SCS Funds
Dean's Innovation Fund (SCS)
One of the strengths of the School of Computer Science is the entrepreneurial nature of its students, faculty and researchers. The Dean's Innovation Fund allows the dean to quickly support new ideas that emerge during the year that aren't covered by the operational budget or research grants. The dean can also use this fund to improve the quality of life for graduate and undergraduate students.
Choose this FundGraduate Education Fellowship Fund
The Graduate Education Fellowship Fund helps SCS recruit and support talented graduate students.
Choose this FundResearch Experience for Undergraduates
The Research Experience for Undergraduates Fund provides resources and funding for summer educational programs across SCS that expand our reach and give students the opportunity to explore a research career.
Choose this FundSCS General Scholarship Fund
A pooled, current-use fund awarded annually to SCS students who need assistance in lowering the cost barrier of attending CMU.
Choose this FundSCS Outreach Fund
When you support our SCS Outreach Initiatives, you help us give students, teachers and community organizations more access to the computer science resources they need to provide all students with the CS education they — and we — need for a better future.
Choose this FundACM@CMU
CMU's student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery provides career development, training and a social outlet for our students. When you support this fund, you help prepare students for life beyond CMU and provide vital experience they need for their careers.
Choose this FundAI Major Fund
Provides general support for the Artificial Intelligence undergraduate major within the School of Computer Science.
Choose this FundCenter for Transformational Play
The Center for Transformational Play (CTP) is a research center that houses the research and development of transformational games.
Choose this FundClarke Fellowship
This fellowship honors faculty member and Turing Award winner Ed Clarke. Ed was passionate about his research and proud of the many accomplishments of his students, who often spoke of his unwavering support.
Choose this FundCMU CS Academy
Founded by Mark Stehlik and David Kosbie — two of the School of Computer Science's award-winning teaching professors — CMU CS Academy aims to create an entirely free, online, interactive high school computer science curriculum.
Choose this FundCMU Space Research Fund
Provides support for student and faculty projects in space exploration and related areas, at SCS and across the university.
Choose this FundComputational Biology Department Annual Fund
Support the Comp Bio department as it trains students to become independent innovators who will guide the future of biomedical research.
Choose this FundComputational Biology Fellowship Fund
The CompBio Fellowship Fund provides general fellowship support to students participating in master's programs offered by the Computational Biology Department, with a preference for students who have demonstrated a strong interest in careers in biomedical research.
Choose this FundComputational Biology High School Summer Program Scholarship Fund
The CompBio High School Summer Program Scholarship Fund provides general scholarship support to students participating in the department's high school summer program(s).
Choose this FundComputational Biology Student Experience Fund
The CompBio Student Experience Fund is a flexible, expendable fund that provides students with direct support, including (but not limited to) equipment, hardware and software, research project funding, welcome events, and conference expenses.
Choose this FundComputer Science Department
Your gift to the Computer Science Department fuels its mission: to be a leader in research and education that has real-world impact, and to push the frontiers of the field and produce the next generation's leaders.
Choose this FundComputer Science Preservation Fund
The Computer Science Preservation Fund supports the creation and maintenance of an archive within SCS to preserve our endless contributions to computing history.
Choose this FundDARPA Challenge Fund
CMU Roboticists are helping to save lives. You can help them by supporting the DARPA Challenge team.
Choose this FundErik Riedel and Hilary Packer Fund
This fund, established in memory of Erik Riedel, provides support for events and gatherings for doctoral students in the university’s School of Computer Science.
Choose this FundFriends of the Field Robotics Center
Your gift to the FRC Fund helps the center push technology, build new robots and train the leaders of tomorrow.
Choose this FundHackCMU
Your donation to HackCMU supports the student-run 24-hour hackathon, hosted annually by ACM@CMU, that unites students from across campus and challenges them to make something awesome.
Choose this FundHCII Graduate Fellowship
Funds from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute Graduate Fellowship directly support HCII graduate students who may not otherwise be able to attend CMU.
Choose this FundHuman-Computer Interaction Institute
The HCII is a living laboratory that investigates the relationship between computer technology, human activity and society. Your gift to this fund allows their important work to continue.
