PELLSTON, Mich. — Support the future of the University of Michigan Biological Station on Giving Blueday 2025, a fun opportunity to be competitive with other departments and units in Ann Arbor and raise money for the research and teaching campus in northern Michigan.
Bookmark the University of Michigan Biological Station’s Giving Blueday website. We’ll also remind UMBS supporters via social media and email on Wednesday, March 19, how they can participate in U-M’s annual 24-hour fundraiser that increases a donor’s impact through matching challenges.
Thanks to an anonymous UMBS donor, your gift doubles. On Giving Blueday, all gifts to UMBS will be matched 1:1 up to $6,000.
Plus, from 10 to 11 a.m., the school, college or unit fund that receives the most gifts in the one-hour window from unique donors will receive an additional $1,000.
Starting at midnight, first-time U-M donors who give $50 or more will receive a match of $50.
Throughout the day, current U-M students who give $25 or more will receive a match of $25.
Your donation will help accelerate our evolution into the world’s leading field research station that operates year-round and leads by example through environmental sustainability.
The University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world, advance research and education, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative, hands-on experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.
Our vast campus in northern Michigan (the largest of U-M’s campuses!) engages all of the senses. Its remote, natural setting nurtures deep thought and scientific discovery.
We currently offer immersive, adventurous academic courses and research fellowships in the spring and summer. At this critical moment in human history, it’s time to grow the number and diversity of student changemakers and global researchers we have capacity to serve — and that means expanding our programming into the cold-weather seasons.
Laboratories, classrooms and cabins are nestled along Douglas Lake, making up a small portion of the more than 10,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes that UMBS has stewarded since 1909 to support long-term knowledge and education.
The field station in Pellston, Michigan, is on the cusp of implementing our Campus Plan that would create new year-round housing, update utility infrastructure, winterize the cafeteria and classrooms, and improve accessibility.
The University of Michigan Biological Station is one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
We need your support now to strengthen our impact in our second century of operations.
