Research facilities and support

The KU Field Station, open to scholars everywhere, covers a variety of native and historically altered habitats across three large sites, with a full range of indoor and outdoor lab areas, plus comfortable accommodations for researcher stays. Our 1,650-acre core research area, just 20 minutes from main campus, is open to the entire KU community for study in the sciences, arts, humanities and professional schools. Click the link on each photo for more information.
Aerial view of central facilities area of field station including buildings, reservoirs and managed terrestrial plots

Core research area

A centralized facilities complex on 1,650 acres of surrounding lands just minutes from campus

Butterflies on purple wildflowers

Ecological setting

Native prairie and forest lands, and a variety of managed land and historically altered habitats

Two people working in high-tech greenhouse

Infrastructure and support

A wide array of indoor and outdoor lab settings, plus staging support and maintenance

Group of students in boat on Cross Reservoir at the Field Station

Aquatic research facilities

One of North America's largest aquatic research arrays, with a model reservoir, experimental ponds and labs

Pink flowers in front of pergola and Armitage Center building

Researcher accommodations

Shared living, kitchen, bath, laundry and patio; high-speed internet and private sleeping cabins

Man with computer equipment top of tower

NEON

One of three sites within the National Ecological Observatory Network's Prairie Peninsula Domain