The University of Louisiana at Lafayette awards numerous chairs and professorships to faculty members who personify excellence in scholarship, research, and teaching. These honors recognize current faculty and serve to recruit future faculty.
UL Lafayette has 18 Endowed Chairs; each of these is valued at $1,000,000. Base funding for each Chair was provided by the combined efforts of private donors and the State of Louisiana. For every $600,000 in private donations, the Board of Regents Support Fund (BORSF) matched $400,000. In addition to the BORSF Chairs, the University also has two Endowed Chairs funded entirely through private sources. The most recent addition to the University's funded chairs is an Endowed Super Chair in Telecommunications, valued at $2,000,000.
The University has received funding for more than 140 BORSF Endowed Professorships valued at $100,000 each. Funding these Professorships was also a joint endeavor by private donors and the State of Louisiana. Donors provided 60% of the funds and BORSF provided 40%. Additionally, the University has funded 29 Endowed Professorships through private sources.
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