UMass Boston

The Nantucket Field Station, a facility of UMass Boston's School for the Environment, is a 107-acre field site of pristine salt marsh, rolling uplands, and harbor waterfront which provides education, research, and community service. 

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Join us on Nantucket in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) !

All week from October 1 to October 6, 2024 events will be hosted by various members of NBI including the UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station!  In particular visit the field station on Sunday the 6th for marsh biodiversity activity or the afternoon wrap up session! Click here for the full calendar of events and the registration links.

We are a world-class research and educational institution and a deeply engaged member of the Nantucket community.

Who We Are

The UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station is a field facility for education and research, managed by the School for the Environment and interwoven within the local community.  

Mission

The mission of the UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station is to provide education, research, and community service opportunities in conjunction with faculty members and students of the University of Massachusetts Boston, the University of Massachusetts system, the people of Nantucket, and other educational and research organizations both on and off Nantucket. In 2004, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation signed a purchase agreement with the Trustees of the University to purchase the field station, protecting the land and allowing UMass Boston to operate the facility in perpetuity.

What We do

The UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station offers immersive credited university field courses, supports a wide range of field research and public education. Visiting researchers come here from a range of educational institutions and agencies, not only from UMass Boston to conduct research, on a group field trip or both.