An endowed faculty chair provides the resources to fund a distinguished faculty member's work, reward academic achievement, and enable the professor to pursue new areas of research or innovative teaching methods. Endowed chairs are often the reason UM is able to attract and retain the finest scholars. Being appointed to a professorship is one of the highest honors a scholar may achieve.

A gift to an endowed chair links a donor's name in perpetuity to the accomplishments of the succession of scholars whose work the gift will ultimately support.

Faculty Research Funds:

Endowed research funds are essential to the fulfillment of the University of Miami's academic mission. UM is committed to the support of innovative research that will affect the broader community. Income from endowed gifts supports the work of many of the University's most distinguished senior scholars and scientists, as well as outstanding junior faculty members.

Graduate Fellowships:

Graduate students assist faculty members and play an important role in shaping current and future research at the University of Miami. The University competes with other top institutions to attract the best advanced degree candidates. Critical shortages of Ph.D. candidates in many disciplines are predicted for future years. Donors who endow graduate student fellowships today help ensure that in the years to come, UM will have the resources to attract and retain such outstanding student scholars.

Undergraduate Scholarships:

Scholarships allow the University of Miami to meet one of its highest obligations: to attract and provide educational opportunities for its students. Endowed scholarships are an ongoing reminder of the important role generous donors play in the lives of successive generations of UM students. Talented and deserving students, who otherwise might not be able to attend the University of Miami, often find that a scholarship can make all the difference.

Endowed Lecture Series:

An endowed lecture series enables the University to bring distinguished speakers to campus, giving students and faculty the opportunity to interact with important leaders, scholars, and professionals in various fields. Guest lecturers not only bring a new dimension to the academic environment, but also frequently provide stimulus for innovations in research and education.

Endowed Library Funds:

Access to knowledge is a vital component of the University's mission. A strong library system provides the foundation for current and future scholarship at UM. Endowed discretionary funds for its libraries allows the University to keep pace with its faculty's innovative curriculum and research activities, and gives it the flexibility to make special acquisitions. Endowed preservation funds enable UM to save from deterioration the writings, visual images, and recordings of our times for tomorrow's historians and researchers.