Endowed Chairs Help Secure Faculty of the Very Highest Caliber and Advance Knowledge for Generations to Come

A privately funded endowment for teaching and research excellence is one of the highest honors a university can bestow on a member of its faculty. This is especially true at UCLA, a public university, where significant private support to recruit and retain distinguished faculty scholars is critical in light of diminishing public resources.

Endowed chairs help the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science strengthen the overall quality of the School’s teaching and research programs by attracting diverse, gifted faculty who in turn attract the brightest and most promising students.

In keeping with that mission, the School’s goal is to establish 10 new endowed chairs for senior faculty. These chairs provide powerful incentives to distinguished scholars by ensuring a steady flow of resources to support their research. In addition, the School plans to establish 20 five-year term chairs to support the career development of promising younger faculty, the academic leaders of tomorrow.

An endowed chair honors the donor as well as the recipient, providing a unique opportunity to link the donor’s name with scholarly achievement or to pay tribute to an individual of the donor’s choosing. It can support the work of a scholar with expertise in a traditional engineering field or in the increasingly important realm of interdisciplinary study.

For additional information on establishing an endowed chair or term chair in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, please contact the Office of External Affairs at 310/206-0678.