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Funds

Acceleration Fund for Research

Provides support for Gillings faculty, students and staff to address critical public health challenges through research.

Applied Physical Sciences Gift Fund

Provides flexible, unrestricted financial support for the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, helping the department address immediate needs, support student and faculty research, and fund educational priorities.

Arts and Sciences Fund

Provides support for the College’s highest priorities — recruiting and retaining faculty, enhancing student engagement, deepening academic excellence and achieving global impact.

BeAM Makerspace Gift Fund

Provides support for a network of campus makerspaces where UNC faculty, students and staff utilize state-of-the-art equipment and emerging technologies to design and make physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation.

Biostatistics

Provides support to the department to advance methods to analyze health data and improve public health research and decision-making.

Communication Studies

Provide support for scholarships, research opportunities and professional development experiences that empower our students to thrive — at Carolina and beyond.

Computer Science Unrestricted Gift Fund

Provides flexible financial support for the department to address immediate needs, strategic priorities and departmental growth.

Dean's Acceleration Fund

Provides support for our dean to support emerging challenges and innovative projects across the School.

Department of Dramatic Art

Provides support for departmental priorities such as productions, student research and travel, or to bring in a special guest to lead a master class or direct a project.

Department of Economics

Provides support for the department's greatest needs, which include showcasing faculty research, aiding students' travel to conferences and competitions, funding the Quantitative Financial Economic Program and offering seminars and Career Preparation courses.