Areas of Support
Areas of Support
Connect Your Gift with Your Passion
Strategic funding initiatives at the George Mason University Libraries ensure that our students, faculty, and community have access to the resources, expertise, and spaces they need to thrive, today and in the future.
As higher education, research, and technology continue to evolve, philanthropic support allows the libraries to respond with agility, innovation, and purpose. Your investment helps the libraries remain a cornerstone of academic excellence and societal impact.
Student Learning and Success
University Libraries are the intellectual crossroads, bringing people together to explore shared scholarly interests and engage with the most urgent intellectual and ethical questions of our time. As living, learning laboratories, the libraries foster dialogue, discovery, and the creation of new knowledge across disciplines.
The Graduate Student Fellowship and Undergraduate Research Prize were established to strengthen this culture of inquiry at Virginia's largest research institution. The Student Assistant Endowed Scholarship supports dedicated students who work in the libraries every day.
- Graduate Student Fellowship
- Undergraduate Research Prize
- Student Assistant Endowed Scholarship
- University Libraries Research Endowment
Collections and Knowledge Access
Special Collections Research Center
The University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) safeguards and shares distinctive collections that support cutting-edge teaching, original research, and public scholarship. Sustained philanthropic support ensures these unique materials remain accessible, preserved, and relevant for generations to come.
Your support helps the libraries:
- Preserve rare, unique, and culturally significant materials
- Expand access to primary sources for students and researchers
- Ensure knowledge and history remain available to the public
Featured Collections:
- Special Collections Research Endowment
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy Archives
- Hayden B. Peake Intelligence Collection
Research and Digital Innovation
Center for Mason Legacies
The Center for Mason Legacies (CML) is an interdisciplinary research center founded by the University Libraries and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. CML preserves and examines the legacy of George Mason, his family, and the people he enslaved, through cutting-edge research, digital scholarship, public history, and community engagement.
Philanthropic support enables CML to:
- Provide stipends for graduate and undergraduate researchers
- Offer internships and hands-on research experiences
- Expand public programming and community outreach
- Develop future digital and interdisciplinary initiatives
Spaces for Collaboration and Community
George Mason's libraries are essential gathering places where learning extends beyond the classroom. The General Library Fund strengthens these shared spaces, ensuring they remain dynamic, welcoming, and responsive to a growing and diverse university community.
- Flexible, technology-rich study environments
- Inclusive design and accessible facilities
- Technology upgrades and community engagement
- Group study rooms and open commons areas