| A | Endowed Chairs/Professorships |
| Established for the purpose of creating a professorship, chair, distinguished chair or deanship. These prestigious positions held by faculty members are intended to enhance teaching, research and public service. | |
| R | Research |
| Established to provide flexible but not completely discretionary support for research conducted by faculty members including associated costs such as funding for graduate students, equipment purchases and travel expenses. | |
| P | Programs |
| Established to provide flexible but not completely discretionary support for educational, teaching and programmatic purposes. Examples may include: lectures and symposiums, employee recognition awards, student organization assistance, child care assistance, music programs, library support and Wisconsin Union activities. | |
| C | Undergraduate Student Financial Support |
| Established to support individual undergraduate students. Financial support includes scholarships, internships, study abroad opportunities, research experiences or other types of awards. | |
| D | Graduate Student Financial Support |
| Established to support individual graduate students. Financial support includes scholarships, fellowships, research experiences, conference attendance or other types of awards. Additionally, funds established for professional and post-doctoral students are also given this use code. | |
| E | Faculty Support |
| Established to support faculty members across campus that do not meet the minimum dollar requirement of an endowed chair/professorship. These funds generally serve the same purpose as endowed chairs/professorships and are often used for junior faculty members. | |
| F | Buildings and Grounds |
| Established to support the entirety of buildings and grounds projects across campus including new construction, renovations, general improvements and campus beautification. | |
| G | Public Service |
| Established for the primary purpose of directly benefitting the general public. Examples include: monetary support for medical expenses incurred by patients, community awards and support for teachers and general public educational programming sponsored by UW-Extension and the UW-Arboretum. | |
| H | Research Equipment |
| Established solely to support the purchase and maintenance of equipment used to conduct research. | |
| J | Discretionary |
| Established at the university, school/college, department or center level to support the greatest needs of those particular units subject to exceptions outlined by the Chancellor’s memo. Common examples include school/college annual funds and departmental or center general funds. | |
| S | Professional Student Support |
| Established to support individual students enrolled in or attending one of the professional schools (Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, SMPH and Vet Med). Also used for funds supporting post-doctoral students. | |
| Z | Other |
| Funds that do not fit into one of the pre-defined use code categories. | |
Definitions of fund use codes in fund reports
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