Giving priorities

Your gifts build quality in vital academic areas, create new opportunities for students, attract faculty of distinction, and support new achievements in research and outreach.

Unleash potential

Student support - $90 million

Gifts for scholarships and fellowships will unleash the potential of CSE students, now and for generations to come. Your gifts will create and sustain:

Half-tuition scholarships for 350 undergraduates - $60 million
Fellowships for 75 graduate students - $30 million

Visit the student support web page.

Create unlimited possibilities

Faculty support - $80 million

Gifts for chairs and professorships will expand our culture of unlimited possibilities, as we continue to invest in top faculty. Your gifts will create and sustain:

20 new faculty chairs and professorships - $40 million
Awards for faculty research - $40 million

Visit the faculty support web page.

Support innovation

Facilities and infrastructure - $40 million

Campaign gifts will ensure that our teaching, learning, and research environments foster the highest levels of academics and research discoveries. Your gifts will create and sustain:

Capital projects and educational programs to meet the growing demand for classes in Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Chemistry, and Computer Science
Renovation and expansion of Shepherd Labs and Lind, Smith, Vincent, and Fraser Halls

Visit the facilities and infrastructure web page.

Fuel our promise to the future

Outreach initiatives - $25 million

Campaign gifts for outreach will support CSE's promise to inspire today's young people to become tomorrow's scientists and engineers. Your gifts will create and sustain:

Investments in emerging opportunities
High-impact outreach events, including Physics Force and Energy and U
Enrichment efforts in K-12 schools in the Twin Cities, including targeted math and science programs for parents and children, girls, talented youth, and middle-school students

Visit the outreach initiatives web page.