| CHAIRS AND PROFESSORSHIPS |
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| Endowed Center Director’s Chair |
$2.5 million |
Provides support for administrative leaders in key scientific, medical, academic areas |
| Departmental Chair with associated Endowed Fellowship |
$2 million |
Supports a departmental chair or other key staff member and also funds a graduate fellowship in same or related discipline |
| Endowed Chair |
$2 million |
Enables the Institute to attract and retain outstanding new scientific/clinical “stars” |
| Endowed Professorship |
$1 million |
Supports a faculty member for a term confirmed in a commitment agreement |
| Endowed Visiting Professorship |
$1 million |
Brings scholars from around the world to the Institute to share their experiences/expertise |
| Endowed Assistant Professorship |
$750,000 |
Recognizes an Institute young “rising star” and makes Institute more competitive in retaining |
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| FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS |
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| Endowed Faculty or Postdoctoral Fellowships |
$500,000 -
$1 million |
Enables the Institute to attract or retain nationally prominent professionals |
| Endowed Fellowship |
$250,000 |
Attracts outstanding graduate medical students |
| Endowed Residency |
$100,000 |
Attracts outstanding medical residents |
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| OTHER SCIENCE, MEDICAL AND FACULTY RESOURCES |
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| Department/Center Discretionary Endowment |
$500,000
minimum |
Supports research and scholarship within a department, division or center |
| Endowed Contingency Fund Scientists/Clinicians/Faculty |
$100,000
minimum |
Provides income including “prizes” to be spent at the discretion chair/division/department head |
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| NAMED FACILITIES AND SCIENCE CENTERS |
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| Name the Eye & Ear Institute |
$10 million
minimum |
Current use or if endowment underwrites annual operating expense of the Institute |
| Name a Major Center of Excellence |
$3 million
minimum |
Current use or if endowment underwrites annual operating expense of the center |
| Name a Laboratory or other Physical Space |
$100,000 -
$500,000
and up |
Current use or if endowment underwrites annual operating expense |
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| Note: designated other current use gifts are encouraged and accepted for current use equivalencies of most of the endowed funds above. |
