Faculty chairs and professorships are established as a means to honor and support the work of faculty pursuing scholarly activity in a particular field. Endowments also may be established to offer departments, colleges, programs, and institutes an additional source of unrestricted funds to support the activities of that unit by establishing an endowed chair for the administrator of that unit (i.e., an endowed deanship or an department chair), and for the recruitment of new faculty. Endowed administrative chairs are awarded ex officio to the incumbent in an administrative post, and are not retained by the incumbent if they leave their administrative post. Deadline is open. For more detailed information, review the Expenditure Guidelines and Appointment Guidelines.