Unrestricted Support

Unrestricted annual gifts to Lamont-Doherty give the Director unparalleled flexibility to direct support to research areas
most in need or to provide seed funding for a project in its early stages. For more information, please click here.

The Comer Building

With the support and vision of our benefactor, Gary C. Comer, and the Comer Science and Education Foundation,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory constructed an award-winning geochemistry research facility in 2008. If you would like information about how to support the Ultra Clean Lab or about naming opportunities in the Comer building, please click here.

Endowment Support

Endowed funding provides a steady stream of resources that empowers Lamont-Doherty to attract and retain the brightest minds in the field. Our senior research scientists mentor other important beneficiaries of the endowment: our superbly talented graduate students and early career scientists. Naming opportunities for endowing a Lamont Research Professorship range from $1.5 to 5 million. For more information, please click here.