Located on the UF campus in Gainesville, FL, the UF-SSTP is a seven-week residential research program for up to 100 selected rising seniors and qualified rising juniors who are considering careers in medicine, math, computers, science, or engineering. The program emphasizes research participation with a UF faculty research scientist and his/her research team. Each student is paired with a UF facul
ty research mentor based on the areas of interest that he/she indicates on their application as well as the areas available for placement after a campus wide lab host recruit occurs. It is our goal to match students' interests with the labs available as closely as possible. Students work with their mentors and the members of the lab throughout the program, spending approximately 30 hours/wk in the lab. During the program, students live in Beaty Towers on campus. In addition to participating actively in lab research, they attend lectures on current topics, attend seminars/workshops in research and technical writing, ethics, study strategies, and career exploration, and gain skills in effective oral presentations. Weekend events include social and service activities, as well as field trips to theme parks, the Ichetucknee River, and other Florida places of interest. Please visit http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/SSTP for more information about the program.
