Academy Funding Needs

Superintendent’s Unrestricted Endowment/Fund

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The Superintendent’s Endowment is comprised of unrestricted endowment gifts, providing the Superintendent with a reliable source of flexible funding to support existing priorities as well as innovative opportunities as they emerge over time. The Superintendent’s Annual Fund is comprised of annual unrestricted gifts, allowing the Superintendent the flexibility to direct funds to existing priorities as well as emerging, innovative opportunities wherever they are most needed at any given time. The Superintendent’s Annual Fund includes unrestricted gifts to the Parents Fund.

Engagement and Retention Initiatives

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Engagement and Retention initiatives synchronize and leverage the Academy’s engagement and retention efforts that focus on attracting, retaining, and developing an inclusive and cohesive Corps of Cadets; and engages West Point organizations, Department of Defense, Army partners, and the external community in support of West Point’s mission to build, educate, train, and inspire leaders of character serving in our culturally diverse Army.

Chaplain’s Endowment/Fund

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The Chaplain’s Endowment and Fund will provide flexible funding to the Chaplain in addressing renovations and upgrades to West Point’s chapels in compliance with historical guidelines, provide support to contemporary worship through resources such as musical instruments, audio/visual equipment, and computerized programming supporting worship services, and general support to the chapels for immediate and emerging needs.

Admissions Visitation Program

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The Admissions Visitation Program brings highly qualified cadet candidates from underrepresented communities and an accompanying parent to West Point to experience cadet life, including the barracks, academics, athletics, and cadet clubs. By providing the opportunity to visit West Point and spend time with cadets, candidates are offered a compelling look into the high level of academic and military education offered and are thus able to make an informed decision regarding their future college choice. The program also facilitates proper recruitment and mentoring of prospective students of all backgrounds and helps to ensure that West Point attracts the very best talent our country has to offer that will sustain a Corps of Cadets that reflects the Army they will lead and are representative of the American citizenry they will protect.

USMA Preparatory School (USMAPS) Endowment

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This endowment provides unrestricted, flexible funding to the USMAPS Commander as he/she responds to requests from the major activities at the Prep School: co-curricular clubs, Academic Enrichment Program trip sections and academic competitions, travel and specialized equipment for Prep School athletes, and leader development program trip sections and guest speakers.

Dean’s #1 Priority

West Point Press

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The West Point Press serves in a publishing capacity to highlight and showcase both literary and scholarly works authored by West Point cadets and faculty. The Press focuses on four main lines of effort: a literary magazine, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, e-books (via existing Rowan platform), and print book publications.

Cyber & Engineering Academic Center / Math & Systems Engineering Center

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The Cyber & Engineering Academic Center (CEAC) and Mathematics & Systems Engineering Center (MSEC) will create a modern academic hub that will enable and inspire collaboration across disciplines that simply cannot happen in the current 1960’s-style office buildings/classroom spaces. This means open, collaborative spaces where cadets and faculty from many majors can collide, interact, and see each other’s work—igniting innovation. The CEAC and MSEC will provide wide-open spaces for designing and building solutions to real problems, encouraging collaboration across the artificial boundaries created by organizational structures and physical spaces. This will be accomplished through appropriately designed spaces and adjacencies. With the completion of CEAC and MSEC we will have science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines shoulder to shoulder in the same spaces, working together with their humanities and social science partners to create innovative solutions and learn the skills needed for a modern, technical Army.

Dean’s Unrestricted Endowment/Fund

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The Dean’s Unrestricted Endowment and Fund are comprised of unrestricted gifts allowing the Dean the flexibility to direct funds to existing and emerging priorities within the Academic Program.

Academic Enrichment Program (13 departments)

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The Academic Enrichment Program provides individual endowments for each of the Academy’s 13 academic departments. These endowments provide essential and unrestricted resources to sustain quality teaching, research, and outreach at West Point.

Academy Scholars Program (13 departments)

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The Academy Scholars Program provides funding for cadet AIADs (Academic Individual Advanced Development) which include domestic internships and cultural immersion opportunities.

Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies

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The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) is an academic center aimed at educating the country’s current and future leaders on how past genocides have occurred and what can be done to prevent them in the future. It offers a range of programming designed to teach the causes, contexts, and consequences of the Holocaust and other instances of genocide while instilling within cadets a deep sense of history, ethics, and responsibility. Beyond West Point, the CHGS serves as a vital resource on atrocity prevention and response issues across the globe.

