the Department of English as a Second Language. A fourth scholarship has been approved by the CAPE Board of Directors, to be attributed to the Department of American Studies.