A minimum gift of $2 million establishes a Dean’s Chair in many academic areas. This endowment supplements and supports salary, graduate assistants and staff, course development, equipment and scholarly travel.

This investment in MSU requires a minimum of $1.5 million to supplement and support salary, graduate assistants and staff, course development, equipment and scholarly travel.

A minimum of $1 million creates a professorship in most academic areas, rewarding a professor’s past academic achievement and enabling the pursuit of new research and innovative teaching methods. Income from the endowment provides funds for graduate assistant stipends, support staff and travel expenses.

A minimum of $1 million creates a visiting professorship in most academic areas, allowing the appointment of a business, academic or scientific industry leader to a full-time faculty position for one academic year. Income from the endowment supports the holder’s salary and scholarly activities.

A minimum gift of $500,000 creates this fellowship, giving tenured faculty members time away from the classroom to focus on major research initiatives, significant new investigations or the completion of scholarly work on completed research.

Established with a gift of $500,000, this supports the salary of one post-doctoral researcher undertaking highly specialized research.

Supporting promising, untenured faculty members, this fellowship provides funds for non-teaching time, equipment and travel to complete research or writing projects that will enhance teaching experience. A minimum gift of $250,000 is required.

A gift of $200,000 or more creates a graduate student assistantship endowment to support the stipend the student receives for teaching and research duties. A graduate assistantship may be designated to a specific college, department or program.

A gift of $150,000 or more establishes an endowment to bring distinguished speakers to MSU as part of a speaker series or special lecture, giving students and faculty the opportunity to interact with the leaders and professionals in a variety of fields.

This renewable scholarship supports tuition, room, and board for a student athlete for one year and is established with a $100,000 gift.

A gift of $100,000 or more creates an endowed graduate student fellowship that may be designated to a specific college, department or program. Income from the endowment supports graduate student fellowships and is critical to MSU’s ability to attract quality graduate students.

A minimum gift of $50,000 supports one student in the advancement of knowledge through research, allows the student to concentrate on conducting significant new investigations, or complete a major research paper or project.

Awarded to undergraduate students, this scholarship is established with a minimum of $25,000.

The Dean’s Fund for Excellence Endowment provides unrestricted discretionary-use funds to a college dean to support of the most pressing needs of the college. It may be funded with a minimum gift of $25,000.

Established with a minimum of $25,000, this endowment preserves and beautifies MSU’s facilities and campus through gardens, parks, art and sculpture, and special plantings.

Providing flexibility and direct financial resources to the greatest needs of MSU, a college, department, or program, this endowment is established with a gift of $25,000.

A gift of $25,000 or more establishes a general collections or general support endowment providing access to knowledge by supporting library collections or programs. Donors may designate the support to a specific academic area. Each publication acquired through a Libraries endowment includes a commemorative bookplate.

Essential to supporting and enhancing MSU’s excellence, these endowments meet the urgent needs of MSU, a college, department or program or support research, faculty and student awards. The initial gift for such an endowment depends on the nature of the program to be supported and is determined consultatively.

This type of endowment supports the underlying expenses of acquiring, cataloging, maintaining and safeguarding materials that are specific to a curriculum, activity, event or historical event. The minimum gift to name a special collections endowment depends on the nature of the special collection and is determined consultatively.