Ag Development Projects

Fundraising Priority Projects

"Each year, the development staff discusses fundraising needs with the department chairs and program directors in the college. For the current fiscal year, more than $100 million in funding needs were identified. These projects were then pared down through dialogue with the dean and associate deans, until targeted projects totaling $9.65 million were identified as priorities for the College. These priorities fall into one of four broad categories, which are described as follows:

Capital Projects

Description
Agricultural Engineering Building - year one of a four-year goal to raise $10.5 million for construction of a replacement to Davidson Hall.
Target
$2.5 million

Faculty Support

Description
Chair in Agricultural Education & Studies - this will be the first endowed faculty position in the department's nearly 90-year history.
Target
$1.5 million

Description
Jay Lush Chair in Animal Breeding and Genetics - all gifts up to $500,000 are matched one-to-one by another donor
Target
$250,000

Description
Henry A. Wallace Chair in Sustainable Agriculture - completion of a challenge issued by original donors to the chair.
Target
$1 million

Description
Professorship in Mycology - this endowed faculty position would bridge the colleges of Agriculture and Liberal Arts & Sciences in this important discipline.
Target
$500,000

Description
Professorship in Minority Studies - this endowed faculty position in Sociology would provide leadership to the study of the fastest growing segment of Iowa's population
Target
$500,000

Student Support

Description
Iowa Seed Association Graduate Fellowship in Seed Science - this campaign is being led jointly by the Iowa Seed Association, ISU, and the ISU Foundation to support graduate students in agriculture with an emphasis on seed.
Target
$400,000

Description
Excellence in Agriculture Scholarships - these are the premier scholarships in the College of Agriculture, awarded annually to approximately twelve of the college's brightest incoming freshmen. This is an excellent recruitment tool.
Target
$1.25 million

Description
Ukraine Study Abroad Scholarships - this fund will further strengthen the already well-established link between the College of Agriculture at ISU and partner institutions in Ukraine.
Target
$300,000

Programmatic Support

Description
BIGMAP - the Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products, ISU's newest institute, will begin an aggressive consumer awareness and education program through this first-year funding.
Target
$1 million

Description
Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Program - the College of Agriculture's partnership with Makerere University in Uganda to help improve impoverished rural communities through agricultural and entrepreneurial initiatives.
Target
$400,000