Staff and visiting scientists conducting research and education at the Forest are supported by many sources, only half of which comes from Harvard University.
Beginning in the 1980s, a significant portion of our research was funded by public agencies whose support was, until recently, unwavering. As the climate crisis unfolds, individual donations are increasingly impactful in advancing our understanding of its effects.
The list of funding sources below was last updated in 2019.
Federal Sources
- U.S. Department of Energy
- AmeriFlux Network Management Project (ANMP)
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
- Research Experience for Undergraduates
- Research Experience for Teachers
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Forest Service
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Smithsonian Institution
Universities and Private Foundations
- Harvard University
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Bryn Mawr College (REU)
- Mount Holyoke College (REU)
- Smith College (REU)
- Wellesley College (REU)
- Baker Foundation
- Blue Hills Foundation, Inc.
- Claneil Foundation
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Edey Fund of T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Highstead Foundation Inc.
- F M Kirby Foundation
- Lookout Foundation
- Tides Foundation
Donations
Harvard Forest is also supported by individual donations. Interested in giving? Visit our Giving page.