Eligibility and Selection of Scholars:

Undergraduate students from any College who wish to conduct research with a faculty member in the College of Medicine are eligible to compete for this award. Applicants must have maintained an overall GPA of 3.0 or better, and have at least one more year of undergraduate studies remaining. Students should contact a faculty member with whom they would like to conduct research and then complete the University Scholars Program application form that is available here or at the USP web site (http://www.scholars.ufl.edu).  A list of the participating College of Medicine faculty, plus research descriptions, can be found by clicking here.

Nomination packets should be submitted by the student or faculty mentor to Mrs. Nichole Stafford (Room L4-185, McKnight Brain Institute). These packets must include the following 3 items:

• Completed University Scholars Program application form (available at the University Scholars Program home page)
• A supporting letter from the faculty mentor
• A copy of the student’s undergraduate transcripts, including cumulative GPA

The deadline for receipt of nomination completed packets is no later than 2 p.m. on Friday, February 29th, 2008.  Nomination packets that are incomplete, or that are received after the deadline, will not be considered.

The awardees will be chosen by a College selection committee. Each University Scholars award will consist of a $2,500 stipend for supervised research.
 

Expectations and requirements during the University Scholars Program:

• For the 2008-2009 competition, the students must begin their research at the start of the Summer 2008 semester. Research must be conducted for the entire Summer semester, and students are expected to continue their research at least through the end of the Fall semester 2008, by taking research-oriented (4905 series) courses for credit. Examples of such courses are:
  • BMS 4905 - Medical Science Senior Research, variable credit (contact Susan Gardner at 392-0740 or sgard@ufl.edu to register).
  • BCH 4905 - Biochemistry Senior Research, variable credit
• Students should register for up to 3 hours per semester in one of these courses.
• Students must submit a final typed report of their work to the faculty supervisor.
   

Presentation and Publication of Research Projects:

All 2008-09 scholars are expected to publish in the Journal of Undergraduate Research and/or present their work at the University Scholars Symposium.

Questions:  More information may be obtained from Dr. Colin Sumners (csumners@ufl.edu).
 

Participating Faculty Members:

Click here for the list of participating faculty.