Giving to Clemson: Creative Inquiry
Creative Inquiry is Clemson's unique undergraduate research program that combines experiential learning, cross-disciplinary interactions and team-based research. Since it began in 2005, more than 55,000 students from every major have participated in Creative Inquiry projects. Today, approximately 2,800 students participate in Creative Inquiry each semester, exploring a wide range of topics, from decision support for robotic surgeries to sustainable peach packaging to thermoregulation in spring flowers. Projects typically last for multiple semesters, allowing students and faculty to dive deeper as they tackle tough questions and search for solutions to life's global challenges. Students also have opportunities to work with industry-leading companies through the Corporate Creative Inquiry program, which allows students to apply their knowledge and skills to real-world problems as they pertain to the industry partners. These experiences help open the door to potential internships and future employment possibilities.
Creative Inquiry has been nationally recognized as a leader in undergraduate research and engagement, including receiving the 2016 Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments from the Council on Undergraduate Research. For more information, visit the Creative Inquiry website.
Philanthropic gifts
- strengthen our research and teaching
- help recruit and retain excellent and diverse faculty and students
- develop biological literacy in the community and broader society
- support new discovery and learning initiatives
- create a welcoming and accepting environment for all
Your support also helps provide inquiry-based experiences for our students, send students to research field sites and conferences where they conduct and communicate their research, bring hands-on learning activities to the community, and so much more.
We hope you will support our commitment to all Tigers who pass through our doors. Thank you!
Please use the secure donation form below to make a one-time donation to Creative Inquiry today or to sign up for the recurring gift program. If you choose a recurring gift, it is important to note, your credit will be charged today with a one-time donation and on the 15th of the month (based upon the start date and frequency you select) with a recurring gift.