Giving
Rooted in Discovery. Growing Leaders. Improving Lives.
Every gift to the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences helps transform curiosity into discovery, students into leaders, and science into solutions.
Our faculty, staff, and students work at the intersection of plants, soils, and microbes to address challenges that affect food production, environmental stewardship, human and ecosystem health, and the sustainability of agricultural systems. Through research, teaching, Extension, and outreach, discoveries made at Michigan State University reach farms, communities, businesses, and policymakers throughout Michigan and around the world.
Your support helps create opportunities that would not otherwise be possible, from life-changing student experiences and innovative research projects to partnerships that strengthen agriculture and improve lives.
Support the PSM General Fund.
Fuel Discovery. Empower Students. Expand Impact.
A gift to the PSM General Fund helps create opportunities that would not otherwise be possible.
These flexible resources allow the department to invest in students, support innovative ideas, strengthen partnerships, enhance learning environments, and respond to emerging opportunities as they arise.
Your gift can help:
- Support student research, travel, and professional development experiences
- Advance innovative research and new scientific discoveries
- Strengthen partnerships with growers, producers, and communities
- Enhance classrooms, laboratories, and student learning spaces
- Provide resources for emerging opportunities and strategic initiatives
When you support the PSM General Fund, you help ensure that the department can invest where opportunities are greatest and impact is most immediate.
The Impact of Philanthropy
For generations, alumni, industry partners, commodity organizations, foundations, and friends of the department have helped create opportunities that shape the future of agriculture and environmental stewardship.
Their generosity has supported scholarships, fellowships, graduate education, research programs, outreach initiatives, and learning experiences that continue to benefit students, faculty, and stakeholders today.
Every gift becomes part of a larger story of discovery, leadership, and service, helping future generations build healthier crops, stronger communities, more sustainable agricultural systems, and a better future for people around the world.
Support a Scholarship, Fellowship, or Named Fund
Donors often choose to support a specific scholarship, fellowship, endowment, or program that reflects their interests and values. Whether supporting future scientists, advancing agricultural innovation, strengthening environmental stewardship, or honoring a loved one, these funds help create lasting opportunities for students and faculty.
Plant Pathology
- Francenia Fisher Scholarship Award in Plant Pathology
- Michael Zook Memorial Research Fellowship Fund in Plant Pathology
- Norman and Lillian Higgins Research Endowment in Plant Pathology
Crop and Soil Sciences
- Carter and Ruth Harrison Endowment in Crop and Soil Sciences
- Charles E. and Frances M. Osterman Endowed Scholarship Fund in Crop and Soil Sciences
- Chase 'Movin' On' Endowment in Crop and Soil Sciences
- Crop & Soil Sciences Scholarship Fund
- Dale and Mary Harpstead Endowment for Graduate Support in Food Crop Production
- Kirk and Marjorie Lawton Graduate Student Support Award in Crop and Soil Sciences
- Lynn S. Robertson Soil and Water Conservation Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Michigan Crop Improvement Association Scholarship Fund
- Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee Scholarships in Crop and Soil Sciences
- Norman R. and Jessie A. Thompson Fellowship in Crop and Soil Sciences
- Terry N. and JoAnn L. Turk Endowed Fellowship Fund in Crop and Soil Sciences in Memory of Lloyd M. and Margaret A. Turk
- Terry N. and JoAnn L. Turk Endowed Fellowship in Crop and Soil Sciences
Department-Wide Support
- Carter Harrison Endowed Fund in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
- Department of Crop and Soil Science Staff Enhancement Endowment Fund
- Wilkie Crop and Soil Sciences Endowment Fund
*A new window will load with a gift cart. Please type the name of the fund in the search box to direct your gift to a fund listed above.
How to mail a donation
Gifts may also be mailed to:
University Development
Michigan State University
300 Spartan Way
East Lansing, MI 48824-1005
Please make your check payable to "Michigan State University" and be sure to include the name of the fund you wish to support on the memo line of your check. Thank you for helping us remain rooted in discovery, grow future leaders, and improve lives through education, research, Extension, and outreach.
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