Engaged Learning
Faculty & Research
Get your hands dirty in a lab as you assist a professor looking to cure a particular type of cancer. Edit a study destined for publication in a psychology journal. At USF, what you learn matters — but so does how you learn. Our faculty of world-renowned researchers and scholars has you working on and solving real-world problems as they guide you every step of the way.
Makena Gichuru ’25
Environmental Science
Research Awards for undergraduates
I haven’t graduated and I’m already being recognized for the work I’ve been doing. All my friends and professors and advisers showed up at the awards ceremony and I got to give a speech and talk about my life.”
Makena Gichuru ’25
Environmental Science
Come Learn By Doing
Research Centers & Institutes
Come change the world with your research — and come stretch your world with our research. Explore these 19 places that help research happen at USF.
Innovation Labs
Come dream, do, make, create, collaborate, ask questions, and find solutions in our state-of-the-art facilities.
Star Route Farms
Embrace sustainability and escape the urban landscape in our self-sustaining organic farm.
Faculty & Student Research
Pursue in-depth research at the highest level. Do real-world work in small classes. Collaborate with faculty in ways not possible at other institutions.
Fast Facts
Aarya Mishra ’24
Biology Major
Conduct Research with faculty
I really appreciate the importance of research in bettering patient lives. My main research interest is endocrinology, like what I’m doing right now.”
Aarya Mishra ’24
Biology Major
Research News
Faculty & Staff Achievements