About Us

Points of Pride

The SERI team takes immense pride in fostering a diverse and inclusive community where students from all backgrounds thrive academically and socially. We are proud of our world-class faculty who partner with us in delivering these opportunities. As a result of these partnerships, our students, faculty, and staff have achieved the following:

  • Grants secured to support undergraduate research in AY 2022 - 2023: $110,000
  • Student Research Scholar Awards presented: 27
  • Faculty Award: Excellence in Research Mentorship: 4

Grants

Direct Grants

  • $10,000 for the Undergraduate Research Conference – Funding Source: Florida High Tech Corridor and USFRI
  • $1,000 for 2023 Summer Research Symposium – Finding Source: Research One 
  • $10,000 for the Summer Academy for Investigative Learning (SAIL) – Funding Source: Florida High Tech Corridor and USFRI

Indirect Grants

  • $90,000 for Undergraduate Research (Renewed) for the 9 colleges with undergraduate programs ($10,000 each) – Funding Source: Florida High Tech Corridor and USFRI

Student Programming

  • Undergraduate Research Bootcamp – 11/4/2023
  • Undergraduate Research Conference – 4/12/2024
    • 600 researchers presenting 300 unique projects
  • Student Awards Presented – 104
    • Global Citizens Awards
      • 86 Awards presented 
        • Summer 2023 - 13 
        • Fall 2023 - 27 
        • Spring 2024 - 46
    • Undergraduate Research Awards 
      • 17
    • Student of the Year Award 
      • 1 ï‚·
  • Student Events Hosted and Cohosted - 258
    • Hosted 49 events

Thank you to all of our faculty, staff, and researchers for making this a "High Impactful" year!