Great students inspire faculty and challenge fellow students. They add to the vibrancy of our classrooms, libraries and laboratories. An accessible education has always been part of the University of Michigan mission. Scholarship support opens the doors to deserving students and eases their debt burden upon graduating. We want our graduates to focus on their education, not on struggling to pay for it.

To ensure U-M's distinction as a leader in environmental education and research, we seek fellowships to attract the finest students. Too often we lose talented students to well-endowed peer institutions able to offer full support.

We want all of those exceptional students who can benefit from a Michigan education to have the opportunity. For the final 2 years of the Michigan Difference Campaign, please consider joining the School of Natural Resources and Environment to impact the changing climate of environmental education with a gift to support NRE students.

Named Distinguished Graduate/Professional Fellowship: $750,000

An endowment gift of $750,000 will provide full support for one graduate or professional student each year in perpetuity. The Named Distinguished Fellowships will be used to recruit the most especially promising graduate and professional students, those who show evidence of making a significant difference in their fields. The Distinguished Fellowship may be named for the donor or someone the donor wishes to honor.

Named Graduate/Professional Award: $250,000

An endowment gift of $250,000 will provide substantial support for one graduate or professional student each year in perpetuity. The Graduate/Professional Award may be named for the donor or someone the donor wishes to honor.

Named Graduate/Professional Grant: $100,000

An endowment gift of $100,000 will provide a supporting grant for one graduate or professional student each year in perpetuity. The Graduate/Professional Grant may be named for the donor or someone the donor wishes to honor.

Named Graduate /Professional Support Fund: $50,000

An endowment gift of $50,000 will provide a permanent income stream to support graduate or professional education in a specific school or program. The funds may be used to supplement other sources of support and will be awarded to students in the desired graduate or professional program in the name of the donor or someone the donor wishes to honor.