Established to create a legacy endowment; the income from the endowment provides discretionary funds for the Head, Department of Biology, to support new initiatives and build on existing teaching and research strengths.

At the discretion of the Director of the Queen's University Biological Station (QUBS) proceeds from this fund will be used to support QUBS student programming, research, and station operation.

Gifts to this fund are used for land acquisition and stewardship for the Queen's University Biological Station

Gifts to this fund will be used to support environmental education initiatives, community outreach projects and to maintain programming and facilities at the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre and the Queen's University Biological Station.

Awarded on the basis of academic excellence to funding-eligible graduate students in the Department of Biology. Preference given to students who self-identify as a person of Indigenous descent, Black students, or an underrepresented visible minority.

Awarded to students in fourth year of a Bachelor of Science degree in the Faculty of Arts and Science with a Plan in Biology or Environmental Science, who entered Queen's in third year from Beijing Normal University, Fudan University or Tongji University.

The Fresh Water & Long-term Climate Change Fund was established to support the work and scholarly activities of the Department of Biology's faculty and students related to the study of climate change.