As a valued member of the Department of Biological Sciences community, your contribution can make a significant impact on the education and research opportunities we provide to our students. Your support helps us attract top talent, fosters cutting edge research, and ensures that our department remains a leader in the field while being able to help students that needs the financial support most.

Why Donate? Our department relies on the generosity of donors like you to supplement state funding and provide essential resources for our students and faculty. By donating to our scholarships and endowments, you're investing in the future of biological sciences education and research at Texas Tech University. Your generous gifts directly impact our students and provide new research opportunities and capabilities.

Ways to give

Online Donation: Visit http://donate.give2tech.com/ and select Texas Tech University. Go to view all funds and search for Biological to make a secure online donation. If you want to make a specific donation, be sure to use the “other” box and type in the specific name. For example, “biological”.

By Mail:
Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
Texas Tech University
Box 41061
Lubbock, TX 79409-1061

Designated Funds:
You can choose to allocate your donation to specific departmental fund or create your own endowment:
     •Biological Sciences Fund for Excellence (Undergraduate)
     •Student Research in Biological Sciences (Graduate)

Endowments 

We have several department-level endowments that benefit our research and teaching mission. Our goal is to continue to expand our department-level endowments to facilitate large-scale projects that will benefit the department for years to come. Please see the current list of endowment scholarships.

Endowment: $25,000 can start an endowment in your name that will last for years to come. If you are interested in such an opportunity, please contact our Chair Jenn Burns directly at jenn.burns@ttu.edu.

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Undergraduate

• Bill & Meribeth Stevens Scholarship Endowment
• Deb & M Rushing Biology Scholarship Endowment
• Dr. Allen & Brenda Van Horn Scholarship Endowment 
• Earl D. Camp Scholarship Endowment
• F. Mayfield & R. Ayers Memorial Scholarship Endowment
• John M. Burns Biological Sciences Scholarship Endowment
• M.F. & V. Landwer Biological Science Scholarship Endowment
• Peak Petroleum Testing Scholarship Endowment

Graduate 

• Brandon A. Gross Research Endowment
• Charles Werth Memorial Biological Scholarship 
• E.L. Reed Herbarium Legacy Endowment Scholarship
• J. Harvey Harris Graduate Scholarship in Microbiology
• J. Knox Jones Jr Memorial Scholarship Endowment
• Knapp Memorial Graduate Research Award 
• LaDuke Research Endowment Fellowship 
• Rene Fonseca Memorial Scholarship Endowmement 
• Robert Packard Memorial Biology Scholarship Endowment 
• Van Horn Doctoral Research Endowment