Giving
What your donation can support
Donations to the department are vital to ensure a strong future for its graduate and undergraduate education programs. You may focus your gift on a specific area or program, or make a gift to be used in the area of greatest need.Please click on the "Donate Now" button to make a donation to one of these programs.
Graduate Support
World-class graduate students need support to devote their full
efforts to their dissertation research. In addition, each year
we honor an outstanding advanced graduate student with a
Bartholomew Award to support field biology research.
George A. Bartholomew Endowment
for Graduate Student Fellowship in Field Biology: Generously endowed
by Ruth Bartholomew and George Bartholomew, our distinguished Professor
Emeritus, the George Bartholomew
Field Biology Fellowship provides a summer fellowship and research
support for the top advanced graduate student in ecology, evolutionary
biology, and/or conservation biology whose research has a significant field
component.
Biology Endowment:
Under the oversight of the Chair, this unrestricted fund helps our
students get to the field so that they can explore the diversity of
life. Your donation to this fund will make awards possible to graduate
students whose research requires travel to sites throughout the world.
These funds are also used to provide a Chair's Graduate Student
Fellowship. Each year the top one or two applicants to the PhD graduate
program are awarded the Chair's fellowship. This fellowship guarantees
summer support in the first two years and fellowship support while they
are working on their dissertation. The fellowship attracts the best and
brightest to UCLA; many of our applicants have competitive offers from
other top-ranked programs. It also provides exceptional students an
outstanding support package to pursue their PhD at UCLA.
to their dissertation research. In addition, each year
we honor an outstanding advanced graduate student with a
Bartholomew Award to support field biology research.
requires travel to sites throughout the world.
These funds are also used to provide a Undergraduate Support
Motivated undergraduates want to participate in the Field
Biology and Marine Biology quarter, unique and transformational
courses. We want to provide financial support so that any
interested undergraduate has access to these important
programs.
Currently the area of greatest need in
undergraduate support is for fellowships for students who want
to take field biology and marine biology courses. Outstanding
undergraduates who want to participate in these courses, but
require financial assistance, will benefit from these funds.
Help make our life-changing capstone Field Biology Quarters and
Marine Biology Quarters accessible to UCLA undergraduates by
donating to support these programs.
Field Biology Quarter
Fund: This fund allows the field biology quarter to be accessible to
a broader range of students by subsidizing the student costs and reducing
the overall cost of trips. To read more about the Field Biology Quarter
see http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/fbq.
Marine Biology Quarter
Fund: This fund allows marine biology quarter to be accessible to
a broader range of students by subsidizing the student costs and reducing
the overall cost of trips. To read more about the Field Biology Quarter
see http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/mbq.
Joseph Epperson Memorial
Scholarship: Due the generous donations of friends and
family, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
offers a scholarship to an outstanding student with financial
need who wishes to participate in a field biology course.
Joseph Epperson
(Class of 2007) who recently passed away, majored in
Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution and considered his field
biology course one of the highlights of his undergraduate
experience.
Motivated undergraduates want to participate in the Field
Biology and Marine Biology quarter, unique and transformational
courses. We want to provide financial support so that any
interested undergraduate has access to these important
programs.
General Support
Chair's Discretionary Fund: Gifts to this fund will allow the department to allocate additional resources as needed to the fellowships and academic programs described above, helping both graduates and undergraduates to achieve their goals.
Donor Recognition
Your generosity is greatly appreciated by the faculty, staff, and students in the department as well as by the University. Donors at all levels should feel proud of supporting higher education and all donations help us with our mission. Cash donations or gifts of securities are tax deductible and will have an immediate impact. Pledges for future gifts are also welcomed. Named endowments or named faculty chairs are especially welcomed and can help secure our future.
