Endowed Faculty

The University of Houston is the catalyst for the greater Houston area’s dynamic vibrancy and global reputation. Endowed faculty positions like chairs and professorships, strengthen UH’s educational, patient care and research missions.

Endowed positions in all academic areas create opportunities to attract and retain the best and brightest global faculty. Hiring scholars at the top of their fields propels the academic landscape and increases student enrollment and retention rates.

Faculty leadership is instrumental in shaping Houston into a transformational and visionary city. As the city’s University, industry officials seek out UH faculty for collaboration, which improves existing processes and sparks new innovations.

A robust team of faculty members is the foundation for everything at UH, from student success to groundbreaking discoveries to a stronger city, nation and world. Talented faculty are leading the University’s research and curriculum development.

RESEARCH

University of Houston faculty continues to win national awards for their cutting-edge and impactful research. To expand on our current enterprise and double our research output, UH will spend the next four years recruiting 100 new faculty as part of its new Presidential Frontier Faculty program. This transformational investment in UH’s future will bring top, rising-star researchers to Houston and focus on society’s biggest challenges within the health, energy, sustainability and security sectors. It also supports our mission to enhance humanity’s intellectual capital and our bold, new vision of becoming a Top 50 public university.

“To have an endowment is a point of pride for faculty. And it’s what can attract people to UH. It’s a big tool for retention to keep people here.”

— Jeffrey Rimer

Abraham E. Dukler Endowed Professor of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
Cullen College of Engineering

CHAIR
FULL PROFESSOR
COLLEGE PROFESSOR

CHAIR
$1 MILLION
Minimum

An Endowed Chair endowment will support a faculty full-time employee. This Chair position is a unique incentive to recruit and/or retain senior level national academy or equivalent, high level research faculty members whose teaching and research exemplify UH’s mission. Endowment income provides salary support and resources for research and teaching.

FULL
PROFESSOR
$500,000
Minimum

A Full Professor endowment will support a faculty full-time employee. Full Professors are mid-career, highly regarded faculty and are empowered to continue their responsibilities as a professor, with the goal of expanding their research and building their body of work even further.

COLLEGE
PROFESSOR
$250,000
Minimum

A College Professor endowment will support a faculty full-time employee. College Professors are early career rising scholars that are experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. They almost always have a Ph.D., perform research in their discipline, and supervise graduate students.

CHAIR: CHAIR
$1 MILLION
Minimum

An Endowed Chair endowment will support a faculty full-time employee. This Chair position is a unique incentive to recruit and/or retain senior level national academy or equivalent, high level research faculty members whose teaching and research exemplify UH’s mission. Endowment income provides salary support and resources for research and teaching.
FULL PROFESSOR: FULL
PROFESSOR
$500,000
Minimum

A Full Professor endowment will support a faculty full-time employee. Full Professors are mid-career, highly regarded faculty and are empowered to continue their responsibilities as a professor, with the goal of expanding their research and building their body of work even further.
COLLEGE PROFESSOR: COLLEGE
PROFESSOR
$250,000
Minimum

A College Professor endowment will support a faculty full-time employee. College Professors are early career rising scholars that are experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. They almost always have a Ph.D., perform research in their discipline, and supervise graduate students.