Endowed Chairs, Professorships and Fellowships

By creating a chair, professorship or fellowship at the University, you can pay tribute to a former professor or loved one, or honor your own experience at Richmond. These endowed funds offer a special way to recruit, recognize and/or pay tribute to distinguished faculty members who set the University's intellectual tone through their teaching, scholarship and research.

For information on how to establish an endowed chair, professorship or fellowship, please contact Heather Lee Krajewski.

Endowed Distinguished Chair

To attract a premier national scholar/teacher/researcher and support her/him in research, travel, writing and course development that enhance scholarly work and teaching, an endowed distinguished chair can be established for $3 million (Arts and Sciences, Leadership and Continuing Studies) or for $4 million (Law and Business).

Endowed Chair

To recognize an outstanding faculty member and support her/him in the research, travel, writing and course development that enhance scholarly work and teaching, an endowed chair can be established for $2 million.

Endowed Scholar or Artist-in-Residence

To support the distinguished talents of a visiting artist, writer, scientist or scholar for a period of one or two terms during each academic year, an endowed scholar or artist in residence position can be established for $2 million.

Endowed Post-Doctoral or Senior Fellow

To support an outstanding senior fellow to work with a post-doctoral candidate or a post-doctoral candidate to work with a full-time faculty member and students in a specific program for each academic year, an endowed post-doctoral or senior fellow position can be established for $1 million.

Endowed Faculty Fellow

To support the distinguished scholarship and academic achievement of a faculty member in a specific program each academic year, an endowed faculty fellow position can be established for $500,000.

Endowed Visiting Scholar or Artist-in-Residence

To support the distinguished talents of a visiting artist, writer, scientist or scholar for a period of three days to two weeks during each academic year, an endowed scholar or artist in residence position can be established for $250,000.