Endowed Faculty Position Funds

Standout faculty members infuse energy and ingenuity into their programs, spark curiosity in students, make game-changing discoveries and push innovation across Oregon State University.

Donors play a critical role in OSU’s ability to attract and retain some of the world’s top educators, scientists and scholars in their fields. Every gift supporting these OSU faculty positions has a ripple effect on the excellence of the university and makes a life-altering impact on students.

Endowed and Named Faculty Support Funds

Endowed and named faculty support funds honor nationally and internationally known scholars, educators, researchers and leaders in their fields - empowering them to undertake groundbreaking research, develop exceptional learning opportunities for students and forge new paths in their field.

ENDOWED AND NAMED POSITIONS

Faculty Support Endowment Levels

The chart below shows the minimum gift levels to endow faculty and coaching position funds.

Deanship or institute directorship	$5 million endowment
Chair	$2 million endowment
Coach	$1 million endowment (amount varies by sport)
Professorship	$1 million endowment
Faculty Fellow	$500,000 endowment or $50,000/year for 3 years
Faculty Scholar	$250,000 endowment or $25,000/year for 3 years

"I envision a future where all families have access to supports like quality and affordable child care and paid time off from work to care for family. Evidence shows that these supports have long term economic, social, and health benefits and would reduce social inequality."

David Rothwell, Barbara Emily Knudson Chair in Family PolicyCollege of Public Health and Human Sciences

I believe faculty have the unique opportunity to make foundational and positive impacts on humanity. Through our interaction with student researchers, these changes are sustainable and cross-generational.

Richard WirzBoeing Professor, College of Engineering

I believe in paying it forward and supporting students to choose the “complex and challenging” rather than “easy and simple.”

Malgorzata PeszynskaJoel Davis Faculty Scholar in Mathematics , College of Science

I believe investment in the arts is essential to an ecosystem of thoughtful, curious and imaginative community.

Ashley Stull MeyersHorning Chief Curator for the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts

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