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named >>> endowed >>> paid for through special university funds or via an endowment provided by a foundation, company or benefactor.

The lecturership part (which denotes a lecturer position) might even be adapted somewhat according to the target audience, which is why I put this part of my suggestion in parenthesis, as something that may even be omitted all together if, as I suppose, what may be the most important thing here is that this post is (1) endowed and (2) scholarly/academic in nature and, as such, carries with a certain prestige and mark of distinction----all already conveyed perhaps by "cátedra patrocinada" (en la Facultad X de la Universidad Y).

Another option, if you know the post has been funded by a private corporation, might be "cátedra de empresa" (as seen at the URLs below from Spain).

http://www.andaluciatech.org/transferencia-conocimiento/cate...

http://vtt.us.es/catedras/

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oops: that's "carries with it a certain..."

I hope this helps!

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****an example of a "named" academic appointment****
For several years at Davidson College (USA), there was a MacArthur Associate Professor of Political Science (and perhaps there still is). The "named" part just comes from the inclusion in the faculty member's title of the organization or benefactor that funds the appointment, i.e., MacArthur, in this case.

http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/events/archives/005496.shtml

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Following up on my comment on the rank of 'lecturer': Since the context here may involve a ranking system similar to that of universities in the UK (where a lecturership might require a doctorate, similar to an assistant professorship at universities in the US), other options might include:

catedra patrocinada para profesores (ambiguous but perhaps appropriate in this context for this very reason)

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catedra patrocinada al rango de 'lecturer'

Respecto a esta última propuesta, quizás se pueda añadir una nota del traductor en que se defina este rango (de lecturer) en el sistema del país de origen del texto fuente (que me imagino podría ser el Reino Unido).

Suerte y saludos desde las islas Marianas :-)