Named and Endowed Opportunities
Endowing a Named Scientific Directorship — $5 Million
Establishing an endowed scientific directorship at one of the Carnegie Institution’s departments is an investment in scientific leadership.
The Carnegie Institution selects individuals with distinguished scientific backgrounds and a broad range of accomplishments as its departmental directors. They establish research directions for their departments, recruit the most brilliant and promising investigators, and carry out their own ambitious programs of scientific research – thereby fostering scientific excellence within the institution.
In 1990, the Crawford Greenewalt Chair for the Director of the Carnegie Observatories was established in honor of Crawford Greenewalt, trustee of the Carnegie Institution from 1952 to 1984 and former Chairman of Dupont.
Naming opportunities are still available for endowed scientific directorships at:
- The Geophysical Laboratory
- The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
- The Department of Embryology
- The Department of Plant Biology
- The Department of Global Ecology
A gift of $5 million will endow a scientific directorship at the Carnegie Institution.
Endowing a New Staff Scientist Position — $4 Million
A gift of $4 million will endow a staff scientist position at the Carnegie Institution. This type of position is created when the president, in consultation with a department, determines that an additional position, generally in a specified area, is warranted.
Endowing an Existing Staff Scientist Position — $2 Million
A gift of $2 million will endow an existing staff scientist position at the Carnegie Institution. The position must represent a current budget line.
Endowing a Named Postdoctoral Fellowship — $1.5 Million
Endowing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Carnegie Institution is an investment in the future of science. The distribution from such a fund may be used in support of a postdoctoral or other postgraduate fellow; the support may include stipend and fringe benefits, research expenses or other relevant costs.
Postdoctoral scientists conduct their work under the guidance of Carnegie’s senior scientists and are the lifeblood of the institution. Through their close collaborations with senior scientists and other postdoctoral fellows, these creative and brilliant young scientists are transformed into the scientific leaders of tomorrow.
Contributions of any size are welcome for endowed postdoctoral fellowships which have been established in honor of two of Carnegie’s most distinguished scientists:
- The Barbara McClintock Postdoctoral Fellowship recognizes Carnegie geneticist Barbara McClintock, who won the Nobel Prize for her discovery of transposable genetic elements. The fund was established in 1990.
- The Vera Rubin Postdoctoral Fellowship recognizes astronomer Vera Rubin, who confirmed the existence of dark matter in the universe. The fund was established in 2000.
Naming opportunities for endowed postdoctoral fellowships are available at all of the Carnegie Institution’s scientific departments.
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Partial) — $500,000+
Instrumentation Fund — $100,000+
Special research and fellow funds — $100,000+
These funds would enable Carnegie to support fellows and research activities by providing matching funds.
Named, endowed funds — $100,000
The Carnegie Institution accepts named, endowed funds providing support for general activities that fit with the mission and purpose of the institution. They may be general in nature or restricted to one of the institution’s departments and utilized at the discretion of the president for general funds or at the discretion of the directors for the departmental funds. If a named fund is created as a memorial fund, an initial commitment of $50,000 is required to create the fund.
For additional information contact, the Office of Advancement at 202 939 1122 or mthompson@ciw.edu .