When you contribute $2 million or more to create a named, endowed professorship and pay the total over five years or less, the University will increase your gift with a 50-cent match on every dollar.
When you contribute $5 million or more to create a named, endowed University Professorship and pay the total within five years, UVA will provide a $1-for-$1 match, creating a $10 million+ endowment. The match will be limited to the first four University Professorships or when matching funds are depleted.
The terms above describe the University’s current matching policy; all matching funds are subject to availability and certain conditions.
The University has invested an additional $30 million in the Bicentennial Professors Fund and $35 million in the Bicentennial Scholars Fund, two matching gift programs designed to encourage philanthropic support for students and faculty.
The impact of the Bicentennial Professors Fund is evident in the high caliber of research and teaching faculty elected to bicentennial chairs. Thanks to the strong response to UVA’s matching gift opportunity, the University has been able to recruit and retain faculty who stand out in the classroom and whose work across disciplines is advancing scholarship nationally and globally.
Kristina Richardson joined the University in fall 2022 as the John L. Nau III Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy and Professor of History and Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures.
Pedro M. Matos was recently named the James A. and Stacy Cooper Bicentennial Professor of Business at the Darden School of Business. He also is the Macfarlane Family Professor of Business Administration at Darden.
George S. Geis, the William S. Potter Professor of Law and former director of the John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program, is the inaugural Glynn Family Bicentennial Professor of Law.
Contact the development officer in the school/area of your interest to learn more about making a gift to this transformational program to support UVA faculty.
Endowed professorships enable UVA to recruit the most dynamic and distinguished faculty, driving research and collaboration at the University. These positions are an honor to hold and an enduring tribute to their establishing donor.
The Bicentennial Professors Fund was established by the Board of Visitors in December 2017 to help the University attract the next generation of top faculty. Eventually, the fund is expected to support nearly 150 endowed professorships, making it a powerful tool for building and sustaining the University’s faculty far into the future.
Outstanding faculty receive crucial support for their research and scholarship, thanks to gifts to create endowed professorships. Bicentennial professorships will promote innovation and confirm a scholar’s standing among peers, both within UVA and throughout the academic world.
A professor at the Darden School of Business, Elena Loutskina teaches a number of classes in the area of finance and her research focuses on financial intermediation. Her work has been published in top academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. Recognized by students and the dean's office for her teaching accomplishments, she received the UVA Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award in 2019.
An expert in business strategy, ethics, leadership, and entrepreneurship, Fairchild specializes in underserved, overlooked markets. MBA-focused news publication Poets & Quants named Fairchild its 2018 MBA Professor of the Year. His research, which centers on financial risks and the impact of community development financial institutions, is supported by the Isidore Horween Research Professorship, created by Ralph Horween and Frederick Stow (Darden ’58).
In addition to serving as associate dean for graduate programs at the McIntire School of Commerce, Maxham teaches global immersion courses and conducts research examining quantitative models that link customer analytics to financial performance. The William Stamps Farish Professorship, created in 1982, helps fund Maxham’s studies in entrepreneurship. An expert in marketing, his research has appeared in leading marketing journals and his work has been profiled in BusinessWeek, Forbes, the Washington Post, NBC, and other media outlets.
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