Center for Limnology
On a tree lined shore of Trout Lake, an undergrad is leaning over a boat in a lake with a secchi disk while a grad student is sitting and recording data.
Photo of Trout Lake Station summer undergraduates posing in front of bog. They are wearing rain gear and all in a group looking at the camera.

How does your support impact the Center for Limnology?

It provides life-changing summer fellowships for some incredible undergraduate students.

Opportunities for Giving

Fill the Hill Oct 9-10

UW-Madison’s Fill the Hill starts at 5pm on October 9. Every gift the UW receives will add to our “fla-mazing” pink flamingo flock on Bascom Hill. Mark your calendar now for this fabulous feathery tradition — and help ensure that UW–Madison remains a world leader of education, research, and innovation for generations to come!

Use this direct link to the Center for Limnology during Fill the Hill.

Your donation goes toward our CFL Student Support Fund (112540201)

and is a direct investment in the next generation of freshwater scientists. Donations are used to hire summer undergraduate research fellows at both Hasler Lab  in Madison and  Trout Lake Station in northern Wisconsin. Summer research fellows get career-defining field and lab experience as they collect data, conduct research, and communicate their science to the public.

Two students sitting on opposite ends of canoe in lake surrounded by trees shoreline. One is taking notes and the other is looking through large scope into the water.
Undergrads Eliana Cook (left) and Marin Danz (right) collect data as part of a wild rice study at Allequash Lake.

Much of our work is funded by gifts from individual supporters. Your gift supports our cutting-edge research on inland waters, training the next generation of limnologists, and sharing this knowledge with the world.

Donations can be made to the Center for Limnology Fund (general support for Center for Limnology’s mission), the Trout Lake Station Fund (general support for Trout Lake Station’s mission), or the Student Support Fund (direct support for undergraduate and graduate fellowships). In addition to these three core funds, the Center for Limnology has other funds that target specific needs and areas. For information about other funds or general inquiries about supporting the Center for Limnology, please contact Jake Vander Zanden, Director, Center for Limnology, mjvanderzand@wisc.edu, 608-262-3014.

You can make a gift online or via mail using the printable gift form.

Center for Limnology General Fund

This fund provides general support for facilities, research, training, and outreach.

Trout Lake Station Fund

This fund solely supports Trout Lake Station's facilities, research, training, and outreach.

Center for Limnology Student Support Fund

This fund supports undergraduate or graduate students.