Endowment Levels (original) (raw)

Dean’s / Chancellor’s Chair: $5,000,000*

The endowment of a dean’s or chancellor’s chair represents a landmark commitment to Penn State, ensuring that the most visible and important position within a college or campus will continue to be held by distinguished and talented leader-educators.

Department Head Chair: $3,000,000*

This gift provides flexible support for departmental leadership in the form of strategic investments in such areas as graduate student stipends, faculty recruitment, research expenses, equipment purchases, and other resources that dramatically improve departmental excellence.

Faculty Chair: $2,000,000

Typically conferred upon the most distinguished scholar-teachers, the endowment of a chair provides a professor with resources to continue promising research and programs, helping departments to attract or retain top faculty who are esteemed as mentors, direct important initiatives, and contribute significantly to the University’s mission.

Professorship: $1,000,000

An endowed professorship offers resources necessary to pursue new lines of research or innovative teaching methods, ensuring the stability and strength of our academic programs and allowing Penn State to encourage new levels of achievement among its most promising faculty.

Faculty Fellowships: $750,000

Gifts provide supplementary funds to outstanding members of the University faculty to assist the holder in continuing and furthering the scholar’s contributions in teaching, research, and public service.

Early Career Professorship: $500,000

The early career professorship offers recognition and additional support for outstanding young University faculty. It is designed to rotate every three years to a new recipient, typically at the assistant professor level, and it offers deans and campus executives the opportunity to recruit and retain rising academic stars.