Additional Opportunities for Giving
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate scholarships enable students to devote more time to their studies and participate in research activities that help prepare them for productive careers as leaders in academia, medicine, and industry. To enhance the undergraduate experience, the department recently established the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) in the College of Natural Sciences. Rather than taking the traditional freshman general chemistry or biology laboratories, selected incoming students participate in a special laboratory program consisting of topical "streams," in which they conduct experiments that are an integral part of active research programs. Many of these students then initiate an independent research project under the supervision of faculty members.
You may help our undergraduates in several ways. For example, you may make a contribution as a one-time gift, or you may create an endowed scholarship. We are also establishing a "Friends of FRI" that will help support outstanding students who participate in this program and will help underwrite the development of new research "streams."
Support for the Graduate Program
Competition with other graduate programs is fierce, with many of our peer institutions providing lucrative, multi-year financial packages and fellowships for prospective students. Graduate fellowships play a key role in attracting the best students in the country to our department, and in order for us to be competitive, we must be able to offer the same recruiting incentives. You can help us by making contributions to graduate student fellowships or you may create a new endowed fellowship.
