The Grainger College of Engineering

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When you give to The Grainger College of Engineering, you become a part of our bold vision for the future. Your investment allows us to deliver an outstanding engineering and computing education to brilliant students who learn from expert researchers and practitioners in state-of-the-art facilities. Grainger engineers improve the human condition and create a better world for everyone.

You can help us plan for the future while making a difference today. Gifts to our Grainger Engineering Priority Fund will provide vital, unrestricted support that allows the college to strategically invest in critical initiatives.

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Transform the student experience

Your generosity provides our students with the tools they need to succeed outside of the classroom and prepares them to take on the world's challenges. Contributions from our alumni and friends are essential to our ability to support our students, faculty and staff. 

A few of the many ways your gift could be used to support Grainger engineers includes educator/advisor and research funding, scholarships and fellowships, and support of our learning spaces such as labs and centers.

The Impact of Giving

Drive world-changing innovations

Your support is critical to our innovative research initiatives that touch all aspects of human life, encompassing medical, atmospheric, cellular, acoustic, renewable energy, and robotic endeavors—among many more. This enriching academic experience fosters maximum growth for students and lays the foundation for strides in societal improvements. 

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Expand Access to Engineering Education and Research

You will help us develop our student pipeline, sustain our engagement through programming and community building, and elevate our societal impact. You can help us support scholarship, innovation and leadership through opportunity, collaboration and community at all levels: faculty, staff, students, and K-12 outreach and public engagement. 

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Your contributions ensure we remain a leader in engineering education, discovery, innovation, entrepreneurship and sustained excellence. Choose how you want to support The Grainger College of Engineering.

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Grainger Engineering Stories

Big challenges. Bold solutions. See how Grainger engineers are shaping tomorrow's world.

Following their North Star: Illini-founded company revolutionizing sepsis care

Reddy’s company, Prenosis — co-founded with Illinois Grainger Engineering Professor and current Dean Rashid Bashir — develops AI diagnostic tools for precision medicine in acute care by mapping patients’ unique biological profiles. Prenosis announced in January the completion of its $20 million Series A Financing Round and a $20 million contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

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Grainger Engineering honors six exceptional alumni leaders for their distinguished service

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ECE Receives Gift For First Named Lecture Series in Emerging Technologies

A generous gift from DeAnna Ballard (BSEE '89) and her husband Gregg Steinhauser has established the first named lecture series within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering. The Ballard Seminars in Emerging Technology will focus on 11 technical research areas that reflect the department's tremendous breadth and depth.

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Illinois Alumni Make Global Innovation Waves

University of Illinois graduates Zihao Ou and Manling Li have both been named MIT Technology Review’s prestigious Innovators Under 35 list for their groundbreaking work in science and technology

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Illinois alum, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vilas Dhar Visits the College

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In memoriam: Donald L. Bitzer, father of PLATO

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2022 Day of Gratitude signs: "One hundred years after William W. Grainger graduated from our college, his impact is still felt."

The origin of the name
The Grainger College of Engineering 

The Grainger College of Engineering was named in 2019 in recognition of more than $300 million in total support from The Grainger Foundation and in honor of distinguished alumnus William W. Grainger. At the time of the naming, The Grainger Foundation contributions represented the largest amount ever given to a public university to name a college of engineering.

The long-term, flexible support of The Grainger Foundation allows Grainger Engineering to grow our research enterprise and enhance educational programs. We can attract and retain the very best faculty with more and larger faculty chairs and professorships, and increase access as we recruit the brightest and best students.

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