Program Benefits

What You Get

Participants in the SF2UF Bridge to Baccalaureate Program enjoy numerous benefits. SF2UF Bridge students are supported academically, emotionally and economically throughout their career at Santa Fe College and, once they transfer, at the University of Florida. At Santa Fe College, Bridge Program students will:

Perform research side-by-side with eminent scientists at UF.
Be mentored at all levels during their academic career.
Acquire training in laboratory and research techniques.
Showcase their work through SF’s Research in Undergraduate Education (RUE).
Travel to state, regional, and/or national meetings to present their own work.
Get economic compensation while training, working and researching.

Overview of SF2UF Bridge to Baccalaureate Student Activities

Pre-Transfer Student Activities (while attending Santa Fe College)
Term	Activities
Fall/Spring 1 (freshman)	Take normal coursework. Receive academic advising and tutoring, if necessary. Enroll in Entering Research course (ISC2931).
Summer 1 (rising sophomore)	Complete the X-Lab Institute at UF. Begin doing research in a lab with a UF preceptor for up to 40 h/wk for eight weeks (in parallel with X-Lab Institute). Be compensated up to $3,600. Participate in the SF2UF Summer Research Symposium* At the conclusion of the summer research experience, students will give a 10-minute Powerpoint presentation of their research at the SF2UF Summer Research Symposium held in late July. It is the expectation that this presentation will serve as the basis for preparing a poster that the student will submit to a research conference.
Fall/Spring 2 (sophomore)	Continue with normal coursework. Receive academic advising and tutoring, if necessary. Attend local, regional, and/or national scientific conference(s). Work up to 15 h/wk (may be compensated up to $5,280).
Summer 2 (rising junior)	Do research for up to 40 h/wk in the preceptor’s lab at UF for eight to 10 weeks. Participate in academic development workshops. Be compensated up to $5,200.

Post-Transfer Student Activities (while attending the University of Florida)
Term		Activities
Fall/Spring 3 (junior)		Begin upper-level coursework. Continue with advising. Work up to 15 h/wk in the preceptor’s lab at UF (may be compensated for up to $5,850). Participate in other UF activities (BioS, Science for Life, University Scholar, McNair Scholars, etc.) Participate in academic and professional development workshops. Attend local, regional, and/or national scientific conference(s).
Summer 3 (rising senior)		Work up to 40 h/wk in the preceptor’s lab at UF for up to 10 weeks.
Fall/Spring 4 (senior)		Complete upper-level coursework, culminating in graduation. Continue working up to 15 h/wk in the preceptor’s lab at UF (may be compensated for up to $5,850). Travel to a national research meeting or attend local, regional, and/or national scientific conference(s). Continue participating in other UF activities. Participate in academic and professional development workshops.

*The X-Lab institute is modeled after the X-Lab at the University of Florida. SF2UF Bridges participants will begin their paid experience with an eight-week summer program, the X-Lab Institute, which they will continue in parallel with their mentored summer experience in a preceptor’s laboratory. The X-Lab Institute will provide training in basic biomedical laboratory and behavioral science research techniques, quantitative analysis (including basic statistics and graphical presentation of data), and continued discussions of the responsible conduct of science. The curriculum will enhance academic preparation by introducing and reinforcing basic science and mathematics concepts and skills with a primary focus on biomedical and behavioral research skills.

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