As a leading research university, Emory’s focus is the number of lives saved, partnerships forged, and discoveries driven. Without research, we can’t answer the big questions, uncover new insights, make scientific or medical breakthroughs, or find solutions to the challenges communities face today, and in the future. Exciting research in the humanities, social sciences, law, and theology is uncovering how to advance social and racial justice. Our scientists and biomedical researchers are working toward eliminating cancer and the effects of brain traumas. Future modeling is helping us understand how artificial intelligence can better serve humanity. Fundamental for professors in a multitude of fields, research leads to new ideas and profound discoveries, keeps their academic and educational priorities fresh and relevant, and helps propel their careers and professional reputations forward. Funding through 2O36 offers faculty resources to purchase needed equipment and software licenses, pay support staff, and afford travel for field research.

Funding faculty research will help us recruit and retain faculty members. Research discoveries inform new academic pedagogy, create new knowledge, and lead to publication opportunities that can reach new audiences and win awards. Faculty research prepares our students to lead with the greater purpose of serving humanity.

In addition to the research faculty conduct on their own, students have a unique opportunity to take part in research programs as a part of their learning experience. Through your support for 2O36, we can create an endowed fund for student-faculty collaborative research so that more students can have access to valuable research experience. Collaborative projects bolster students’ educational experience and prepare them for professional opportunities. They also enable Emory to compete with top liberal arts colleges and research universities, better positioning Emory students for exceptional career trajectories upon graduation.

Access to flexible development funds is crucial to retaining and developing widely respected faculty. Financial support for faculty development endowments through 2O36 allows faculty to focus on research and scholarship in their fields, ensuring they establish or maintain their own prominence and that of their school.

Faculty development endowments will improve faculty retention and productivity and help Emory attract more diverse talent. Funds can support academic leaves for faculty to participate in fellowships opportunities that enhance their professional development, create or further meaningful collaborations with peer institutions, and lead to new educational paradigms, curriculum, and learning models.

Through generous endowment support, Emory will be a destination, rather than a stepping stone, for leading faculty. Your support of 2O36 helps us create new distinguished professorships to attract faculty who are gaining prominence in their disciplines and retain rising stars at Emory who may have been considering taking their talents to other universities.

By pursuing early- to mid-career faculty, we will increase the number of faculty who are members of international academies and garner additional research funding at every level. Because of the caliber of our faculty and research ecosystem, Emory faculty will be more sought out as international commentators on important issues in forums that define public scholarship.

As a thriving and growing center for the TV and film industry and a mecca for artists, there’s creativity to be researched or experienced around every corner in Atlanta. The arts are a golden opportunity to bring Emory to Atlanta, and Atlanta to our students, through performances, collaborations, and the engagement of local visiting artists, fellows, and teachers. These experiences enhance the undergraduate experience, expand access, and create lasting, productive partnerships across creative disciplines.

Funding fellowships and residencies for faculty across film, music, dance, theater, and creative writing, and hosting internationally-respected artists offers faculty and students alike opportunities to take big risks. By focusing on careers in the arts that align with their passions over potential profits, they can change the world by changing hearts.