Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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GSAS is a hub of discovery across the disciplines, preparing graduate students for lifelong success in many careers and enhancing undergraduate education throughout campus. The support of alumni and friends for fellowships, the Teaching Center, and other critical initiatives will help ensure that some of the most talented students in the world continue to acquire the expertise and habits of mind essential for leadership, within academia and beyond.
Any Amount
GSAS Annual Fund
Provide critical funding for areas of greatest immediate need, particularly financial aid.
Supporting both new initiatives and ongoing projects, gifts to the GSAS Annual Fund give the Dean the flexibility to respond quickly to emerging opportunities. Each year, your gift has a direct impact on the educational experience of graduate students at Columbia.
For more information, contact:
Alicia Sanchez
Director, Annual Fund
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 964
New York, New York 10115
212-870-2591
$5,000
Summer Stipend
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
$100,000
Endowed Summer Stipend
Endow one summer stipend each year for a graduate student pursuing research for a thesis or dissertation.
This gift provides an annual yield of $5,000, supporting one outstanding student.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
This gift will enable each student to conduct crucial research in libraries in other states or countries.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$100,000
Master's Degree Financial Aid
Endow a fund to support one master's degree student each year, allowing GSAS to attract top students regardless of their financial constraints.
Currently, the Graduate School does not have any financial aid available for students pursuing master's degrees. You can change this.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$150,000
Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Endow a graduate fellowship, named in your honor (or for someone you designate), to help GSAS attract a top student and to minimize the role debt plays in career choice.
Fellowships forge a strong and meaningful three-way relationship between the donor, the School, and recipients.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$500,000
Endowed Dissertation Year Fellowship
Fund one fellowship each year enabling a Ph.D. student to write a dissertation.
This endowed gift frees a fifth-year student from the obligations of teaching or other employment.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$1,200,000
Fully Endowed Graduate Fellowship
Endow a full graduate fellowship, named in your honor (or for someone you designate), to help GSAS attract a top student and to minimize the role debt plays in career choice.
This gift provides one student each year with all tuition and fees as well as a stipend. Fellowships can forge a strong and meaningful three-way relationship between the donor, the School, and recipients.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$1,500,000
The Lenfest Challenge: Endowed Professorship
Keep Columbia strong in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by endowing a professorship.
Gerry Lenfest LAW'58 has pledged matching funds to inspire 25 other donors to endow and name professorships for $1.5 million, instead of the usual $3 million cost.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
$10,000,000
Columbia University Teaching Center
Strengthen the instructional and communication skills of teaching fellows through workshops, conferences, and one-on-one consultations by endowing the Teaching Center.
The Center enhances undergraduate education across campus, from chemistry labs to Contemporary Civilization and Literature Humanities sections. This gift will allow the Center to sustain and advance its programs.
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rounds
Director of Development, Arts and Sciences
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-2395
