Chairs & Professorships
Northwestern University faculty members, most of them at top of their fields, share a common commitment to quality undergraduate teaching. By making an endowed gift to support faculty development at Northwestern, you increase the resources available for the University president and deans to recruit and retain the best and brightest.
By endowing a chair or professorship, you can name a faculty position in honor of a family member, colleague, mentor, or friend. Alumni have even established professorships to recognize faculty members at Northwestern, ensuring that past scholarly excellence will flourish in the teachers and students of the future.
Endow a Named Professorship or Chair
By appointing faculty members to named professorships, Northwestern is able to honor outstanding faculty and reward scholarly achievement. Providing proper recognition and resources is essential for retaining the most qualified experts and exceptional teachers, as acclaimed faculty members are often sought after by peer institutions.
An endowed chair is the highest honor the University can bestow on senior faculty members, and can often be a critical factor in retaining our best scholars. These chairs highlight the important role that scholarship and teaching play at Northwestern, and they are possible only with the generous support of donors, who value excellence in scholarship and want to help ensure that Northwestern continues to maintain a renowned faculty.
By endowing a chair or professorship, you can name a faculty position in honor of a family member, colleague, mentor, or friend. Alumni have even established professorships to recognize faculty members at Northwestern, ensuring that past scholarly excellence will flourish in the teachers and students of the future.
Endow a Named Professorship or Chair
By appointing faculty members to named professorships, Northwestern is able to honor outstanding faculty and reward scholarly achievement. Providing proper recognition and resources is essential for retaining the most qualified experts and exceptional teachers, as acclaimed faculty members are often sought after by peer institutions.
- Full Professorship: $2 million
- Visiting/Term Professorship: $1 million
- Research Professorship: $1 million
- Associate/Assistant Professorship: $1.5 million
- Head Coach (depending on sport): $1 million - $2 million
An endowed chair is the highest honor the University can bestow on senior faculty members, and can often be a critical factor in retaining our best scholars. These chairs highlight the important role that scholarship and teaching play at Northwestern, and they are possible only with the generous support of donors, who value excellence in scholarship and want to help ensure that Northwestern continues to maintain a renowned faculty.
- School Deanship: $3 million
- Athletic Director: $3 million
- Institute or Research Center Directorship: $2.5 million
