Tufts University School of Medicine relies on the philanthropy of its alumni, parents, friends and faculty to foster its standards of excellence. Major gifts are opportunities to make a significant investment in the life of the school. Whether it be creating an endowed fund to provide permanent support for scholarships, research, or clinical affiliate relationships, contributing to campus building initiatives such as the Sackler Renovation, or endowing a professorship, leadership donors realize the impact gifts of this magnitude make on everyone at Tufts Medicine, on the lives of the students today as well as those generations to come. Below are a number of high priority initiatives identified in our Strategic Plan. Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about major gift opportunities at Tufts.
Medical Education/Student Life
Scholarships
Endowed Scholarships
- Full MD student tuition $1 million
- 1/2 MD student tuition $500,000
- 1/4 MD student tuition $250,000
- Full MD/PhD tuition $1 million
- 1/2 MD/PhD tuition $500,000
- 1/4 MD/PhD tuition $250,000
- Full PhD stipend/tuition or 1st-year stipend $750,000
Outright Term Scholarships (pledged over 4 years)
- Full MD student tuition $160,000
- 1/2 MD student tuition $80,000
- 1/4 MD student tuition $40,000
Faculty
Deans
- Deanship $5 million
- Dean’s Discretionary Fund $500,000
Professorships
- Professorship $3 million
- Associate/Assistant Professorship $1.5 million
- Recruitment Packages
- Senior Faculty member (3 years)$1.3 million
Includes:
$750k start-up funds
$400k lab upgrades
$150k salary & benefit support
- Junior Faculty member (5 years)$1.2 million
Includes:
$500k start-up funds
$400k lab upgrades
$300k salary & benefit support for first 5 years
Research
- Endowed Research Fund $50,000
- Collaborative Research Grant (outright) $50,000
Medical Simulation
Simulation Network
Staffing
-Endowed $3.75 million
-Outright (annual) $400,000
Training
Endowed $500,000
Outright (annual) $21,000
Simulation Facility
Space Renovation $1million
Equipment $1.2million
Staffing
-Endowed $6.75 million
-Outright (annual) $250,000
Clinical Partnerships
Academic Centers at Affiliate Hospitals
-Endowed $2 million
-Outright (annual) $500,000
Society of Clinical Educators
-Endowed stipend $750,000
-Outright (annual stipend) $30,000
Hirsh Health Sciences Library
- Library Resources Fund $25,000
Campus Identity Initiative (outright) $5 million
Innovations in Education Grants (outright) $25,000
Student Societies (outright)$600,000
(Annual mentoring & operational costs for all student societies)
