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17 Teams Awarded Almost $5 Million in Jump Start Awards
Seventeen faculty and staff projects will receive about $5 million in Jump Start funds to advance UCF’s impact under President Alexander N. Cartwright’s 2021-22 Strategic Investment Program. “I am delighted that...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/research01_for_web.jpg)
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2021 Another Record Year – Five Consecutive Years of Rising Research Funding
Despite a pandemic that slowed the economy; delayed or derailed some federal and private agencies’ spending plans; and frustrated supply chains, UCF generated $212.9 million in research awards — up...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/WebMainAutumn.jpg)
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UCF Grad Student Leaves No Stone Unturned to Advance Space Exploration
This Knight leaves no stone unturned, not even on the moon. Autumn Shackelford is a physics doctoral student studying planetary bodies without atmospheres. Specifically, she is looking at the surface composition of...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/LuminaryMainWeb.jpg)
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UCF’s Brightest Shine During Luminary Awards
The UCF community celebrated the accomplishments of 15 exceptional faculty members at its annual Luminary Awards Night. UCF leadership lauded faculty members for being leaders in their fields and conducting...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/WEBPerlaLatorreSuarez.jpg)
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Keeping Astronauts Safe While They Explore Other Worlds
When Perla Latorre-Suarez ’21 was a child, she remembers holding her brother’s hand in the mountainous Orocovis region in Puerto Rico where she grew up and looking up on a clear night...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/09/studentCREOLcollage.jpg)
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Three UCF Graduate Students Awarded National Scholarships, More Than Any Other Institution in the Nation
The Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) recently awarded three UCF graduate students scholarships worth up to $10,000 to continue their work in the area of directed energy. The students, Jessica Peña...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/09/FSG-Fellows-Composite.jpg)
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Ten UCF Graduate Students Awarded Florida Space Grant Consortium Fellowships
Ten UCF graduate students have been awarded NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) fellowships. The students represent various colleges and disciplines, studying a range of topics in nanotechnology and mechanical...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/08/WEbgradcouncil.jpg)
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Students Sought for UCF’s First Graduate Student Advisory Council
UCF is looking for students to serve on its new Graduate Student Advisory Council launching this fall. Serving on the council is an opportunity to share experiences, identify and suggest...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/08/StressMainphoto.jpg)
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UCF is 1 of 7 Universities to Win Grant to Support NASA’s Artemis Program
UCF will be a player in developing innovative technologies needed to support NASA’s Artemis program, which will return people to the moon and create a robust presence there over the next...![Featured Content image](https://graduate.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/06/Stein_LaserOn_for_web.jpeg)
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