Make a Donation

Our success is increasingly dependent on the generous support of faculty, staff, alumni and friends!

Please help secure and enhance our reputation as a top-ranked physics program with a gift to Physics.

  • Go to giving.umd.edu
  • Click the red GIVE button at the top right
  • In the Direct your gift box, select Other UMD designation
  • Then paste the name and account number of your preferred fund, as seen below and finish the form.

Thank you!

Account
Account #
Narrative
Mollie and Simon Slawsky Memorial Fund 91140021 supports student tutoring
Myers and Friends of Physics Endowment 91140178 support outstanding graduate students and TAs
Jerry B. Marion Endowed Fund 91140179 support an outstanding graduating senior interested in teaching physics
Leon A. Herreid Science Scholarship 91140397 scholarships for graduate students with preference given to those affiliated with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Angelo Bardasis Fellowship 91140672 supports scholarships for students
Physics Department Operating Fund 21-20058 supports the general function of the Physics Dept.
Physics Outreach and Educational Fund 21-21035 supports outreach and educaitonal activities
Justin DeSha-Overcash Summer Research Award 21-21962 support to an undergraduate student who is an out-of-state resident majoring in Physics, astronomy, or geology, with financial need.
Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials (CNAM) Operating Account 21-22918 support the Quantum Materials Center (formally CNAM)
Professor Elliott W. Montroll Fund 21-23146 provide merit-based undergraduate student stipends . Preference is given to students participating in internships in physics.
Physics Scholarship and Award Fund 21-30532 recruit and retain students
James B. Langworthy Undergraduate Current-Use Scholarship in Physics 21-31454 provide annual merit-based scholarships for undergraduate physics majors
Professor William M. MacDonald Physics Endowed Scholarship 21-40417 to support senior undergraduate students majoring in Physics
Katharine Burr Blodgett Graduate Student Fellowship   21-40620 provide a graduate fellowship to assist in enhancing the diversity of talented students interested in the field of physics.

Thomas G. Mason Interdisciplinary Physics Fund   21-40663 expose talented doctoral students in the Department of Physics to non-physics disciplines through summer interaction with professors in other departments.
George A. Snow Memorial Award 21-40718 an annual award for a student or faculty member who personally helps advance the representation of women in the field of physics.
John S. Toll Endowed Prize in Physics   21-41055 merit-based prizes for undergraduate students
Physics Undergraduate Student Support Endowment  

21-41083 support undergraduate scholarships for students
Bandy/Jordan Women in Physics Endowed Fund 21-41087 support events and activities of the Women in Physics group.
Joseph and Dorothy Sucher Graduate Endowed Prize in Physics

21-41263 merit-based annual awards for at least one graduate student in relativistic theoretical physics
Weber Endowment for Gravitational Physics 21-41404 support physics and/or astronomy activities related to gravitational waves
Lorraine DeSalvo Chair's Endowed Award for Outstanding Service 21-41423 recognize employees in the Department of Physics
Professor Ching-Hung Woo and Professor Charles Misner Endowed Award in Fundamental Physics 21-41425 support Ph.D. students or faculty members in the Department of Physics and/or the Department of Astronomy
Charles T. Husar Endowment for Physics 21-41444 provide student support for students in the Department of Physics
Hans R. Griem Endowed Program Support Fund in Physics 21-41610 support for the Department of Physics
A.A. Guydosh and Mary D. Guydosh Endowed Scholarship in Physics 21-42034 merit-based scholarships for undergraduate students
Richard and Anna Iskraut Scholarship Award for Advanced Studies in Physics CP 0026 annual scholarship award to an entering graduate student in classical physics.
Kapo-Barwick Endowment in Physics CP 0327 support a graduate student in the Department of Physics.

Further information

Check - Send checks, made payable to "the University of Maryland College Park Foundation" or abbrev. "UMCP Foundation."- In the notes/for section on the check please write, "Department of Physics," and designate the desired funds. Mail to: 
CMNS Office of the Dean
3400 A.V. Williams Bldg.
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Pledge - Pledge support by calling 301.405.7749. You will be sent a confirmation letter and automatically enroll you in our reminder system.
Stock - To make a gift using stock, please contact June Falb: 301-405-3316 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Payroll Deduction - (For UMD employees only) To request a payroll deduction, please call 
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