For Brilliant Minds

Fueling the individuals, ideas, and innovations that move the world forward.

Our priorities

Tomorrow’s greatest discoveries begin here—and our faculty and researchers are at the forefront. Your support fuels their exceptional talent, enabling them to pursue the ideas, technologies, and cures that improve lives everywhere.

• Faculty funds: URochester’s scholars and researchers don’t settle for what is—they’re inspired by what could be. Faculty support, such as rising star funds for early-career faculty and dean’s innovation funds, provide flexibility to address needs and seize opportunities as they arise.
• Research at URochester: As a Tier 1 research university, our students, faculty, and staff conduct some of the highest volume of research activity in the United States. Seed funding for pilot and moonshot projects empowers creative and bold research activity that sparks discovery and innovation.