A world-class faculty is the foundation of a world-class university. There are a number of ways your gifts can strengthen Georgia Tech, from nurturing and rewarding early-career professors to attracting and retaining distinguished senior academic leaders.
Dean's Chairs
Dean's chairs attract and retain leading faculty to this senior position while drawing talented students, junior faculty, and other senior faculty to their college and stimulating innovative research. Endowed chairs are awarded to incumbent deans who are preeminent teacher-scholars in their fields.
Faculty Chairs
Funding for endowed chairs provides the resources to attract and retain preeminent teacher-scholars in specific academic areas. Chair holders draw outstanding students and early-career faculty, stimulate innovative research, and mentor early and mid-career faculty.
Early-Career Professorships
Early-career professorships are given to promising faculty members at the beginning of their careers, usually for a period of three to five years, and attract and retain tomorrow’s leading teacher-scholars. They provide support and flexibility to encourage innovation in teaching and research during the critical pre-tenure years.
Center, IRI, and Program Director's Chairs
Dedicated to the academic leader of a center or institute, center director, IRI director, and program director chairs enhance the ability to attract leading educators and researchers in this position of academic administration.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral scholars’ research and contributions make key breakthroughs in research possible. As recent Ph.D. graduates, they have the training and experience necessary to delve into a research topic and make progress quickly. They may also mentor graduate students, teach courses, run laboratories, and provide vital support to faculty and research teams pursuing some of the world’s most complicated questions. Private philanthropy dedicated to early-career fellowships can help ensure that colleges and schools have the means to recruit top postdoctoral candidates and build a pipeline of future faculty.
School Chairs
Dedicated to the incumbent school chair within a specified school, school chairs enhance the ability to attract and retain leading teacher-scholars in this position of academic administration. Chair holders also draw top students and faculty to their school.
Professorships
Endowed professorships and professorships of the practice provide ongoing appointments to attract and retain outstanding teacher-scholars by providing them with the resources to help them take their place among the next generation of faculty leaders. Faculty professorships bridge the gap between early-career professorships and the seniority of endowed chairs. Professorships provide a valuable opportunity to recognize and retain faculty members at a stage in their careers where peer and aspirational institutions seek to recruit promising faculty away.
Institute Chairs
Institute Chairs are designated by the president where needed campus-wide, and may be reassigned to another college or school when vacated.
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