Please contact Kate Childs (309-438-7682 or kachild1@ilstu.edu) from the Development Office to discuss these opportunities or the possibility of deferred gifts or other planned gifts in the form of securities, property, etc.
Opportunities exist to create named, endowed fellowships, professorships, laboratories, and even a building, if you are so inclined. Giving levels for each named opportunity are determined by the University President and are currently as follows:
Opportunity | Minimum gift |
---|---|
Re-name the Science Laboratory Building | contact the Foundation |
Named Laboratory | contact the Foundation |
Endowed Professorship | $500,000 |
Visiting Professorship | $250,000 |
Faculty Award | $150,000 |
Endowed Graduate Fellowship | $300,000 |
Endowed Summer Graduate Fellowship | $115,000 |
Expendable Graduate Fellowship | $40,000 |
Expendable Summer Undergraduate Fellowship | $10,000 |
The Department also maintains a number of scholarship and award funds. Gifts of all amounts are important and welcomed to any of these funds including:
Academic Scholarships
Research Support
The Chemistry Department Excellence Fund provides general support for the activities, programs, and operations of the department. The Fund also helps provide new instrumentation, supports the visits of scholars, and supports local opportunities for presentation of research results by students. Our General Fund also supports several divisional awards and scholarships including: