Incoming Ph.D. students may be nominated by the department for Board of Regents' Graduate Fellowships . The nomination deadline for these fellowships is January 25 for the following fall semester. More information is available upon request. The department is equipped with research microscopes, laminar flow transfer hoods, incubator shakers, and environmental temperature-controlled chambers. Additional specialized research equipment, including DNA sequencer, protein sequencer, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrophotometer, are located in the Department of Biochemistry.
Land is available for research plots at two locations in the immediate Baton Rouge area.
The Burden Research Plantation, located approximately five miles from the main campus, includes 466 acres. The second research station in the Baton Rouge area is the Central Stations. The main farm, located approximately three miles from campus, includes more than 2,500 acres, with approximately 400 acres devoted to plant science research. Adequate greenhouse facilities are located on campus. LSU's Middleton Library and the Chemistry Library provide full services and information in support of research and teaching.