PELLSTON, Michigan — A new, one-year grant is helping make it easier for families to live and work at the more than 10,000-acre research and teaching campus in northern Michigan this summer.
The ADVANCE Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Faculty Grants Program awarded the University of Michigan Biological Station $17,413 to fully fund its summer camp for children of researchers, students and staff living at the Douglas Lake campus during the 2025 field season.
“This is exciting news for families at the Biological Station, especially early-career field scientists,” said UMBS Director Aimée Classen. “Thank you to UMBS Associate Director Karie Slavik for spearheading the effort to a secure a grant to support our Nature Day Camp, which debuted with great success last year. We are committed to helping our UMBS community and their families have successful summers of work and fun.”
UMBS is a residential field research station located in Pellston, Michigan. During the summer months, students, faculty, researchers and their families from around the country live, take courses and conduct field research at the Biological Station and throughout northern Michigan.
The Nature Day Camp at UMBS helps foster learning experiences and supports youth activities that contribute to the overall research and teaching efforts.
The Nature Day Camp is led by an instructor and an assistant who develop and lead environmental educational activities for children at the research field station Monday through Friday, from June 16 through Aug. 1, 2025.
The U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M’s campuses —is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
Laboratories, classrooms and cabins are tucked into more than 10,000 acres along Douglas Lake to support long-term science research and education.
Founded in 1909, the Biological Station is located about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge and is about a three-and-a-half-hour drive north from Ann Arbor.
Students: Explore 2025 field-based courses and scholarships at the U-M Biological Station and apply for the four-week spring and summer terms on the UMBS Courses website. Applications are open for the spring term, which is from May 20 through June 19, and the summer 2025 term, which is from July 1 through July 31. The priority application deadline is March 15, 2025. Student research fellowships are also available. See the UMBS Student Research Opportunities website for details.
Researchers: Submit new research proposals or renewals and fellowship applications on the UMBS Research Application website. The deadline for research and fellowships during the 2025 field season is Feb. 1, 2025.
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