Chase funds university brought in (6)
I believe the answer is:
pursue
'chase' is the definition.
(I know that chase can be written as pursue)
'funds university brought in' is the wordplay.
'funds' becomes 'purse' (I've seen this before).
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'brought in' indicates putting letters inside.
'purse' placed around 'u' is 'PURSUE'.
(Other definitions for pursue that I've seen before include "Follow, chase" , "Search for" , "Be engaged in - hunt" , "Dog" , "Chase, run after" .)