Help our students explore and discover a new world of opportunities by making a gift to the Charles E Schmidt College of Science. Your generous contribution will help produce the next generation of scientists who integrate imagination, innovation and technology into everyday life.

Your annual gift to the Charles E Schmidt College of Science helps to ensure excellence in science education and research by providing support for:

• Student scholarships
• national student competitions
• technology upgrades
• guest lecture series
• faculty development
• start up research initiatives
• the ability to effectively respond to new opportunities and high priority needs and emerging trends

Cash Gifts

Checks are made payable to FAU Foundation- College of Science. Credit card gifts can be made on line.

Gift of Appreciated Property

Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, property, etc. can all be accepted as gifts in support of the Charles E Schmidt College of Science.

If your firm is one of the more than 6,000 U.S. companies that support a matching gift program, you can double and sometimes triple your contribution. Please click on the University’s matching gifts website http://www.matchinggifts.com/fau/ and you may be able to access your own company’s matching gift form. If not, please contact the human resources office at your company and ask for matching gift information. In most cases, you will complete a matching gift form and then mail it to us with your gift. We will then follow-up with your company to secure the matching gift. Your giving record will reflect both the matching gift and your own contribution.

• Provides seed money to scientists to pursue cutting edge research
• Fosters a research environment that promotes interdisciplinary initiatives and innovation
• Creates a research infrastructure that bridges the funding gap in government sponsored grant programs
• Provides funding to enhance and upgrade lab equipment and technology

Donor named multi-year funding options include:

• $50,000 per year for three years - $150,000 - Named Innovation Fund
• $50,000 per year for two years - $100,000 - Named Technology Resource Fund
• $25,000 per year for two years - $50,000 - Named Research Fund
• $10,000 per year- Named Creativity Support Fund

• Provides support to recruit and retain outstanding scholars, and distinguished faculty
• Enables the College to attract promising scientists , talented researchers and gifted educators
• Provides critically needed fellowship support for the next generation of outstanding researchers and educators
• Furthers the academic and research mission of the University by helping to attract exceptional graduate students into the College

Multi Year Donor Named Funding options include:

• $50,000 per year for five years - $250,000 Named Term Professorship
• $33,300 per year for three years - $100,000 Named Term Assistant Professorship
• $12,500 per year for a PhD student for 4 years - $50,000 Named Term Doctoral Fellowship
• $7,500 per year for Master’s student for 2 years - $15,000 Named term Graduate Fellowship

Endowed gifts provide a steady income stream to stimulate new ideas, provide seed funding for innovative projects, improve program quality, recruit and retain outstanding faculty and attract talented graduate and undergraduate students.

By creating an endowment and investing in the College’s future, donors can make a difference that will last beyond their lifetimes. For the donor, endowing a faculty position, academic program or student scholarship provides a concrete, permanent link to the continued academic and research excellence of the College.

Endowed gifts will enable the College to sustain and enhance our leadership roles in cutting edge interdisciplinary research, graduate training, and undergraduate teaching.

By making an endowed gift to support faculty development, donors increase the resources available for the Dean to recruit and retain the best and brightest. Endowed gift commitments may be paid over a multi-year period.

Eminent Scholars Chair

An endowed Eminent Scholars Chair is one of the most prestigious honors available at the university- both to the donors who create it and the pre-eminent researcher/educator recruited for that position. Only the most outstanding scholars, who are nationally and internationally recognized as leaders in their academic discipline are considered for the Eminent Scholars Chair.

The presence of such renowned scholars helps to attract other prominent faculty members to our programs leading to innovative research, public service and academic programs of the highest quality.

A gift of $3 million will endow an Eminent Scholars Chair and will be matched 100% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program.

Endowed Chairs

The exceptional scholars that are named as Distinguished Chairs bring critical acclaim to the College. Distinguished Chairs help the College recruit the most outstanding candidates to join the College faculty. These outstanding professors serve as mentors for our younger faculty members, and engage in cutting edge research while inspiring a new generation of students to reach for academic excellence.

A gift of $2 million will endow a named Chair and will be matched 100% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program.

Distinguished Professorships

An endowed Distinguished Professorship helps to attract faculty members with notable records of achievements in research and teaching. A Distinguished Professorship enables the College to also recognize and reward outstanding senior faculty who are reaching the pinnacles of their careers and are in great demand at other institution

A gift of $1 million will endow a named Chair and will be matched 75% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program.

Named Professorships

By endowing a professorship, one can name a faculty position in honor of a family member, colleague, mentor or friend. Named or Endowed Professorships ensure that scholarly and research excellence will flourish in the teachers and students of the future.

A gift of $600,000 will endow a named Professorship and will be matched 70% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program

Graduate Fellowships

To reach beyond the current level of excellence, fellowship support must be significantly increased for our best graduate students. Not only does their work prepare them to become the next generation of professionals in every field, it also directly contributes to the furthering the academic and research mission of the College. Endowed Fellowships also attract the next generation of outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, whose work comes to define the frontiers of knowledge and the beginning of exploration.

A gift of $300,000 will endow a named Graduate Fellowship and will be matched 50% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program.

Research Fund

An Endowed Research Fund promotes scholarly activity and enhances research opportunities by providing a steady income stream to help faculty purchase laboratory equipment, technology upgrades, research materials, computer equipment, or pay for staff support.

A gift of $100,000 will endow a named Research Fund, which will be matched 50% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program.

Undergraduate Scholarships and Student Support Funds

Undergraduate Scholarships and Student Support funds are the lifeblood of educational dreams. Today’s students are our future leaders. By establishing an endowed Scholarship or named Student Support Fund, you help the College recruit and attract outstanding students as well as create opportunities for students who would otherwise not be able to afford an FAU education. Endowing an undergraduate Scholarship or Student Support Fund also provides recognition to a family member or distinguished colleague.

When companies and/or industry associations endow a Scholarship or Student Support fund, they help to attract the best and the brightest students to pursue a career in their respective industries or professional fields of endeavor

A gift of $100,000 will endow a named Scholarship Fund, which $100,000 will be matched 50% by the State of Florida Matching Gifts Program. A gift of $20,000 will establish a Named Student Support Fund.

Creative charitable gift planning has emerged as a vital means of advancing the vast educational mission of the Charles E Schmidt College of Science. Planned or deferred gifts allow the College to prepare confidently for the future and can provide you or your loved ones with lifetime income and significant tax benefits.

These planned gifts allow you to make a significant commitment to ensure the future academic excellence of the College while creating your family’s lasting legacy for future generations of FAU educated scientists.

Gift planning options can include naming the College as a beneficiary in your will ,retirement plan or life insurance policy, establishing a charitable trust or gift annuity or otherwise designating the College as a focus of your planned philanthropy. Please visit the University’s Charitable Gift Planning website for additional information.

http://www.fauf.org/giftplanning

For information on the ways you can impact on the future of the College and its students, please contact:

Avy Weberman , MSW
Director of Development
phone: 561-297-0007
email: aweberma@fau.edu