Support ecological research, teaching & outreach

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Our center's endowed fund

This unrestricted fund provides support for the greatest and most urgent needs of our overall research center, including the KU Field Station.
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Three students wearing coveralls, crouched in woodland, with one taken a measurement of a sapling tree and two writing on clipboard.

Student research

This fund provides support for student awards, internships, travel and research supplies to create more opportunities for scholarship.
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KU Field Station

See our options for ways you can support research, teaching and public outreach at the Field Station and help us meet our greatest needs.
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KU Native Medicinal Plant Garden

Support this high-use education, outreach and research site, the smallest of the KU Field Station sites and the one closest to KU's main campus. It serves as the Field Station's gateway site.
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Researcher's hands in latex gloves placing soil sample into labeled tube container, with more soil from greenhouse-grown plants on surface of table.

International fungi collection

We maintain the world's largest collection of living arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. These fungi improve both native ecosystems and crop production. The collection is an international resource for research.
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Give online

You may use a credit or debit card to donate online to any of the funds listed below. Clicking on any of the following links will take you to KU Endowment's secure website. Please consider giving to our unrestricted fund, the Center for Ecological Research Endowment. Every gift matters, and 100 percent of your gift benefits our research center directly. Email us at biosurvey@ku.edu with questions.

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Give by mail

Please make your check payable to KU Endowment and include a letter indicating that your gift is for the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research or the KU Field Station to:

KU Endowment, P.O. Box 928, Lawrence, KS 66044-092

Monthly contributions

In the process of giving online, you may indicate your preference to make your gifts in installments via automatic bank transfer, or by credit or debit card.

If you are mailing in your giving form and wish to make your gift in installments, please note your preference in an accompanying letter. You also may email KU Endowment at givetoku@kuendowment.org or call 785-832-7400 or 800-444-4201.

Matching gifts

Does your employer match charitable contributions? Contact your Human Resources department to request a match and increase your gift. You can request a match whether you give online or by mail.

Major gifts

Major gifts can provide for vital needs such as named, endowed funds to support facilities, research, teaching and outreach. If you are interested in discussing a major gift or creating an endowed fund, please contact Sara Baer (sgbaer@ku.edu), director of the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research.