The State of North Carolina makes it easy to create a named professorship through a series of matching grants.    

 

Donor Gift       +        State Match      =      Named Distinguished Professorship  

 

$333,000         +        $167,000           =             $500,000  

 

$666,000         +        $334,000           =           $1,000,000  

 

$1,000,000      +        $500,000           =            $1,500,000            

 

$1,333,000      +        $667,000          =             $2,000,000  

 

$2,333,000      +        $667,000          =             $3,000,000

 

Eminent Professorship    

Former UNC President C.D. Spangler has increased the savings available for professorships in the arts and sciences, teaching, engineering, and nursing with an additional matching grant of $250,000.   The Gillings School of Global Public Health is one of the four Schools which qualify for this terrific match through the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering!

Donor Gift  + State Match   + Spangler Match  =  NamedProfessorship  

 

$417,000     +   $333,000      +      $250,000           =  $1,000,000 Professorship

   

a $583,000 Savings to the Donor!  

Faculty Support Success Story:Barbara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Epidemiology

As Epidemiology Department Chair and Kenan Professor of Epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health, Dr. Barbara Hulka represented unparalleled professionalism and excellence as a scholar and educator. In 2000, she and her husband Jerry demonstrated their extraordinary dedication to the School by establishing the Barbara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Epidemiology. It will fund an outstanding molecular cancer researcher working in the cancer prevention field.