- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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VIMS Foundation

The VIMS Foundation receives, manages and stewards individual, corporate and foundation philanthropic gifts benefiting William & Mary's VIMS & Batten School. The Board of Directors of this 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supports the strategic priorities of the VIMS Dean & Director. With burgeoning demand for VIMS & the Batten School research expertise, graduate school, public education and advisory service, the VIMS Foundation seeks to significantly grow annual unrestricted support as well as endowment and legacy gifts for VIMS & the Batten School. Philanthropic support of VIMS & the Batten School facilities, programs, faculty and students is critical to sustaining its excellence in costal and marine sciences as well as translation of that science to the public. Philanthropic support should be directed to the VIMS Foundation. Visit our Ways to Give page or contact [[v|emleverich, Ellen Leverich]] if you have questions about how to support VIMS & the Batten School.