Endowments
Judy Callis, J. Clark Legarias, Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf.
Endowments are a time-honored method for supporting and building academic programs. They provide a stable income for the university from investment income and foster academic excellence, enabling UC Davis to recruit and retain the best faculty who in turn will attract other top faculty and students.
Endowments can support various purposes, such as Faculty Chairs, Research Awards, Graduate Teaching Scholar Funds, Undergraduate Scholarships, Undergraduate Lab Course, and more. Endowments are a chance to get creative and support a specific area of interest. Please contact a CBS development officer to plan your endowment.
Endowed Awards:
- Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (NPB) Research Excellence Award
Endowment established in 2009
Undergraduate students who work in a NPB faculty member's lab will compete for this award by displaying research posters at an annual event (date determined by NPB chair). First and second place awardees will be determined by a committee of three faculty members. The awardees will be announced at the event and will receive a certificate of award signed by committee. A monetary prize will also be sent to awardees after the event.
You can help support the education and research of an undergraduate student by contributing to this endowment today! The goal is to award a monetary prize to awardees in the amount of $1,000 for first place and $500 for second place. Any amount you can contribute will help to fund this research excellence award for generations of students to come.
Contributions to the NPB Research Excellence Award can be made with a personal check paid to the order of UC Foundation and mailed attn: Elizabeth Bacon, 218 Life Sciences Bldg, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616. Please indicate "NPB Undergraduate Research Award" on the memo line.
Endowed Lectures:
- Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences Series. The Tracy and Ruth Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences is an endowed lectureship established in 1960 to bring eminent biologists from other institutions to interact with the academic community at UC Davis. The lectureship generally sponsors three speakers in an academic year. Each speaker visits the campus for three days and presents two public lectures.
- David L. Weaver Endowed Lecture in Biophysics. This annual lectureship was established in 2006.
Endowed Professorships & Chairs:
- Novozymes Endowed Chair in Genomics
Established in 2004
Richard Michelmore, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Plant Sciences, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology; Director of the UC Davis Genome Center
Current Endowed Chair: Richard Michelmore, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Plant Sciences, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology; Director of the UC Davis Genome Center.
The Novozymes Endowed Chair in Genomics supports research, teaching and service activities of the UC Davis Genome Center, and is held by the concurrent director of the Genome Center. - Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf Endowed Professor of Plant Biochemistry
Established in 1999
Judy Callis, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Current Endowed Professor: Judy Callis, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Past Endowed Professor: J. Clark Legarias, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf Endowed Professorship supports teaching and research in plant biochemistry. The appointee is a full professor in the College of Biological Sciences in either the Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology or the Section of Plant Biology, and holds the appointment for five to seven years. - Endowed Chair in Physiology
Established in 2004
John Wingfield, Professor in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Current Endowed Chair: John Wingfield, Professor in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
The Endowed Chair in Physiology is to be held by a faculty member of the College of Biological Sciences engaged in physiological research (non-plant, non-microbial). The initial appointee will be in the Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior or in Exercise Biology, and will hold the appointment for 5 years. The endowment will support the chair holder's research, teaching, and service activities.
