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Rensselaer Annual Fund

Rensselaer Annual Fund (Area of Greatest Need) and Parents Annual Fund

Your gift today to the Rensselaer Annual Fund or the Parents Annual Fund will ensure that our current generation of students has the resources available to graduate and change the world. Your help is needed – now more than ever – as we continue to prepare our students to join the global network of successful alumni after completing their education.


With your gift to the Annual Fund, Rensselaer students:

  • Benefit from scholarship support, helping to “bridge the gap” between what families pay and the overall cost of the Rensselaer experience
  • Experience a world-class undergraduate education of undisputed intellectual rigor
  • Participate in award-winning student programming
  • Take part in undergraduate research, internship, and study abroad programs
  • Collaborate with our talented and dedicated faculty

It is more important than ever to support our students in order to meet the nation’s growing need for scientific and technical talent. More than 90 percent of Rensselaer students receive some sort of financial aid. Your gift makes up the difference between what families pay and the cost of the Rensselaer experience and helps us invest in their future right now.


Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars

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 for scholarships helps keep a Rensselaer education accessible to each one of our talented students. By making this gift, you have a real hand in transforming the life of a student, who in turn, will help change the world.


For 43% of the undergraduate students at Rensselaer, there is a gap between the amount of financial aid available, and the amount of financial aid they need. Your gift toward scholarship can help bridge this gap.


The Rensselaer Annual Fund Scholars program provides opportunities for alumni, parents, and friends to support scholarship for multiple Rensselaer students. 


With your help, Rensselaer will be able to meet full financial aid need, as a culturally diverse, top-tier technological research university with global reach and global impact.

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Turn Your State or Country RPi Red by Making a Gift!
Rank State Gifts
1 NY 85
2 CA 23
3 NJ 20
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Paula Simon ’68 Rπ Day Annual Fund Match
Anyone who makes a gift to the Rensselaer Annual Fund or Parents Annual Fund on Rπ Day will have their gift matched, up to $6,500, thanks to longtime Rπ Day supporter Trustee Paula Simon ’68.
$6,500 MATCHED
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Pi for Lunch Annual Fund Match
All gifts to the Annual Fund (area of greatest need) made from 12-2 p.m. EDT will be matched, up to $2,500, thanks Anthony Reid ’70.
$2,500 MATCHED
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Diane Ozovek Howard ’82 Rπ Day Match
Beginning at 3:14 p.m. EDT, all gifts to the Rensselaer Annual Fund (area of greatest need) and Parents Annual Fund will be matched, up to $5,000, thanks to Diane Ozovek Howard ’82, chair of the Annual Giving Leadership Council.
$5,000 MATCHED
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$20,000
Rensselaer Alumni Association 200th Gift Challenge
In honor RPI’s Bicentennial, when we reach 200 gifts, $20,000 in support of the Rich Bollam ’66 RAA Endowment Fund, RAA Scholarship Fund, and the Rensselaer Annual Fund will be unlocked, thanks to members of the RAA Board.
200 / 200 Gifts
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Who supports Rπ Day?
Check back throughout the day to see which group has the most Rπ Day donors!
Please choose your affiliation(s) with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:
Rank Answer Donors
1 Alumnus or Alumna 876
2 Parent of a Current Student 439
3 Friend 395
4 Current Student 379
5 Faculty or Staff Member 149
6 Parent of a Former Student 59
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