NC State is growing as the institution of choice for talented students throughout our state and beyond. Endowed merit- and need-based scholarships begin at $100,000, as of July 1, 2026, and open doors for generations of students, empowering them to make the most of their Wolfpack experience.

• Endowed Cost-of-Attendance Scholarship: Creates a scholarship award that funds a student’s annual cost of attendance, including tuition, fees, books, meals and housing.
• Endowed Full-Tuition Scholarship: Creates a scholarship award that funds a student’s annual tuition and fees.
• Endowed Partial-Tuition Scholarship: Creates a scholarship award that funds approximately half of a student’s annual tuition and fees.
• Endowed Scholarship: Creates a merit- or need-based scholarship that helps students cover expenses like books, meals, supplies and other fees and may help a student choose NC State over another university.

NC State’s more than 10,000 graduate students influence every aspect of the university: They educate and mentor undergraduates, advance research and drive innovation. Endowed graduate support begins at $100,000, as of July 1, 2026, and is frequently a deciding factor in a talented student’s choice of NC State.

• Endowed Full Fellowship: Fully funds a graduate student with tuition and stipend or support and grows the graduate program of your choice.
• Endowed Partial Fellowship: Provides tuition and a partial stipend or research support to a graduate student.
• Endowed Graduate Enhancement Fellowship: Serves as a powerful recruiting tool for top graduate students with support for research, travel and more.
• Endowed Graduate Award: Provides additional funding to bolster the efforts of current graduate students.

Each day, the work of NC State’s faculty impacts the world around us — helping us understand implications of artificial intelligence, supply chain operations, best practices in food safety, new ways to help K-12 students learn, better methods for fighting wildfires and more. Faculty support needs vary across our colleges, and our philanthropy team is excited to help you identify ways to align your interests with opportunities for greatest impact. 

• Endowed Deanship: Elevate a college’s dean position by providing resources to pursue priorities related to research, teaching and programmatic needs that may not be covered through other revenue sources.
• Endowed Department Head: Strengthen academic reputation by providing consistent resources to department heads.
• Endowed Distinguished Chair: Provide honor, recognition and resources to the most renowned and seasoned faculty members. 
• Endowed Distinguished Professorship*: Help recruit and retain outstanding faculty members and support their continued leadership at NC State and throughout their fields of expertise. 
• Endowed Professorship*: Support emerging and leading tenure-track and professional-track faculty, providing them with recognition and resources for their research and teaching efforts.
• Endowed Faculty Award: Recognize excellence in research and teaching and provide a vehicle for honoring faculty members at different career stages.

*”Professor” is the title given to a faculty member who is a full professor, “ Scholar” is the title given to an associate professor and “ Fellow” is the title given to is the title given to an assistant professor. Awarding endowed positions at the assistant or associate professor level is a powerful retention tool.

The Libraries, Extension and the Division of Academic and Student Affairs are just a few additional areas at NC State whose valuable programming helps connect students, faculty and community members to new ways to Think and Do. For more information about programmatic and other types of endowments, contact us.