Sparking ideas. Igniting change.

Your scholarship support empowers Simmons to attract and compete for the very best and brightest students. Scholarships foster a diverse student population and help eliminate barriers for students wishing to pursue graduate education. Whether you choose to make a current-use gift, establish a named endowment or designate a planned gift, scholarship support is critical to student opportunity and success.

Through ongoing research projects and grant activity, Simmons faculty and graduate students advance and disseminate evidence-based knowledge that fuels improvements in education, leadership and applied physiology. Your contribution to Simmons research empowers the impactful and extensive work being done across the school’s disciplines. This includes exciting activity in our technology and innovation labs that focuses on the applications of augmented, virtual and mixed reality within teaching and learning. Also, initiatives such as the education and community program assessments conducted by the Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE) drive positive and sustainable change in individuals, schools and communities. These, and a multitude of other research led by the Simmons School, result in significant journal publications, books and presentations at national and international colloquia and conferences.

The Budd Center convenes schools, nonprofits and community leaders who aim to address the complex needs of children living in poverty in the under-resourced West Dallas community. Your support of the center drives the activities of The School Zone, a collective of neighborhood social service nonprofits, and fosters collaborative interventions that effectively and meaningfully impact the lives of the students they serve.

Invest with us in one of SMU’s most innovative education collaborations. Through the Simmons School’s partnership with the Toyota USA Foundation, Dallas ISD and the West Dallas community, the Dr. Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School sparks change in perceptions, communities and STEM education for the 21st century. Together, we are integrating community and business interests to empower robust postsecondary opportunities and career paths for students in West Dallas, North Texas – and beyond.