Center for Leadership & Diversity in STEM

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The Center for Leadership & Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is dedicated to attracting, inspiring, and strengthening STEM talent for our country—specifically among minority populations, which are underrepresented within the STEM workforce. The Center offers a comprehensive program of STEM education and career path development for youth and scholars, seeking to build an overall stronger STEM pipeline.

Center for Molecular Science

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The Center will provide cadets with state-of-the-art instrumentation, summer research internships, scientific conference travel, peer-review publications, guest lectures, and research opportunities with faculty and post-doctoral fellows in the fields of bioengineering, nanomaterials, and clinical studies.

Combating Terrorism Center

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The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) was established in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, with the mission of arming current and future leaders with the intellectual tools needed to defeat and deter terrorist threats. This internationally renowned center connects academic experts with military leaders and other government agencies to facilitate research, education, and policy analysis at both the strategic and intellectual levels. The CTC is one of the nation’s largest providers of counter-terrorism education.

CLS Pre-Med Scholarship

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The Pre-Medical Scholarship program prepares USMA graduates to serve as Army physicians in support of soldiers, military families, and wounded warriors. The program supports approximately 200 cadets each year who show interest in and the intellectual aptitude to pursue a medical degree. Cadets participate in the annual West Point Medicine and Life Science Forum, as well as physician shadowing, clinical outreach and research, pre-medical conferences, and medical AIAD opportunities. These experiences, in addition to the support and mentorship provided for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) preparation, set the stage for graduates’ success in pursuing a career in military medicine.

Technical Scholars Program

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The Technical Scholars program provides information and opportunities for approximately 85 cadets per graduating class who express interest in any of the 6 technical scholarship opportunities: the Goldwater (an undergraduate scholarship), Hertz Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Churchill Scholarships, as well as the Lincoln and Draper Laboratory Fellowships. With necessary funding, the program will support the formal, interdisciplinary Critical Scientific Reasoning course as well as provide support to cadets in developing their application products that include technical research proposals and related materials. The Technical Scholarship program is distinct from but works in concert with, the USMA Graduate Scholarship and EXCEL Scholars programs.

Graduate Scholarship Program

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The Graduate Scholarship Program offers intensive mentorship of cadet graduate scholarship candidates by assisting them in synthesizing their experiences in the academic, military, physical, and character programs – as well as their other developmental experience as cadets – and in formulating and articulating visions for their future service. The program consists of a formal course sequence and developmental experiences beyond the classroom. Cadets in the program apply for nationally-competitive scholarships ranging from the deferrable Truman Scholarship (awarded in the junior year) to the Rhodes, Marshall, Gates Cambridge, Mitchell, Rotary, East-West, and Fulbright Scholarships, each of which provides for one to two years of graduate schooling immediately following commissioning.

Robotics & Cyber Initiatives

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The Robotics Research Center (RRC) is the Academy’s premier resource for technical expertise and academic scholarship in robotics and autonomous systems (RAS). The Center enables interdisciplinary cooperation, concentrates Academy-wide research efforts, and supports margin-of-excellence activities focused on RAS. The RRC’s mission is to provide cadets, staff, and faculty with an opportunity to conduct basic and applied research on RAS and prepare them to lead in an Army more reliant on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems.

Cybersecurity is critical to our national defense and prosperity. As the scope and capabilities of technology expands, so too does the need for cyber-savvy leaders with technical expertise and agility. West Point offers a range of cyber initiatives aimed at educating and preparing cadets for these roles while simultaneously strengthening the Army’s and nation’s pipeline of cyber professionals.

Digital History Center

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Housed within the Department of History, and taking seeded beginnings from the former Cartographic Center for Excellence, the Digital History Center (DHC) at West Point will be a twenty-first century public-facing digital makerspace that not only preserves—but also makes interactive—a critical corpus of primary source materials and cutting-edge publications, instilling “wisdom through history” for the next generation of U.S. Army Officers and beyond. The DHC will serve as a content-generating digital laboratory, create opportunities for cadets to experience history through interactive augmented and virtual reality products, and widen the scope of historical inquiry by building customized, codable databases of historical information. As the world of information gathering, analysis, and dissemination rapidly changes, it is imperative that West Point engage tomorrow’s officers in the robust lessons of yesterday and equip them with full proficiency of cutting-edge technology so they can succeed in leading the Army of the future anywhere in the world.