Choose this FundJacobo Carrasquel Endowed Scholarship Fund
Created in honor of CMU alumnus and teaching professor emeritus Jacobo Carrasquel (S'83, HNZ'88), this need-based scholarship will honor Jacobo’s legacy by supporting an SCS student who will follow in his trailblazing footsteps, making our community stronger as a result.
Choose this FundJaime Carbonell Endowed Faculty Support Fund
This fund honors LTI's founder Jaime Carbonell. Jaime foresaw a world where people could freely communicate with each other, no matter what language they spoke, and spent his career building systems that could understand human language.
Choose this FundLanguage Technologies Institute
When you support the LTI, you help ensure that their faculty and students get the right information to the right people at the right time in the right language, the right format and the right level of detail.
Choose this FundLenore Blum Innovation Fund
The Lenore Blum Innovation Fund, named in honor of the founder of the Project Olympus Incubator Program, supports initiatives that bridge the gap between cutting-edge university research and economy-promoting commercialization of that research for the benefit of our communities.
Choose this FundMachine Learning Department
Your donation to the Machine Learning Department allows its faculty and students to explore how machines can use data, knowledge, experience and interaction to improve over time.
Choose this FundMark Stehlik Impact Scholarship
The Stehlik SCS Scholarship recognizes and supports SCS undergraduates whose drive for excellence extends beyond the classroom — students who make a difference both in the field of computer science and the world around them.
Choose this FundMaster of Computational Data Science (MCDS) Alumni Giving Fund
As a graduate of the MCDS program, you know it trains students in all aspects of design, engineering and deployment of very large information systems. Your gift helps the program continue to produce amazing alumni like you!
Choose this FundMaster of Science in Robotic Systems Development Fund
When you support the MRSD Fund, you ensure a new generation of students can benefit from its state-of-the-art instruction in robotics, along with the hands-on implementation experience and business savvy it provides.
Choose this FundMaster of Software Engineering
A gift to the Master of Software Engineering Fund helps the MSE program continue its tradition of teaching current best practices, while also focusing on adding value through training in managing large teams and complex projects.
Choose this FundMSIT in Privacy Engineering
A gift in support of the MSIT in Privacy Engineering helps the program continue its tradition of teaching students who aspire to play a critical role in building privacy into future products, services, and processes.
Choose this FundProject Olympus
Project Olympus provides startup advice, micro-grants, incubator space, and connections for faculty and students across campus and with the wider regional, national, and global business communities. We help students, faculty, alumni, and staff turn their cutting-edge research and great ideas into startups.
Choose this FundProject Olympus Spark Grant Fund
The Olympus Spark Grant Fund helps Olympus student startup projects kick-start their business ideas. Every semester, students submit proposals and pitch their ideas to investors, with winning projects going on to receive funds. The funds are provided by charitable gifts from alumni and other community donors.
Choose this FundRaj Reddy Endowed Fund for Artificial Intelligence
Established in 2018, the Raj Reddy Fund for Artificial Intelligence supports research and education in artificial intelligence (AI) and related areas in the School of Computer Science. When you contribute to the Raj Reddy AI Fund, you acknowledge and celebrate the lasting impact Raj has made on the field. At the same time, you invest in the students, faculty and research that will change how humans and technology interact for generations to come.
Choose this FundRandy Bryant Endowed Fellowship Fund
Created in honor of the former dean of SCS, and now professor emeritus, the Randy Bryant Endowed Fellowship Fund provides full or partial fellowships for graduate students in the School of Computer Science.
Choose this FundRandy Pausch Honorary Fund
CMU established the Randy Pausch Honorary Fund to help continue and complete Pausch's work, including his most important academic project — the Alice 3D authoring system. Your gift to this fund honors Randy's legacy and promotes the ideals and work he held dear.
Choose this FundRed Whittaker Endowed Field Robotics Fellowship
The Red Whittaker Endowed Robotics Fellowship, created by alumni and friends in honor of longtime professor Red Whittaker, provides fellowship support within the discipline of field robotics to include cross-disciplinary work in computer science, engineering and related disciplines, with a preference for master's or Ph.D. students in at least their second year in the School of Computer Science or College of Engineering.
