Naming Opportunities

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Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships do more than simply decrease student dependence on loans. They also contribute to the success of Notre Dame’s graduate programs by ensuring that we are able to recruit the best and the brightest with competitive financial aid packages. Ultimately, stronger graduate programs mean a stronger faculty, higher productivity in terms of scholarship and research, and the enhanced value of every Notre Dame degree.

Fellowships may be endowed for a particular graduate program or more broadly for the Graduate School, the Notre Dame Law School, or the Mendoza College of Business, at the following levels:

• Premier: $5,000,000
• Presidential: $1,000,000
• Distinguished: $500,000
• Prize: $250,000
• Named: $100,000

Fellowships will be named at the donor’s behest: for example, the Lucille and Paul O’Brien Fellowship for the College of Engineering.

With the consent of the donor, appropriate recognition will be offered, including the listing of the benefactor’s name on the Scholarships and Fellowships Recognition Wall on campus, invitations to special recognition events, annual reports, and regular correspondence with fellowship recipients.

To learn more about endowing a fellowship, please contact us.