Naming Opportunities

Create a permanent legacy or honor someone important to you. Gifts to create an endowed fund allow you to support the aspirations of students, attract stellar new faculty, initiate groundbreaking new programs, or transform facilities.

Examples of naming opportunities:

Contributing Scholarship

$25,000 endowment assists a student.

Library Special Purpose Fund

$25,000 endowment provides support for Library priorities.

Travel Study Award

$100,000 endowment defrays expenses for students doing scholarly work at other universities, in the United States or abroad.

Graduate Research Fellowship

$500,000 endowment provides research support and a portion of tuition and fees for an outstanding student.

Professorship

$1.5 million endowment for a faculty member who has had great success in research and/or teaching.

School, College, Department, Program, Center, Institute, or Facilities

The amount to name a school, college, department, program, center, and institute is decided on a case-by-case basis.

More details on Naming Opportunities at UMass Amherst.