Institute Support
The Hagler Institute’s excellence mission – to enrich the educational experience and advance research productivity – attracts support from prominent alumni and faculty who strive for Texas A&M to “be the best it can be.” Hagler Fellows help the university conduct world-class research and produce graduates capable of tackling the world’s toughest problems and contributing at the frontiers of knowledge.
Hagler Fellows are among the world’s finest scholars, business leaders, and government officials. More than one-fourth of the Fellows who finish their term in the institute join Texas A&M as permanent faculty. This in turn attracts other world-class scholars to conduct their research at our university. The funds received through donations are used to support year long collaborations between fellows and members of Texas A&M.
The institute can currently support an average of 12 new Hagler Fellows per year to come to Texas A&M. Each fellow spends around three years completing their term with the university. Our goal is to grow the program by attracting additional endowments to support 20 new Hagler Fellows per year, each collaborating with two top graduate students. The institute strives to pay the tuition of these two graduate students.
Our immediate objective is to increase support provided to graduate students. Presently, the Hagler Institute provides two one-year graduate student fellowships awarding $30,000 each and partially assists students with university fees. As an initiative to increase support, the institute wants to raise the fellowship award closer to $40,000 per year. These are ambitious yet achievable goals.
Our donor named endowments can be for specific fields of study or for use at the discretion of the Hagler Institute. The donor named fellowships will forever support extraordinarily promising individuals who will surely emerge as the leaders of tomorrow.
ONE ANNUAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIP – $1 MILLION ENDOWMENT
A NEW HAGLER FELLOW ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS – $1 MILLION ENDOWMENT
A NEW HAGLER FELLOW EACH YEAR – $3 MILLION ENDOWMENT
If interested in joining our mission by investing in the future, contact either
Dr. John Junkins, Director of the Hagler Institute, junkins@tamu.edu, 979-458-4992
or
Dr. Clifford Fry, Associate Director of the Hagler Institute, cfry@tamu.edu, 979-458-5723.
All Hagler Institute endowments are managed by the Texas A&M Foundation.