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SUPPLEMENT NO. 3
dated December 15, 2005
to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated October 15, 2004
for the TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Funds

On November 14, 2005, Elizabeth A. Monrad resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds (which includes the TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Funds) and all other TIAA-CREF related companies. Ms. Monrad was on an unpaid leave of absence since May 10, 2005. Russell Noles continues to serve as Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds.

On October 26, 2005, Carol Baldwin Moody resigned her position as Chief Compliance Officer for the TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds and all other TIAA-CREF related companies. Eric C. Oppenheim has been appointed Vice President and Acting Chief Compliance Officer for the TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds and will be assuming the responsibilities of Chief Compliance Officer while the company searches for a permanent replacement for Ms. Moody.

The SAI for the TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Funds is supplemented by:

1.      Changing the text of the footnote appended to the description of position(s) held by Russell Noles, under “Officers” in the “Management” section, in Supplement No. 2 to the SAI dated May 27, 2005, to read as follows:
 
*       Elizabeth A. Monrad resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds on November 14, 2005. Russell Noles continues to serve as Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer of TIAA-CREF Institutional Mutual Funds.
 
2. Inserting the following under “Officers” in the “Management” section of the SAI to read as follows:
 

        Term of Office     
Name,    Position(s) held    and Length of     
Address and Age    With Fund    Time Served    Principal Occupation (s) during past 5 Years 

Eric Oppenheim    Vice President and    Indefinite term.    Vice President and Acting Chief Compliance 
TIAA-CREF    Acting Chief    Vice President    Officer of the TIAA-CREF Funds, Investment 
730 Third Avenue    Compliance    and Acting    Management, Tuition Financing, Advisors, 
New York, NY    Officer**    Chief    and Services, since 2005. Formerly, Vice 
10017-3206        Compliance    President, Compliance Officer of TIAA, 
Age: 57        Officer since    2004-2005; First Vice President, Manager of 
        2005.    Compliance and Centralized Trust Functions, 
            Private Banking Division, 2001-2004, Manager 
            of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, 
            Investment Banking Division, 1993-2001, 
            Comerica Incorporated. 

**      On October 26, 2005 Eric Oppenheim was appointed acting Chief Compliance Officer while the company searches for a permanent replacement for Carol Baldwin Moody who resigned the position.
 
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