Giving Opportunities

The excitement and discovery of research is open to all students and is the keystone of Penn Engineering’s world-class Ph.D. programs. These programs are augmented by diverse Master's degree offerings. Penn Engineering offers a stimulating environment where collaborative research between students and their faculty mentors flourishes. An endowed named fellowship fund would partially support one of Penn Engineering’s graduate students for a full academic year.

• $250,000 creates a named endowed fellowship at Penn Engineering.

Endowed Named Scholarships enable donors to experience firsthand the joy of making a Penn education possible for deserving--and very grateful--young men and women. As a result of the generosity and leadership of Penn donors and to encourage giving to this University priority, Challenge funds are available to match various scholarship gift levels.

• A gift of $100,000, available to alumni up to 15 years after graduation, creates a Young Alumni Scholarship establishing a permanent endowed fund recognized by naming a student recipient for four years. A donor's gift of $75,000 can be matched with $25,000 in Challenge Funds.
• A gift of $150,000 creates and Opportunity Scholarship, partially supporting one student a year in perpetuity. A donor's gift of $125,000 can be matched with $25,000 in Challenge Funds.
• A gift of $500,000 creates a Freedom Scholarship, supporting one student a year in perpetuity. A donor's gift of $400,000 can be matched with $100,000 in Challenge Funds.
• A gift of $850,000 endows a Gateway Scholarship to provide support for one high-need student a year in perpetuity.

There is no better tool for recruiting and retaining the very best faculty than a named professorship endowed in perpetuity. Endowed chairs enable Penn Engineering to attract senior-level professors, providing prestige and guaranteed support for research activities. Only faculty who have demonstrated preeminence in their fields receive this honor.

• $3,000,000 endows a tenured engineering faculty position

Intermediate level professors must have a widely recognized research record before they are granted the senior-level tenure status of a full professor. An Assistant Term Professorship, funded for five years, can help put a talented junior researcher on a senior level track by making available the financial resources for key career-enhancing opportunities.

• $500,000 will endow a term faculty position

A School is only as good as its faculty, and Penn Engineering must have resources available to hire the very best; no other asset has a larger impact on the student experience. When recruiting new faculty, the School must be prepared to offer a highly competitive package that may persuade faculty to choose Penn over other top-tier schools.

• Gifts range from $10,000 to $500,000

Penn Engineering welcomes you to join the friends of Peter Skirkanich in remembering him with a gift to the Skirkanich Bioengineering Faculty Fund. Peter, who died suddenly on August 14, 2009, was a Penn Engineering Overseer and University of Pennsylvania Trustee. He was highly interested in bioengineering and was devoted to promoting the department at Penn. Along with his wife, Geri, he generously funded the bioengineering facility named for them, Skirkanich Hall. It was Peter’s hope that a new named bioengineering professorship would one day be established at Penn Engineering. A gift to the Skirkanich Bioengineering Faculty Fund in memory of Peter Skirkanich will further his wish and advance bioengineering at Penn. Give now!

The Singh Center is a facility highly anticipated across campus—it brings science and technology into one space to encourage collaboration and translation of theory into practice. An amazing $20 million gift from Penn Engineering alumnus and Overseer Kris Singh jump-started the project, located at the northeast corner of 33rd and Walnut Streets.  Give now!

Pay tribute to the lasting achievements of Cora Ingrum, Assistant to the Dean and Director of Multicultural Programs at SEAS.  Ms. Ingrum has been a mentor and coach to graduate and undergraduate students for the past 30 years, advocating for a diverse population of global citizens.  Cast your vote of confidence for one of the School’s core missions and, with your gift to the Cora Ingrum Fund, help ensure that Penn’s multicultural programs remain strong.  Give now!

Created in 2007 under the direction of Dr. Susan B. Davidson, Weiss Professor and Department Chair of Computer and Information Science, Penn Engineering’s AWE Program is designed to inspire, support and recruit women in SEAS. Your contribution will boost program support and activities to promote personal and professional development, networking with professional and alumnae engineers, roundtable discussions, panels and guest speakers and mentoring.  Give now!

Penn Engineering students in Digital Media Design and the SIG Center for Computer Graphics work hard to bring their amazing ideas and wildest imaginings to life.  Your gift will help underwrite their projects, send them on their way to the annual SIGGRAPH conference, and enhance the activities and events that keep them at the leading edge of this exciting field.  Give now!

Created in 2009 by Penn Engineering’s Board of Overseers and friends of the School in honor of Mitch Quain, EE’73, who recently completed a successful ten-year tenure as Board Chair. A gift to this scholarship fund will bring to the School bright and capable students who would otherwise be unable to afford a Penn education.  Give now!

Get on track with the enthusiastic members of Penn’s Transportation Systems Engineering Alumni Club (TSEAC), who need your help to fund this scholarship in honor of Dr. Vukan Vuchic. Dr. Vuchic has been instrumental in the professional development of many of his students, and the scholarship will help support an undergraduate student studying transportation engineering or a field related to Dr. Vuchic's work.  Give now!

Initiated in 2005, Penn Engineering's Summer Academy in Applied Science & Technology (SAAST) is a 3-week, for-credit summer residential program designed to offer high school students the opportunity to explore engineering. We are committed to providing all exceptional candidates, regardless of family income, an equal opportunity to participate. You can help. Give now!