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THE MISSION TO
FUEL DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION

UCF is uniquely poised to drive breakthrough research, groundbreaking discovery and life-changing innovation.

Your support helps recruit and retain the leading experts who make continued breakthroughs. It funds the endowed professorships, the cutting-edge lab spaces and the frontier disciplines that maintain our thriving culture of scholarship.

MISSION REPORTS

With digital twin technology, a new era of simulation is on the horizon.
In a time already dominated by screens, the idea of a virtual persistent world, like the metaverse, may seem like too much tech for humanity to handle. But rather than seeing digital worlds as replacements for reality, UCF researchers see them as replications that can be integrated naturally, with a technology called digital twin. The…
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Building the future of finance: Christo Pirinsky leads UCF’s trailblazing fintech program.
At the helm of one of UCF’s most innovative academic offerings is Christo Pirinsky, Ph.D., professor of finance and director of the fintech program. Since joining UCF from the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., Pirinsky has been instrumental in building the fintech program from the ground up. Launched just three years ago, UCF’s…
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For Greg Autry, the sky has never been the limit for innovation. As the space industry takes off, he’s pointing UCF toward the stars.
As space travel expands and becomes less exclusive, more people will need to be educated and trained in space-specific disciplines — within medicine, business, psychology, science, engineering and even hospitality for cities with launch sites around the world. “It won’t be long before careers are available for anyone like me who always wanted to be…
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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

Our faculty have excelled thanks to the generosity of people just like you, and we can’t wait to see where their work takes our communities next. Here’s how every gift can offer meaningful resources and stability for their efforts, year after year.

RECRUIT

and retain the foremost experts.

Sponsor the endowed chairs and professorships that help faculty realize their greatest potential and achieve exceptional student outcomes. Whether they go on to lead NASA or national consortia on AI, one thing is clear: Our faculty thrive in the light of your generosity.

DRIVE

breakthrough research in unique domains.

Power disciplines on the frontiers of knowledge, such as hypersonics, optics, space medicine and theme park development.

BUILD

on the Urban Innovation Lab.

Help us address the challenges facing cities by funding a living laboratory at UCF Downtown.

UPDATE

labs at the College of Optics and Photonics.

Help revitalize the UCF College of Optics & Photonics (CREOL) lab spaces to keep them on the leading edge of optics research and maximize the effect of the Florida Photonics Center of Excellence.

PUSH

new limits by funding our Research Pavillion.

Whether it’s developing energy-efficient chips to power smart cities or creating advanced AI processors for autonomous vehicles, this new facility will enable UCF to shape the interconnected world of tomorrow and significantly grow our economy.

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MORE AREAS OF IMPACT

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Elevating Student Success

From funding scholarships to enhancing career support services, your generosity can provide the critical support our students need. Every gift is instrumental in allowing our students to shape their future — and ours.

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Advancing Future Frontiers

UCF was built on the promise of discovery, with our sights set on advancing the future of spaceflight. We were designed to challenge paradigms in human knowledge. Together, we’ll see cornerstone advancements happen here.

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Driving Competitive Excellence

As a newly preeminent Florida institution, we’re on the competitive edge and the forefront of new frontiers. Help grow our athletic programs and enhance how technology plays a role in every student’s education.