Broadening Access
financial aid for students in all schools
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The unique character of Columbia’s intellectual community—diverse, engaged, spirited—requires a university filled with the brightest students, no matter what their financial status. Bolster Columbia’s lively conversations by ensuring that the University continues to attract brilliant, disparate minds. Students from all schools benefit from the varied perspectives financial aid brings to campus.
Most important, financial aid gifts are critical at all levels, at all schools.
Whether with $100 current-use annual fund donations or $1,000,000 gifts to endow financial aid, alumni and friends broaden access to Columbia. See your school list or browse the sampling of gift opportunities below.
$5,000
Named Class Scholarship
Columbia University School of Nursing
Join your classmates in making a collective gift to create a one-year scholarship named in honor of your graduating class.
Nursing alumni have a long tradition of honoring their graduating classes by making class gifts. All scholars and donors are recognized at the Annual Fall Scholarship Reception.
For more information, contact:
Janine Handfus
Development Officer
Columbia University School of Nursing
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
212-305-3742
$5,000
Summer Stipend
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Provide a summer stipend for a graduate student pursuing research for a thesis or dissertation.
You can also endow an annual summer stipend for $100,000.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$10,000
One-year Partial Scholarship
Graduate School of Journalism
Help a promising student attend the School of Journalism.
Gifts of financial aid mean that talented and ambitious individuals do not have to base their decisions to attend the School on financial factors alone.
For more information, contact:
Jeffrey Richard
Associate Dean
704C Journalism
2950 Broadway, MC 3801
New York, NY 10027
212-854-1148
$10,000
Named Arts Fellowship
School of the Arts
Name a term fellowship in the arts to help a student thrive with less of a financial burden.
Consider honoring a friend or memorializing a loved one with this gift.
For more information, contact:
Moss Cooper
Director of Development for the Arts
305 Dodge Hall
2960 Broadway, MC1803
New York, NY 10115
(212) 854-2293
$25,000
Annual Master's Scholarship
Columbia University School of Social Work
Help CUSSW recruit and support the most promising individuals in its master's program.
Paid by the donor over two years, this named scholarship covers the two years of tuition required for one master's student to complete studies at the School.
For more information, contact:
Elaine Yaniv
Director of Development
CUSSW
1255 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 626
New York, NY 10027
212-851-2370
$25,000
Cooperman Challenge Scholarships
Columbia Business School
Help students engage in the learning and research that will set them on a path of lifelong success.
Leon Cooperman '67BUS has pledged matching funds for these two-year current-use scholarships.
For more information, contact:
Lisa Yeh
Associate Dean, External Relations and Development
33 W. 60th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10023
212-854-5359
$65,000
Annual Fellowships for Doctoral Study
Mailman School of Public Health
Support a doctoral student for one year.
PhD students at the Mailman School need a minimum of five years to complete their degrees. With overall tuition costs nearing $170,000 per student, fellowship gifts are an essential source of funding to cover tuition and stipends.
For more information, contact:
Charles Urquhart
Senior Director of Development
Mailman School of Public Health
722 W 168th Street, 14 Fl
New York, NY 10032
212-305-2115
$100,000
Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAP)
Columbia Law School
Support a recent graduate who has chosen to work in the public sector.
Loan Assistance Repayment Programs (LRAP) give students the financial flexibility to pursue careers in public service or government. LRAP also ensure that Columbia can attract the finest prospective students, who increasingly base enrollment decisions on a school's commitment to providing public interest and government opportunities. Gifts to support LRAP therefore continue Columbia Law School's long-standing commitment to excellence and to provide leadership and service in the public sector.
For more information, contact:
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall
435 West 116th Street, Box A-2
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2680
$150,000
The Kluge Challenge: Named Endowed Scholarship
Columbia College
Help a talented College student from a low-income family.
Establish a named endowed scholarship for students in Columbia College and make a $50,000 gift to the College Fund for financial aid. John Kluge CC'37 will match your gift on a one-to-one basis, and all College financial aid endowment gifts above this level as well.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$250,000
Student Research Fellowship Endowment Fund
College of Dental Medicine
Endow an annual fellowship or summer fellowships for one or more pre-doctoral students.
The program supports students who conduct research during their DDS or post-doctoral specialty training, and encourages them to pursue research-related careers.
For more information, contact:
Nancy Mathiasen
Senior Development Manager
College of Dental Medicine
630 West 168th Street P&S 3-460
New York, New York 10032
212-342-5612
$250,000
Socially Responsible Engineering Fellowship
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Endow a fellowship that immerses a student in socially responsible engineering design, practice, and philosophy.
Each year, all incoming students participate in community service projects vital to "Design Fundamentals Using Advanced Computing Technologies," the required Gateway Course. This gift provides one fellowship, awarded annually.
For more information, contact:
Alessandra Garber
Development Officer
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 964
New York, New York 10115
212-870-3241
$750,000
Endowed Ph.D. and M.D. /Ph.D. Fellowships
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Contribute to the creation of new medical therapies by providing endowed stipend support for more than 1,000 doctoral or post-doctoral students pursuing advanced research careers.
Stipends lessen the financial hurdles that can pose significant challenges to students hoping to enter medical research or to pursue dual careers in science and clinical care.
For more information, contact:
Robin Rosenbluth
College of Physicians & Surgeons
14 East 60th Street, PH
New York, NY 10022
212-326-5730
$1,000,000
Research Fellowship
Columbia Law School
Endow a fellowship that allows a post-JD to concentrate on the legal research and publishing required to be considered for a faculty appointment.
This two-year fellowship can be designated for a particular program or center, such as Transactional Studies or the Kernochan Center.
For more information, contact:
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall
435 West 116th Street, Box A-2
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2680
$1,250,000
Endowed Global Public Policy Network Fellowships
School of International and Public Affairs
Help underwrite three partial fellowships each year for students in SIPA's innovative international dual degree programs.
The London School of Economics, Sciences Po in Paris, and the Lee Kuan Yew School in Singapore are all Global Public Policy Network partner schools.
For more information, contact:
SIPA's Office of Development
1508 International Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street, MC 3328
New York, NY 10027
212-854-0782
$1,500,000
Endowed Educational Programs
Earth Institute
Help students from developing countries to study with the leading thinkers in sustainable development.
The 26 academic programs affiliated with the Earth Institute represent one of the largest consortiums of environmental education programs in the world.
For more information, contact:
Louise Rosen
Director, Earth Institute
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
212-854-0643
$10,000,000
Program for Academic Leadership and Service
School of General Studies
Open doors for exceptionally talented individuals who are economically disadvantaged.
Endowing the Program for Academic Leadership and Service provides full tuition scholarships as well as living stipends for outstanding students committed to public service. Many of them are the first in their families to attend college.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
