Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences (EAPS)

Supports educational and research activities in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

Gifts of alumni/ae and friends for graduate student financial support in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

Gifts of friends and alumni (ae) to establish an endowed fund, with the income to support a lectureship in atmospheric and environmental chemistry.

Gift of alumni(ae) and friends to establish an endowed fund, with the income to provide support to the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the discretion of the Head of the Department.

Gifts of alumni/ae and friends for graduate student financial support in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

The Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL) is MIT’s home for geophysical research driven by technological questions. Gifts to the ERL Discretionary Fund help support faculty and students active in ERL research areas that include seismology, geomechanics, rock physics, flows in porous media, carbon sequestration and more.

Supports educational and research activities in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

Gifts of alumni/ae and friends to support graduate fellowships in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, with a preference for students studying planetary sciences.

Gifts from alumni/ae and friends to support the Lorenz Center. Gifts will be used to further the understanding of fundamental climate science at MIT. Emphasis will be placed on developing new theory and reconciling it with observations to better understand the complex Earth systems.

Gifts of alumni/ae and friends to support graduate fellowships in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, with a preference for students studying geophysics.

Gifts of alumni/ae and friends for graduate student financial aid in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. At the discretion of the head of Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Fund income may be awarded as term fellowships or academic year fellowships and may be pooled with other graduate student financial support resources.

Supports graduate fellowships in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, with a preference for students studying geology and/or geophysics.

Gifts for support of the Wallace Astrophysical Observatory.

Gift from alumni/ae and friends to establish an endowed fund to support for the Women in XII group within the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). Excess income may provide graduate student financial assistance for women in EAPS at the discretion of the department head.