Support the Academic Core of UConn
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is at the heart of UConn’s teaching, research, and public engagement mission. Because CLAS helps educate students across the University, your gift has a broad and lasting impact — expanding opportunities for students, advancing discoveries that improve lives, and strengthening communities in Connecticut and beyond.
Ways to Support the College
Undergraduate Scholarships
Scholarships help CLAS students access a liberal arts and sciences education and pursue their goals with fewer financial barriers. Your gift expands opportunity and supports the next generation of leaders, problem-solvers, and engaged citizens.
Graduate Fellowships
Graduate fellowships give emerging scholars the support they need to focus on learning, discovery, and professional growth. Your gift helps graduate students develop new ideas, contribute to research and teaching, and prepare for meaningful careers.
Dean’s Fund
The CLAS Dean’s Fund provides flexible resources that allow the College to respond to emerging needs and opportunities. Gifts support student experiences, faculty research, visiting scholars, public engagement, and other priorities that strengthen our mission.
Faculty Endowments
Endowed chairs and professorships help CLAS attract and retain exceptional faculty whose work advances knowledge and creates opportunities for students. To discuss supporting a faculty endowment, please contact a CLAS development officer.
“I stress about student loans, but because of your generosity, some of that worry can go away a bit. Thank you! I can safely say you’ve succeeded in lessening the burden of at least one student, while also providing them with many wonderful opportunities and unforgettable memories.”
– Daisey Delgado ’26 (CLAS), recipient of the Carlton and Ernestine Erickson Scholarship Fund