Choose this FundResearch Experience for Undergraduates in Software Engineering (REUSE)
REUSE brings undergrads from other universities to CMU for the summer to do research with our world-class faculty members.
Choose this FundRobotics Fellowship Fund
Graduate students are the heart of the Robotics Institute. By supporting this fund, you help ensure the Robotics Institute remains at the forefront of innovation. Fellowships may be funded in one-time gifts, installments or to the endowment to provide funding in perpetuity.
Choose this FundRobotics Innovation Fund
One of the strengths of the Robotics Institute is the entrepreneurial nature of its students, faculty, and staff. The Director's Innovation Fund is used by the director to fund new ideas that emerge during the year that are not covered by the current operational budget or sponsored projects. In addition, the director uses support from this fund to improve the quality of life for graduate students.
Choose this FundRobotics Institute Fund
The Robotics Institute was established more than 40 years ago to conduct robotics research relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Your gift allows the institute to continue its important research and education efforts as the field grows more and more ubiquitous.
Choose this FundRobotics Institute Summer Scholars
Your gift to the RISS fund helps the institute bring a dynamic cohort of undergraduate scholars to campus each summer to work on cutting-edge projects that drive innovation.
Choose this FundRobotics Professorship Fund
Robotics faculty choose the RI for its environment — exceptional colleagues who collaborate on many projects and an entrepreneurial culture unlike anywhere else. Our faculty members spend significant amounts of time searching for resources to support their research. With additional financial support from a professorship fund, our faculty can focus their work on creating and sharing new and exciting research. Professorships may be funded in one time gifts, installments, or to the endowment to provide funding in perpetuity.
Choose this FundScott Krulcik Scholarship Fund
The Scott Robert Krulcik Scholarship Fund in Computer Science will be used to establish a merit-based scholarship to acknowledge and reward a current undergraduate student (or students) in their junior or senior years who are enrolled in CMU’s School of Computer Science and who have clearly demonstrated the core traits, attitude, and approach that embodied Scott.
Choose this FundSCS TartanHacks Program
Gifts to SCS TartanHacks support CMU's annual undergrad-only hackathon, which also attracts students from other colleges and universities.
Choose this FundSCS Yes! Fund
Students are an amazing source of ideas and innovative approaches. The SCS Yes! Fund provides the funding to enable technical projects, class-based programs, and special student-driven events that would be otherwise impossible. Ideas can become long term, viable activities once tested. Yes! can be the most powerful tool in an academic experience.
Choose this FundSoftware and Societal Systems Department
Gifts to S3D help its faculty and students engage in cutting-edge research at the intersection of software, systems, and society.
Choose this FundTA Support Fund
Teaching assistants play a critical role at the School of Computer Science; that’s why we established the TA Support Fund. Your gift to this fund will celebrate our TAs in SCS, and provide much needed equipment, hardware, software, project funds, emergency support and more.
Choose this FundThe Database Research Endowed Fellowship
The Carnegie Mellon University Database Research Endowed Fellowship offers dedicated funding to SCS graduate students pursuing research in the field of databases.
Choose this FundThe Machine Learning Student Experience Fund
The Machine Learning Student Experience Fund is a flexible, expendable fund that provides students with direct support, including (but not limited to) equipment, hardware and software, emergency support, travel expenses, and student activities or retreats.
Choose this FundThe Planetary Robotics Fund
The Planetary Robotics Fund, formerly the Lunar X Fund, supports students and faculty working on research and projects related to lunar exploration.
Choose this FundThe Robot Archive Fund
The Robot Archive Fund supports The Robotics Project and its mission to preserve the history of robotics.
Choose this FundThe SCS Parents Fund
We recognize that a student's academic success can easily be derailed by an unforeseen event. Gifts to this fund - contributions from parents of current and former SCS students - help us offer limited financial support to students for emergencies, supplies and unanticipated events.
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Contact SCS Advancement
What happens in SCS every day transforms industries and changes lives. We aren’t just planning for the future — we’re creating it. Your gift will help make that possible.