Latest Awards + Honors
McCarty Woods Restoration team receives UF Champions for Change award
The University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition recognized seven individuals and groups for the annual…
David Blackburn named UF Research Foundation Professor
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum curator of herpetology David Blackburn as one of its 2023…
Florida Museum graduate students receive NSF GRFP award, honorable mentions
The National Science Foundation has announced the recipients and honorable mentions of its 2023 Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards, which…
Florida Museum honors 2023 Austin and Biodiversity award winners
The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of the annual Austin and biodiversity graduate student awards. Jeanette…
Pamela Soltis selected as 2022 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Pamela Soltis, a distinguished professor and curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been selected as a 2022…
Maria Vallejo-Pareja receives paleontology society grant in a first for frog researchers
Maria Vallejo-Pareja, a graduate student at the University of Florida, recently received the Estes Memorial Grant from the Society of…
Adania Flemming receives two University of Florida awards for her commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
Adania Flemming, a doctoral candidate in the University of Florida’s department of biology, was recently recognized for her extensive efforts…
Our Impact By the Numbers for FY 2019/2020
Staff and Faculty Teaching
108 Graduate committees chaired
137 Independent Studies supervised
Collections and Research
467 Collection loans of 38,772 specimens and artifacts
40+ Million total specimens and artifacts
55 New grants and contracts worth $9 million
221 Undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows working in the collections
21 Countries including the U.S. where Museum scientists conducted research
21 States including Florida where Museum scientists conducted research
187,921 New accessions to collections
358,465 New specimens and artifacts cataloged