Giving Opportunities

Your contribution to the Equity and Excellence in Ecology endowment lowers critical barriers and facilitates the full participation of scientists historically underrepresented in ecology.

The mission of SEEDS is to diversify and advance the ecology profession through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of underrepresented students to participate and lead in ecology.

In March of this year, former ESA president, Diana Wall bequeathed the largest gift ESA has ever received. Diana Wall made ground-breaking discoveries in her 50-plus years spent in the environmental sciences, specifically, soil ecology.

To learn more about planned giving options, listen to this water cooler chat. Our ESA Executive Director moderates a conversation with long-time donor and former president Norm Christensen, Future Focus financial expert Rich Kellogg and James Carpenter from Fidelity Charitable that provides information to help you make decisions about giving.

Your contribution to the Katherine S. McCarter  Graduate Student Policy Award helps facilitate change at the Congressional level. This award enables graduate students to travel to the nation’s capital, where ESA is headquartered, and meet with lawmakers. Participants learn methods to advocate for funding for environmental research  and promote the sciences.

Contributions to the Les Real and Jim Brown Travel Awards support students who could not otherwise afford to attend the ESA Annual Meeting, managed by the ESA Student Section.