University Chair
To establish a permanently endowed "superchair," a minimum of $4 million is required.

Chair
To establish a permanently endowed chair (also called an “eminent scholar chair”), a minimum of $1.5 million is required.

Professorship
To establish an endowed professorship, a minimum of $600,000 is required.

Graduate Fellowship
To establish an endowed graduate fellowship a minimum of $350,000 is required. A fellowship is awarded to a student who is working toward an advanced degree in any graduate program (this award may include a research or teaching assignment).

Term Professorship/ Faculty Fellowship
To establish an endowed term professorship/faculty fellowship, a minimum of $300,000 is required.

Lectureship
To establish an endowed lectureship, a minimum of $250,000 is required. The spendable income from this endowment may be used to pay for honoraria, publicity, and the expenses of a member of the faculty or a visiting professor or lecturer from another institution or organization to present a lecture or a series of lectures on campus.

Research Fund
To establish an endowed research fund, a minimum of $100,000 is required. The spendable income from the endowment may be used to support programs, technology enhancements and research.

Endowment
To establish an endowment, a minimum of $20,000 is required. Endowment incomes may be used in a variety of ways to support the university.