The McGuire Center welcomes donations that help to support our ongoing efforts in research, curation, education and outreach. If you are interested in supporting one of the following programmatic priorities, or any other of our activities, please contact Akito Kawahara (kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu) or Marie Emmerson (emmerson@ufl.edu).

McGuire General Support Fund

The McGuire General Support Fund supports numerous activities, including curatorial staff salaries, new collections acquisitions, building maintenance, replacement equipment, and unexpected research opportunities.

John F. Emmel M.D. Lepidoptera Fund

This fund was established to support research and the curation of collections at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

Mr. Carl Wisler and Dr. Midge Smith Visiting Researcher Endowment

The Mr. Carl Wisler and Dr. Midge Smith Visiting Researcher Endowment provides awards to students, professionals and other Lepidoptera researchers to enable them to visit and work in the collections and labs of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. The fund has broad benefits, enabling visiting researchers to access to one of the world’s largest collections, expanding and accelerating the use of our collections, helping to curate and enhance the McGuire collections through the expertise of visiting researchers, and promoting collaboration between the McGuire Center and institutions and researchers from around the world.

Thomas C. Emmel Founding Director’s Endowment

This fund was created to recognize Founding Director Thomas C. Emmel and to provide general support for collections and research at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

McGuire Publications Fund

The McGuire publications fund provides small grants to our students to help cover the costs of publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals. Fees are often charged by journals that cover more specialist fields, such as Lepidoptera taxonomy, or as Open Access fees so that the article will be freely available online to all users, without an institutional subscription.

Other funds

Other funds are listed under “Lepidoptera”.