Earth Science Field Study Program

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A two- to three-week field study (AIAD) focusing on geology, aquatic science, and a host of other earth science topics. The experience offers field-based education and introduces and reinforces disciplinary depth, critical thinking and creativity, and lifelong learning skills not able to be developed in classroom study.

Foreign Language Teaching Enhancement Program

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The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program is an international teaching exchange program under the U.S. Dept of State. Junior foreign language teachers, who travel from their home countries to share their languages and cultures with students in US universities, spend one year with the Department of Foreign Languages, enhancing USMA’s ability to provide a highly immersive and culturally diverse environment for cadets to learn foreign languages and cultures. Considered together with the Semester Abroad program, the FLTA program complements and enhances the Academy’s in-house classroom instruction.

Humanities Center

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The new West Point Humanities Center will serve as a hub for humanities scholarship and research programs, creative arts, performances, and public engagement, fostering interdisciplinary intellectual development and innovation. As the only military academy humanities center, the West Point Humanities Center will be a unique and vital nexus of the humanities, engaged citizenship, and service to the nation.

Lieber Institute

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Lieber Institute for Law & Land Warfare facilitates and contributes to the global dialogue on today’s most pressing and complex law of war issues. Through its research, publications, events, and education, it strives to advance the understanding and maintain the primacy of law in today’s armed conflicts. The Institute leverages academic and military expertise to examine the role of the law of armed conflict in emerging conflicts around the world and ensure the law’s relevance in contemporary warfare.

Photonics Center

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The Photonics Research Center in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering conducts cutting-edge high energy laser and photonics research and provides experiential opportunities for cadets and faculty in the study of photonics (the physical science of light waves). The results of the research will be used by the Army and the Department of Defense in developing directed energy systems, not only developing technical solutions to Army problems but educating officers with knowledge of laser technologies and capabilities for the defense of the nation.

Space Domain Center

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The Center supports the increasing connections to the space domain within multi-domain operations, and offers cadets exposure to unique experiences future leaders will be required to understand as the nation’s reliance on space operations continues to expand.

West Point Leadership Center

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West Point’s primary vehicle for influencing leadership development is the West Point Leadership Center, an academic center responsible for leadership development, practice, and research. The center strengthens the leadership development provided to all West Point cadets through a range of initiatives, instilling new knowledge that expands leaders’ understanding of the world and human and organizational behavior, and facilitating coaching, mentoring, and reflection. The Leadership Center concentrates on three lines of effort: Character and Leadership Development, Diversity and Inclusive Leadership, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and aims to advance and nurture responsible leadership development within West Point, the Army, government entities, educational institutions, and corporations.

West Point Writing Fellows Program

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The multidisciplinary Writing Fellows Program, under the Office of the Dean, is a rigorous, nationally-recognized effort to develop thoughtful and effective communicators in every domain—academic, technical, and military. Established in 2012, this proven, growing program supports cadets and faculty through innovative courses in writing scholarship and teaching, peer-to-peer consultations, presentations at juried conferences, AIADs, and partnerships with outside experts. Cadet Fellows, in particular, receive intensive support for their own personal, professional, and civic writing projects; likewise, faculty across departments develop as both writers and teachers of writing through the opportunities the Program offers. Ultimately, cadets and faculty across the Academy benefit from the focus and expertise of key leaders in the Program who concurrently advance Army Senior Leader (ASL) priorities that stress the criticalness of sound verbal and written communication for senior officers.

Cadet Activities Unrestricted Endowment/Fund

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Cadet Activities (DCA) provides co-curricular, recreational, cultural, spiritual, and social outlets for cadets that contribute to cadet development militarily, physically, academically, ethically, spiritually, and socially. DCA is comprised of more than 100 different clubs. Every activity provides valuable leadership opportunities for cadets, placing them in charge of training, scheduling, budgeting, travel, and other operations. Annual operating funds as well as a few club endowments are needed.

Commandant’s Unrestricted Endowment/Fund

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The Commandant’s Unrestricted Endowment and Fund are comprised of unrestricted gifts allowing the Commandant the flexibility to direct funds to existing and emerging priorities within the US Corps of Cadets. In addition to the Brigade Tactical Department, the four directorates under the Commandant’s command are the Department of Physical Education, Department of Military Instruction, Directorate of Cadet Activities, and the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic.

