Chemistry

Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry courses at UWF are typically small, allowing our instructors to pay attention to individual students. Nevertheless, our laboratories are inordinately well-equipped with modern instrumentation.

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The Department of Chemistry courses at UWF are typically small, allowing our instructors to pay attention to individual students. Nevertheless, our laboratories are inordinately well-equipped with modern instrumentation. We pride ourselves on giving students hands-on training with state-of-the-art instrumentation, so our graduates are extremely well-prepared for the job market and professional or graduate school.

• Undergraduate Programs

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News

• Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:23:37 +0000
  UWF celebrates opening of state-of-the-art Laboratory Sciences Annex
• Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:55:51 +0000
  UWF welcomes third consecutive class of National Merit Finalists
• Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:30:07 +0000
  UWF NIH-funded MARC Scholars Program earns five-year renewal, expansion

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CHEM Scholars Update

Established in 2011, the Chemistry Scholars (Chem Scholars) program focus on high achieving students in chemistry with an emphasis on underrepresented (UR) students.

Chem Scholars Accomplishments

• 9 National American Chemical Society Scholars (a first at UWF)
• Over $50,000 in annual, renewable scholarships
• 4 DOW-MIT ACCESS Program recipient (a first at UWF)
• All 68 Chemistry Scholars have participated in undergraduate research at UWF
• 25 Chemistry Scholars accepted into off-campus summer research programs
• 67 Chemistry Scholars presented research presentations at scientific meetings
  • American Chemical Society National Meeting & Expositions (ACS)
  • Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
  • Southeastern Medical Scientists Symposium (SEMSS)
  • Hispanics in STEM Annual Conference (HENAAC)

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Chemistry Department Faculty Receive Funding

In 2016, UWF received an S-STEM grant from the National Science Foundation for $949,888 to support 28 academically talented, financially disadvantaged students. A component of this program will pilot a four-year, eight semester STEM for Life Seminar Series for 28 S-STEM Scholars and 32 HMCSE Scholars. In that same year, UWF received funding from the National Science Foundation to create a Geo Scholars program supporting 5 students/year in research