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Giving Opportunities with UTMSI
Giving to the Institute is an investment in the future for the Texas Gulf Coast, global oceans, and the sea life that inhabits those waters. Your gifts help us achieve our important goals in research, education, and outreach. Every gift matters, no matter its size, and there are many ways to contribute. We have a wide selection of giving opportunities to allow you to make a choice that fits your individual preference and circumstances.
Below are some of the ways you can help! You can also help by contributing to a Planned Gift, Matching Gift, or Giving Priorities. Perhaps the easiest way to help you make the gift of your choice is by contacting our Assistant Director of Communications and Special Projects Affairs, Sally Palmer at 361-749-6841. She will be happy to meet with you and customize your gift.
Student Scholarships & Fellowships
$50,000 Undergraduate Scholarship
$100,000 Graduate Fellowship
$250,000 Endowed Presidential Fellowship
Program Endowments & Excellence Funds
$25,000 Specific or General Program
Professorships and Chairs
$250,000 – $ 5,000,000
PAST MAJOR GIFTS
Endowed Chairs
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Marine Science
Perry R. Bass Chair in Fisheries and Mariculture
H-E-B Endowed Chair in Marine Science
Mary Anderson Abell and Joseph Miles Abell, Jr., M.D. Endowed Chair in Marine Science
Special Gifts
Coastal Conservation Association
Saltwater Fisheries Enhancement Association
Family of I.B. Magee
Interdependency (Jack and Valerie Guenther)
Bobby and Sherri Patton
Kent Ullberg
Director’s Honor Society
Ben F. Vaughan, III
Edith McAllister
Mary Anderson Abell
Todd Hunter
George “Jeeper” Morrill, Jr.
J. Oscar Robinson
Endowments
The Abell Family Fund for Graduate Student Support
Julian C. Barton Regents Endowed Scholarship in Marine Science
Batterton Family Fund for Graduate Student Support
The Coastal Conservation Association Eugene William (Bill) Schwarzlose, III Graduate Student Endowment
Robert Ellington Farley & Cyrus Eugene Farley Excellence Fund in Marine Science
Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series in Marine Science at Port Aransas, Texas
Laura Brooks Flawn, M.D. Endowment Fund
E. J. Lund Scholarship Founders Fellowship for Graduate Students of Exceptional Merit
Harry deButts Page Endowed Fellowship in Marine Science
Port Aransas Rod and Reel Club Fund for Graduate Student Support
James Howell Stuckey Scholarship Fund in Marine Science
Jane Johnson Wilson Endowment for the Marine Science Institute
Timothy David Baker Endowed Scholarship in Marine and Freshwater Biology
Michael F. Koehl, M.D. Endowed Excellent Fund for Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Rachael Dougherty Vaughan Endowed Excellence Fund in Estuarine Studies
Sibyl Ranfranz and Kenneth F. Wells Endowed Excellence Fund in Marine Science
Anthony F. Amos Endowment for Support of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep
Fennessey Ranch Conservation Endowment
Library Endowments
Mary Anderson Abell Marine Science Institute Library Endowment Fund
Christopher P. Carothers and Michael M. Fleming Marine Science Institute Library Endowment
Edmund J. Fleming, Jr. Marine Science Institute Library Endowment
Ruth Grundy Library Endowment
Marine Science Institute Advisory Council Library Endowment