We hope that you would designate your contribution directly to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. To donate online, click here. Please feel free to call Frank Krennrich (515-294-5442), department chair, to discuss possibilities to donate or if you have questions about the different endowment funds.
- Contributions to the Physics and Astronomy Unrestricted Fund provide the department with the greatest flexibility to finance awards and projects.
- Contributions to the Zaffarano Lectureship fund allow us to sustain the event over years to come.
- Inaugural contributions to the Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Astronomy and Astrophysics will allow us to establish the fellowship fund.
Other existing endowed funds include the following:
- Robert M. and Evelyn W. Bowie Physics Fellowship
- Charles E. Ruby Scholarship in Physics
- Bernice Black Durand Undergraduate Research Scholarship
- Mather Observatory Fund
- ISU Planetarium Fund
- Gordon C. Danielson Memorial Endowment Fund
If you are considering making a significant gift, you could establish a new endowed fund for a purpose that you designate—e.g., the Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship.
For details and guidance, please refer to Michael Gens, Executive Director of Development (call 515-294-0921 or e-mail mgens@iastate.edu).