Spark Discovery
Discovery drives ßÙßÇÂþ»â€™s ability to keep pace with a fast-changing world and knowledge that grows exponentially every day. We must invest in research, scholarship and groundbreaking enterprises that connect disciplines, schools and colleges.
Your Opportunity
When you give to support faculty, you help recruit and retain the very best minds. Making a gift to permanently endow a faculty position helps attract the kind of exceptional person who is equally at home in an undergraduate classroom and a highly productive research lab. The EXCELERATE Campaign’s goal is to grow the number of named positions so we can continue to compete against major R1 institutions for talent. Below are the starting levels for naming endowed positions in a field or program. Contact us for more information.
| Endowed Chairs | $3,000,000 |
| Endowed Professors | $1,500,000 |
| Endowed Post-Doctoral Fellows (must provide full salary) | $1,500,000 |
| Endowed Faculty Fellows | $500,000 |
ßÙßÇÂþ»â€™s vibrant ecosystem of discovery — communities of scholars organized around specific areas of inquiry — is our distinctive research strength. Your gifts to any of these areas help fuel research that addresses complex challenges affecting our world.
| Research Centers and Institutes | Varies |
| Research Technology and Equipment Funds | $250,000 |
| Visiting Scholars | $250,000 |
| Research Seed Grants and Venture Funds | $100,000 |
| Lecture Support Funds | $100,000 |
| Travel Grants (conference attendance and research projects) | $100,000 |
| The ßÙßÇÂþ» Fund | Gifts of all amounts |