The Dean’s Fund

Dean’s Fund donors contribute unrestricted annual gifts of $10,000 or more. They provide the principal source of discretionary gift support for Stanford Engineering. The impact of the Dean’s Fund is crucial for:

• providing start-up funds for new faculty. Faculty who have received such support include Jack Baker, Jennifer Cochran, Karl Deisseroth, Charbel Farhat, Sarah Heilshorn, Nick Melosh, and Amin Saberi.
• jump-starting new academic opportunities, such as the Stanford-Tsinghua Exchange Program, a graduate engineering student exchange program with Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
• developing shared facilities for our faculty and students campuswide, such as the Organic Electronics Laboratory and the new science and engineering quad (SEQ2).

Benefits and recognition for gifts of $10,000 or more to the Dean’s Fund include:

• annual reports on the impact of Dean’s Fund contributions.
• special communications from Dean Plummer, which provide sneak peeks of upcoming activities and technological developments, and the opportunity to provide the dean with your valuable feedback and suggestions.
• invitation the annual Dean’s Circle Luncheon, where donors can meet and interact with faculty and peers while learning about the school’s latest achievements.
• Special acknowledgement in the Stanford Engineering annual report.

• Annual Report