You can make a real difference today for our students, researchers, and society. Help launch student careers, fuel transformative research, invest in the next generation of scholars, and even change lives—all with your gift of any size.

Your gift through You Are Why can support Students in Action, as well as several research-focused initiatives. If you are considering naming a permanently endowed fund in one of these areas, please contact:

Josh Aiello
Vice President for Development & Campaigns
jaiello@bu.edu
617-353-2286

Students in Action: BU Launchpad

Many students have told us their No. 1 wish: to have the skills and experiences they need to prepare for life after graduation. Now more than ever, with an uncertain economy and rapidly changing times, it’s essential to set them up for success. That’s why we’ve created the Boston University Launchpad.

Developed for first-year students and starting with a cohort for the Class of 2030, BU Launchpad will provide students with internships between their first and second years, mentors to prepare them for the workplace, and a group of supportive peers. Your support is a direct investment in our students’ futures.

Your gifts of any amount will help expand the program and ensure that students have equitable access to formative career experiences at the earliest stages of their BU education. If you are interested in making a substantial gift to help build the BU Launchpad, please contact:

Josh Aiello
Vice President for Development & Campaigns
jaiello@bu.edu

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Students in Action: Beyond Access

We’re going beyond traditional scholarships to provide comprehensive support and experiential opportunities that will give our students the strongest possible start.

Your gift will help cover the full cost of undergraduate attendance—tuition, housing, fees, meals, books—as well as participation in the BU Launchpad program, study abroad and other international BU programs, internships, and such career-readiness expenses as grad school application fees and exam prep.

In short, you can help us remove any financial barriers that stand between a student and a fulfilling life and career. It’s not just about access. It’s about success.

An endowed gift of $2.5 million will support one student a year, in perpetuity; a current-use gift of $400,000 will support one student a year for four years. If you are interested in exploring these transformative opportunities, please contact Josh Aiello.

Students in Action: Internships

Your gift of any amount to any BU internship fund will foster the careers of our students. We invite you to choose from a list of highlighted internship programs across our schools and colleges. No matter which one you choose, know that you will open a world of opportunity to the students who receive support, help them explore potential careers, and give them the confidence of knowing the Terrier community wants them to succeed.

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

Your gift to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) helps make faculty-mentored research experiences accessible to more students.

UROP students complete scientific and scholarly projects across the University that help generate new knowledge and ideas, solve problems, and open fresh avenues of study. UROP also plays a key role in our support for students’ career development.

Today, Boston University cannot fund about a third of qualified applicants to UROP—many of whom cannot afford to pursue a research opportunity without a stipend. Your gift of any amount will help provide those essential funds.

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The Future Scholars Fund & the Trustee Challenge

Boston University’s PhD programs spark intellectual discovery and spur action. Our doctoral candidates are not only learning, they’re doing. Whether working in labs, serving as teaching fellows, publishing papers, or completing internships, they’re collaborating with BU professors on research that faces global challenges, finds solutions, and changes lives.

By supporting PhD students, you’re supporting that research. And you’re helping to build the research pipeline, ensuring that these students will go on to produce even more research for a brighter future.

Endowing a PhD fellowship costs $1.2 million. But now, thanks to the Trustee Challenge, a gift of $600,000 will meet this need—because the challenge provides a dollar-for-dollar match. It’s a rare opportunity to invest in our doctoral students, the professors they support, and the future generations who will benefit from their research.

To learn more about the Trustee Challenge and endowing a named PhD Fellowship, please contact Josh Aiello. Or you may choose to make a gift of any amount today.

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The Research Futures Fund

Convergent research means integrating and blending methods, approaches, and perspectives from multiple disciplines—from the sciences, engineering, and medicine to public policy and business—to create new frameworks and fields of study and address complex societal challenges. Boston University researchers working this way have already driven breakthroughs in brain health, synthetic biology, neurophotonics, climate science, and AI.

You can help solve complex problems with a gift of any amount to the Research Futures Fund, which provides seed funding for new convergent research projects at BU. These awards will help faculty teams launch their efforts and position themselves for future foundation and federal funding.

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