English Department Fund - To be used by the head of the English department for incidental expenses incurred entertaining official visitors to the University, emergency student loans and honoraria for visiting lecturers, purchase of equipment, supplies and books, travel money for English faculty and other expenses related to the department's research, instruction and public service.

The purpose of the fund, named in honor of Jane McMullan, is to provide support for the professional development of undergraduate and graduate students in the English Department, including funds for conference travel and registration, research costs, visiting lecturers and entertainment, student training and other appropriate expenses.

The purpose of the fund shall be to underwrite the Martha Munn Bedingfield Teaching Award. The Award shall recognize Department of English faculty (of Full, Associate, or Assistant rank) for the pursuit of excellence in teaching. A faculty member should be selected who has made a distinct difference in the intellectual lives of students through effective and creative instruction and/or course development.

English Department Fund - To be used by the head of the English department for incidental expenses incurred entertaining official visitors to the University, emergency student loans and honoraria for visiting lecturers, purchase of equipment, supplies and books, travel money for English faculty and other expenses related to the department's research, instruction and public service.

Jane Appleby Fellowship in English Fund - To establish a fellowship for a graduate student(s) in the Department of English.

Rodney M. Baine Lecture Fund - To create a lecture fund to enrich the department of English of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Joshua David Brown Memorial Scholarship - To provide a scholarship to the most outstanding rising Junior in the English department. Selection will be made by a committee appointed by the head of the department and will be based on academic merit.

Calvin S. Brown and Edwin M. Everett Award - To present award(s) to graduate students in the English department. These awards shall be used to attend scholarly and professional meetings.

Kilgo-Sapelo Creative Writing Fund - To provide monetary support to students and faculty associated with the creative writing program for expenses that shall include, but not be limited to, honoraria, entertainment, educational materials, software, supplies, travel, and participation in writers conferences and retreats.

Raven I. McDavid, Jr. Fund for the Linguistic Atlas Project - To support research and projects dealing with American Linguistic Geography.

Robert E. Park Memorial Fund - Established in 1961 to honor the former head of the English Department by the Class of 1912 under the leadership of Mr. Marvin B. Perry. The Fund supports a prize given each year to the author of the best course paper submitted that year by a graduate student in English. The fund is also available for any project that benefits the academic program in English.

Virginia Rucker Walker Scholarship - To establish a scholarship in the English Department. The scholarship shall be based on merit and the recipient shall be selected by a committee appointed by the Head of the Department. The Fund will also support a yearly poetry prize to the student who submits the best poem as judged by a committee appointed by the Department Head.

Robert H. West Scholarship Fund - To provide scholarship support for outstanding students in the English department.

Hugh Kenner Elsewhere Community Fund – To support travel and further research for a graduate student, or an assistant or associate professor of English who embodies the wide-ranging interests, creative energy, and intellectual ambition of Hugh Kenner.

John Olin Eidson Chair in American Literature - Established in 1980 to create an endowment fund to establish a chair in American Literature within the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Helen Spencer Lanier Chair of English - To provide a faculty salary supplement for a distinguished professor of English and to provide additional benefits and prerequisites, including compensation for research and clerical assistants.

Barbara Lester Methvin Distinguished Professorship in Southern Literature - To establish the Barbara Lester Methvin Distinguished Professorship in Southern Literature to be engaged in teaching, research, public service, or a combination of such duties.

Joyce and Carol Sterling-Goodman Professorship in English - To establish a professorship in English engaged in teaching, research, public service, or a combination of such duties.