Louisiana Board of Regents

Release: Oct 7, 2025

Close: Nov 14, 2025

Provide the following information in the order listed. Additional information and data may be included at the submitting campus’s discretion. Type of chair requested and its nature and purpose; Alignment of the chair to campus and department/unit role, scope, mission, and strategic priorities; Local, regional, and/or national contexts, as appropriate, for the chair’s proposed area of focus; The academic, teaching, research, and/or service environment(s) into which the chair will be integrated; Current and prospective institutional investment in the subject area(s) associated with the chair; Role of the chairholder in achieving/expanding the mission of associated department(s), unit(s), program(s), and/or center(s); Expected qualifications of the chairholder; Institutional commitments to the chair, including base salary as required in the Program Policy; Anticipated short- and long-term contributions of the chair to the department/unit/center, campus and State;

Release: Jul 8, 2025

Close: Nov 14, 2025

A profile of the graduate program(s) which the scholarship will support, including: Concrete data to support claims of excellence; and Program rankings as appropriate, with context to indicate the conditions that inform the rank assigned (i.e., numerical rank out of how many?); Duration of the targeted program(s) (i.e., standard time to degree); Data related to student success in the targeted program(s), including both raw counts and averages over a defined time span, related to retention and actual time to degree; The academic, teaching, research, and/or service environment(s) into which scholarship holders will be integrated; Expected qualifications of scholarship recipients.

Release: Jul 2, 2025

Close: Nov 14, 2025

The goal of the Endowed Two-Year Student Workforce Scholarships subprogram is to prepare students for available, selected, high-demand, four- and five-star jobs, including those in nursing and allied health fields, and to prepare students for jobs in STEM fields through four-year transfer programs. It is imperative that each proposal presented reflects alignment of these workforce objectives, donors’ understanding and intent, along with campus priorities and resources.