Facilities and research support

The KU Field Station, open to scholars everywhere, covers a variety of native and historically altered habitats across three large sites, with a full range of indoor and outdoor lab areas, plus comfortable accommodations for researcher stays. Our 1,650-acre core research area, just 20 minutes from main campus, is open to the entire KU community for study in the sciences, arts, humanities and professional schools.
Aerial view of Field Station research plots

Core research area

A centralized facilities complex on 1,800 acres of surrounding lands just minutes from campus

People working in greehouse

Infrastructure and support

A wide array of indoor and outdoor lab settings, plus staging support and maintenance

Butterflies on purple wildflowers

Ecological setting

Native prairie and forest lands, and a variety of managed land and historically altered habitats

Lake with small boat

Aquatic research facilities

One of North America's largest arrays, with a model reservoir, experimental ponds, and labs

Pink flowers in front of pergola and building

Researcher accommodations

Shared living, kitchen, bath, laundry and patio areas, with WiFi and private sleeping cabins

Man with computer equipment top of tower

NEON

One of three sites within the National Ecological Observatory Network's Prairie Peninsula Domain