Giving Opportunities

Three graduate students posing for photo during Chicago networking Trip — EAP Students (left to right) Kaitryn Olson, Bailie Neary, and Xinran Wu, during Chicago networking trip 2023.

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You can support tomorrow’s energy leaders with a gift to the Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP) program.

Your gift—of any amount—benefits our students, faculty, and program.

Larger gifts can support projects aligned with your vision for an energy future.

Graduate student at podium presenting their research — EAP student Sofia Taylor presenting her research at wildfire conference in Boulder, CO in 2023

Students listening to presentation — Both graduate and undergraduate students listening to presentation on Forest County Potawatomi's clean energy initiatives during Milwaukee Networking Trip 2023.

*Gifts may be made in installments over a 5-year period

$1+

Thank you! Every dollar makes a difference to EAP, and every new donor shows how much EAP means to our community.

$250+

Donors giving $250 or more to EAP in a year are part of the EAP Circle of Friends. The Circle of Friends will be invited to special EAP events, like the annual winter reception, and will be among the first to know about new program developments.

$1K – $10K

Networking Trips	Spring trip to Chicago and fall trip to Milwaukee (e.g., bus, reception meal, hotel)
Travel Awards	e.g., field research on biogas systems in Uganda, travel to conferences

$10K – $25K

Recruiting Students	e.g., Wes and Ankie Foell EAP Student Scholarship
Energy Conferences	Conferences investigating connection between energy and satellites (e.g., Satellite Data to Support Solar Energy)

$50K – $100K*

Sustaining EAP	Ensuring successful infrastructure for EAP’s future (e.g., support for EAP communications staff members)
Student Funding	12-month support for a graduate student in the EAP program

$250K – $2.5M*

Endowed* Faculty Positions	e.g., Jeff Rudd and Jeanne Bissell Professorship in Energy Analysis and Policy
Endowed* Student Positions	e.g., George Bunn Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

This is just a sample of how gifts can make transformative differences to the EAP program. We would love to talk with you to find how we can support your goals. Please contact Professor Tracey Holloway at taholloway@wisc.edu with any ideas or questions. Thank you!

The EAP program is part of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, partnered with the Wisconsin Energy Institute