Character Initiatives

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West Point is implementing a Comprehensive Character Development System for cadets within the William E. Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic (SCPME). The USMA Character Initiatives will advance scientific insights that help cultivate a culture of character growth and, ultimately, produce leaders of character that live and lead honorably as they serve the nation. SCPME will also offer Character Individual Advanced Development (IAD) opportunities to cadets who have been selected to serve on the Honor, Trust, Respect, and Peer Support Committees.

Modern War Institute

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With the return to Great Power Competition that combines accelerating and massive technological, demographic, and environmental changes with a revisionist China, revanchist Russia, revolutionary Iran, and a rogue North Korea, the Modern War Institute prepares the Army, as part of the Joint, Combined, and Inter-Agency team, to win tomorrow, by shaping the Army and West Point today. MWI continuously generates new knowledge and adapts existing theories of war by promoting research and informed debate & discussion among military & national security professionals, policymakers, and academics; it then integrates those insights across USMA’s military & academic programs and broader Army, as well as our Joint, Combined, and Inter-Agency partners.

West Point Simulation Center

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Located in the basement of Bradley Barracks, the approximate 4,000 sq ft center will provide the full spectrum of technology-based simulation training programs, offering the capability for the delivery of simulations to cadets to enhance training and research in the areas of marksmanship, synthetic mounted maneuver, eSports, accelerated human cognitive decision-making, and mission command planning and communications.

Cadet Glee Club

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The Cadet Glee Club is one of the Academy’s most visible and iconic groups. For more than 100 years, the Cadet Glee Club has served as a strategic messaging arm of West Point, bringing the Academy to communities throughout the nation, providing inspiration and entertainment to millions. Participation in the Cadet Glee Club provides cadets with the opportunity to develop and pursue their musical talents and perform as ambassadors of West Point and the Army.

Cadet Parachute Team

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This endowment will fund a team that serves a threefold mission: to develop leadership and confidence under demanding and unforgiving conditions; to compete and win in intercollegiate, military, and civilian skydiving competitions; and to provide a strategic communications platform that displays precision and professionalism during freefall demonstrations at public gatherings. This 60 year-old team is the oldest, continuously operating competitive parachute team in the U.S. military and has won over 100 individual national medals, three national championships, and has set four state records and three national records in the last five years.

DMI Defense and Strategic Studies Program

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The Department of Military Instruction’s Defense and Strategic Studies (DSS) Program offers a unique opportunity for cadets to fuse their academic concentration with their experiential military training, preparing our future leaders as critical-thinking, strategically minded problem-solvers who can lead in a joint and combined environment during times of rapid technological advancement. DSS develops cadets’ ability to analyze the nuances of security and strategy through an interdisciplinary lens to create a well-rounded security-minded professional officer.

DPE Physical Development Excellence

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The Department of Physical Education is charged with developing warrior leaders of character who are physically fit and mentally tough by engaging cadets in activities that promote and enhance physical excellence. Programs such as the Human Performance Laboratory and the Combatives Center of Excellence strengthen and complement the cadet-centered educational environment that provides a militarily relevant and scientifically-based physical development program.

Michie Stadium Preservation Project

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Michie Stadium has been and remains West Point’s key portal to the public. The project will reconstruct the 138,000-square-foot East Stands, built in 1962, by modernizing, upgrading, and improving building systems and operations. This will include broadcasting, ticketing, lighting, winterization, premium and hospitality seating options, concessions and amenities, and stadium accessibility.

Army A Club

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The Army A Club Fund provides essential support to USMA’s 30 Division 1 athletic programs. Army A Club funding ensures our over 1,000 cadet-athletes have the resources to train, compete, and win at the highest level, delivering an extraordinary Division I athletic experience that develops leaders of character.

Athletics Teams Quasi Endowments/Funds

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The proposed endowments would enable the Army West Point Athletics Department (AWPAD) to ensure that funds are distributed to all of the varsity sports, allowing the AWPAD to allocate more resources to support cadet-athletes’ and teams’ needs for equipment, uniforms, travel, and additional quality competitions. The endowments also will make certain that West Point is able to fund all 22 varsity sports, in perpetuity.

Long Gray Line Endowment

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The West Point Association of Graduates’ mission is to serve West
Point and the Long Gray Line, and it has done so with distinction
since 1869. The Academy and generations of alumni and their
families have benefitted from WPAOG programs, support, and
activities.

Hudson Valley Program CONNECT Education Initiative

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The West Point Association of Graduates launched CONNECT as part of the larger Hudson Valley Program effort to strengthen ties with the Highland Falls community, provide greater engagement within an under-served community, and bolster student achievement.