Faculty Support

Endowed faculty positions are among Penn State's most important resources for developing and sustaining a strong faculty. Such positions provide honor and recognition for the men and women who hold them, but they also provide something more important: a stable, dependable source of income for special teaching and research materials, library acquisitions, salary supplements, and travel assistance.

Dean's Chair/Chancellor's Chair: $5,000,000

• Ensures that the most visible and important positions in colleges/campuses are held by leading scholar-educators, who will have the resources they need to build upon and improve the colleges/campuses as a whole.

Department Head: $3,000,000

• Endowed department heads benefit not only the individual professor, but also the teaching, research, and service of the entire department.

Faculty Chair: $2,000,000

• Allows Penn State to recruit and retain senior scholars and teachers, and to provide those professors with resources to develop and continue research and programs.

Professorship: $1,000,000

• Reward University faculty for their accomplishment and help Penn State protect its ranks from raids by other colleges and universities.

Career Development Professorship: $500,000

• Encourage younger faculty by providing supplemental salary income and funds for new research and teaching opportunities.

Annual Gifts

• Provide vital operating support through gifts at every level.