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Support excellence in graduate education at the nation’s first public university

Graduate students make enduring contributions to Carolina’s reputation as a world-renowned research institution. They work hard, earn their degrees and become leaders in their fields. Thank you for supporting graduate student success and for providing critical funding when — and where — they need it most.

Support UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students, the future of our University and alumni success.

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Diversity and Student Success

Support specific programs — and supportive communities — for first-generation, international, underrepresented minority, military-affiliated and LGBTQIA+ graduate students.

Professional Development

Help provide training, programming and a certificate focused on preparing graduate students for 21st-century careers.

Summer Research Fellowships

The Graduate School matches gifts from private donors to create fellowships in areas in which summer funding is limited.

Graduate School Fellowships

Carolina continues to attract the best and brightest students from diverse academic programs through Royster, Weiss and other prestigious Graduate School fellowships.

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CareerWell—Professional Development Participant

“Professional development resources and programming supplemented the discipline-specific training I had in my department, and it was incredibly valuable. Thank you very much for making it possible.”

—Anneliese Long; Ph.D. student; Department of Anthropology

Diversity and Student Success Participant

“I cannot imagine completing my doctoral program without the support, community, and resources I received from Diversity and Student Success. Their programs have been vital for me as I successfully applied for fellowships and grants and as I tackled the milestones needed to finish my degree. I am forever grateful for DSS.”

—Brionca Taylor; Ph.D. candidate; Department of Sociology

Summer Research Fellowship Recipient

“Without the funding, it would have been more difficult to graduate this year, because I would have presumably had to teach over the summer. Instead, I’ll now be able to devote more time to writing, collecting data and analyzing data.”

—John West, Ph.D. candidate; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

To give by mail

Mail a check, payable to UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate School, to:
The Graduate School
200 Bynum Hall, CB# 4010
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4010

For more information on supporting graduate education:

Kate Moser
katemoser@unc.edu
(919) 962-7772