Grants and Writing Resources for the University of Florida
A civil engineering student in his first semester of graduate study at UF, working toward a doctorate, won the American Concrete Institute's 2026-27 Ronald G. Burg Leadership Fellowship, UF's Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment reported in October 2026. His research puts industrial co-products such as electric arc furnace slag to new use. The fellowship carries a cash award and covers his travel to several ACI conventions.
A Funded Year of Research
The Center for Undergraduate Research runs the University Scholars Program. Scholars spend 8 to 10 hours a week on a project guided by a UF faculty member and receive a $1,750 stipend paid over two semesters; the mentor receives $500. A student who leaves the program early repays the full stipend. Applications go through the mentor's college, and applicants can't be graduating before May of the following year.
The year ends in writing. Each scholar submits an abstract for the Spring Symposium and then co-authors a peer-reviewed article with the research team, submits a paper to the Journal of Undergraduate Research, or writes a paper in the journal's format with a mentor's sign-off.
Posters, a Journal and a Paper Prize
Any UF undergraduate can apply to present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, held each fall and spring. The fall session in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom is smaller and suits students early in their research. The spring session hosts more than 500 posters. Applicants send a final abstract, a headshot and a signed mentor approval form.
The UF Journal of Undergraduate Research appears once a year, in the fall, and is open access. Current undergraduates in any major who work with a faculty mentor may submit, and each paper goes through double anonymous review by experts in its field. Undergraduate researchers can also enter the Best Paper Award with a paper in the journal's template. Winners are named in three categories: arts and humanities; social, behavioral and education sciences; and STEM. The 2026 contest offered each winner $250, with winners announced at the spring symposium.
Every other year the Florida Undergraduate Research Association holds Posters at the Capitol in Tallahassee, and it takes three students from each member institution. UF's three in 2026 came from design and planning, public health and the liberal arts.
Graduate Fellowships and Travel
Each year the UF chapter of the Association for Academic Women gives one Madelyn Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship of up to $2,000 a year to a full-time Ph.D. candidate who has passed the qualifying exam and is ready to write. Applications go to the student's department or college, and each college sends its top nominees to the Graduate School. The Karen A. Holbrook Graduate Research Endowment puts $2,000 a year toward conference and workshop attendance for Ph.D. students in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine.
Incoming students can arrive with a Grinter Fellowship, a stipend of $2,000 to $4,000 that academic units offer to recruit exceptional Ph.D. and MFA students, for up to three years for Ph.D. students and two for MFA students. Graduate and professional students in eligible departments can apply to the Graduate Student Council for travel grants for domestic and international conferences and professional development. The Graduate School also runs a Three Minute Thesis competition, where each speaker explains thesis or dissertation research to nonspecialists in three minutes with one static slide.
Writing Studio and the Graduate School Editors
The Writing Studio in 1120-K Turlington Hall belongs to the University Writing Program and is free for current UF undergraduates and graduate students. It offers one-on-one tutorials in person or online, 30-minute drop-in consultations and writing workshops for graduate students and faculty. The studio does not simply proofread or edit documents; tutors help students become better proofreaders and editors.
Theses and dissertations must use the UF template. Submission starts with a fully formatted PDF and the UF Publishing Agreement in GIMS; doctoral students add a ProQuest publishing agreement and the Survey of Earned Doctorates. Graduate School editors then email any changes they need, and the student is finished only after an editor's Final Approval email arrives. The thesis FAQ notes that the version the editors approve is the one published. The Graduate School prepares each document for publication and archiving in the UF Libraries system.
The Writing Studio teaches proofreading, and the Graduate School editors check format. For a final read of grammar, consistency and format before a document goes into GIMS or a paper goes to the JUR reviewers, our editors can help. See our University of Florida dissertation and thesis editing and University of Florida essay editing pages, or write to editors@editorsforstudents.com.
From Our Writing Guides
Compiled by James Peterson Brown, PhD, Managing Editor of Editors For Students. Links checked October 2026.
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