Where to Give?

The Rensselaer Annual Fund helps to provide a world-class educational experience to our students, helping to prepare them to meet the demands and challenges of the 21st century.

The Student Relief Fund is an emergency fund for Rensselaer students who face financial hardship that threatens their academic progress during their time at Rensselaer.

The Graduate Student Relief Fund is an emergency fund for Rensselaer graduate students who face financial hardship that threatens their academic progress during their time at Rensselaer.

You spent your years at Rensselaer focused on a particular field. With your support, you can demonstrate your pride and excitement by giving back in support of your school.

This fund was established in order to support the continued advancement of ongoing research initiatives.

Your support of Let’s Go Red! funds ensures that current and future generations of students continue to receive the opportunity to balance the rigors of academics with collegiate athletics.

One of the most personal and lasting ways to make a difference in the lives of Rensselaer students is with a gift of scholarship support.

Under The RPI Forward Plan, research will be invigorated by taking risks to achieve impact and moving into new domains of significance at the intersections of important disciplines.

Supporting your club or organization at RPI isn’t just about giving back; it’s about reigniting the passion, purpose, and connections that shaped your journey.

Faculty are the intellectual foundation of our innovative programs, groundbreaking research, and—ultimately—our students’ success.

Opportunities to support fraternities and sororities at Rensselaer.

Your support of the LGBTQ+ Gift Fund will help fund campus initiatives such as RPI’s Lavender Graduation, an annual celebration of graduating LGBTQ+ students and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

As Rensselaer prepares to enter its third century, and it remains true to its mission of “applying science to the common purposes of life.” Becoming a fully-realized technological research institute is paramount as Rensselaer continues to pose the question “why not change the world?”

Please support incredible scientists and mentors such as Professor Crivello by making a gift today. Drs. Rajaraman and Mallikarjunan will match all gifts up to $5,000. Your donation, combined with those of alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends, will enable us to support our students further while honoring Professor Crivello’s memory.

Please support incredible scientists and mentors such as Professor Crivello by making a gift today. Drs. Rajaraman and Mallikarjunan will match all gifts up to $5,000. Your donation, combined with those of alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends, will enable us to support our students further while honoring Professor Crivello’s memory.

This award is named in memory of Dr. Vladimir Belsky, who came to Rensselaer from Russia in the 1990’s and performed research in computational mechanics as a postdoctoral fellow for eight years.

Helps to ensure our students possess the intellectual agility, multicultural sophistication, and global view requisite to successfully addressing the world’s many challenges and opportunities.

For more than 30 years, the Bridge Scholars Program has allowed entering students to participate in rigorous academic instruction and to develop the skills necessary for academic and personal success at Rensselaer.

The O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Lab provides senior engineering students opportunities to apply their discipline-specific knowledge to address real-world challenges presented by external sponsors.

The Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (HASS) Private Music Lessons Fund assists Rensselaer students in covering the cost of private music lessons in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS).

The School of Architecture Diversity Fund was established to assist underrepresented minorities in Architecture.

Giving back is a time-honored tradition at Rensselaer, culminating in the class gift during senior year.

Honor the memory of a loved one or commemorate a special occasion through a gift to the Rensselaer Memorial and Tribute Scholarship Fund.

The Class of 1957 Spectrum Award was created in 2017 in honor of the Class of 1957’s 60th Reunion.

This annual scholarship fund was established in memory of Mark, and in recognition of his long-standing service to students by promoting and supporting both academic excellence and personal development through his expertise, wisdom, and empathy.

The ASCE Chapter supports student professional development by hosting meetings with local professionals, and participation in three national competitions: ASCE/AISC Steel Bridge, ASCE Concrete Canoe, and ASCE Geowall.