Latest Awards + Honors
Florida Museum researcher advances to finals in multimillion-dollar biodiversity competition
Over the course of four weeks this summer, a motley crew of biologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and programmers gathered at predetermined…
Stephanie Killingsworth receives award for outstanding geoscience graduate students
Stephanie Killingsworth has been named a recipient of the Winifred Goldring Award by the Association for Women Geoscientists. This national…
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…
Our Impact By the Numbers for FY 2021/2022
Staff and Faculty Teaching
98 Graduate committees chaired
130 Independent Studies supervised
Collections and Research
2,170 Collection loans of 50,214 specimens and artifacts
40+ Million total specimens and artifacts
55 New grants and contracts worth $29.5 million
172 Undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows working in the collections
14 Countries including the U.S. where Museum scientists conducted research
15 States including Florida where Museum scientists conducted research
99,355 New accessions to collections
152,910 New specimens and artifacts cataloged