Faculty enhancement endowments provide funds for use by the faculty in furthering their professional development. These may include travel funds, library acquisitions, conference fees, special equipment purchases and other special needs of the faculty. These may be funded over a five-year pledge period. General gifts can be made to any of MU's schools or colleges, athletics , and other centers and institute's top priorities. Contributions can be made in a one-time gift or pledged over several years and can be directed toward a specific program.
Unrestricted endowments provide unrestricted monies for the campus, a college or department.
They provide flexibility to support the most urgent needs of these areas. With the State providing less than 25 percent of the University's budget, research institutions increasingly rely on private donors and corporations as the principal source of funds for facility renewal and construction of new research laboratories and classrooms. I institutions in the state of Missouri, where cutting edge research is conducted in a variety of fields.