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Support Science Interest: Climate & Life

March 25, 2025May 20, 2025 By Ryan Sirles
Degree-Defining Experiences Program

Degree-Defining Experiences Program

Your gift offers transformational learning opportunities for undergraduates in the form of experiential field courses and other activities outside the classroom.


March 25, 2025 By Ryan Sirles
Graduate Student Research Supplement Fund

Graduate Student Research Supplement Fund

Your gift fills the gap between PhD fellowships and Graduate Student Research minimum salaries for graduate trainees and fellows in the Science Division.


July 6, 2023January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
#1 Physical & Biological Sciences Dean’s Funds

#1 Physical & Biological Sciences Dean’s Funds

Gifts to the excellence fund maximize your impact on student scholarships, diversity, research projects, and new research facilities in the sciences at UC Santa Cruz.


March 10, 2023January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
Support for Undergraduate Research in Geology and Environmental Science (SURGES) Fund

Support for Undergraduate Research in Geology and Environmental Science (SURGES) Fund

Student research can have a profound impact on young scientists, the environment, and society. Your gift supports EPS majors as they conduct thesis-related research.


March 10, 2023January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
Earth’s Environment Fund

Earth’s Environment Fund

Your gift supports graduate and undergraduate students in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department as they conduct thesis-related research involving topics such as water resources, climate change, and the evolution of landscapes and aquatic systems.


February 8, 2023January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
Mary Silver Award

Mary Silver Award

Named in honor of the Mary Silver, Emeritus Professor of Ocean Science, this fund supports graduate students in the Ocean Sciences (OS) Department at UCSC as they conduct thesis-related research.


June 24, 2022May 20, 2025 By Ryan Sirles
Bob and Jan Garrison Outstanding Ocean Science Student Award

Bob and Jan Garrison Outstanding Ocean Science Student Award

Your gift honors the memory of a founding science faculty member who helped make UC Santa Cruz a science powerhouse and a supportive incubator of student excellence. The annual Garrison award recognizes outstanding Ocean Sciences graduate students who have shown exceptional scholarship, teaching and mentoring, and service to their community.


October 8, 2021January 11, 2024 By rmiyatsu
Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities (CAMINO)

Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities (CAMINO)

Your gift supports students from the first day of class to graduation and beyond by linking them with resources that prepare them for careers or graduate school in ecology and conservation. CAMINO offers diverse, well-trained mentors, connects students with funded research and field-based opportunities, and sustains a supportive, inclusive community.


February 23, 2021January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
Building a Better Fieldwork Future Program

Building a Better Fieldwork Future Program

Building a Better Fieldwork Future prepares students, researchers, and instructors to maintain well-being in field settings through trainings to prevent, intervene in, and respond to sexual harassment and assault, to make scientific fieldwork a safe and inclusive place.


January 13, 2021January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
Michael Tudor Memorial Award

Michael Tudor Memorial Award

To continue alumnus Michael Tudor’s legacy of intellectual inquiry and exploration of the natural world, the Michael Tudor Memorial Award has been established to celebrate and realize Michael’s passion through undergraduate scholarship in ecology and evolutionary biology.


November 19, 2020January 11, 2024 By Ryan Sirles
Ocean Sciences Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Anti-Racism Fund

Ocean Sciences Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Anti-Racism Fund

Your gift will promote diversity by supporting Ocean Sciences PhD students who have experienced situations or conditions that have adversely impacted their advancement in their field of study.


November 6, 2020April 17, 2025 By Ryan Sirles
John Pearse Endowment for Field Courses

John Pearse Endowment for Field Courses

Give in memory of Dr. John Pearse and his legacy of dedication to students and experiential education through field courses.


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