New application cycle opens in Fall 2025
What is the Gulf Scholars Program?
The driving mission of the GSP is to develop a new generation of leaders and change agents to solve large, messy socio-environmental problems in the Gulf of Mexico region.
Pillars
Program goals are inherent within each of the learning outcomes and rooted in our three UCF GSP pillars- Communication, Critical Thinking, and Teamwork.
Communication
ability to translate knowledge to wide range of audiences through varying formats and mediums.
Critical Thinking
capacity to work through complex problems, incorporating a wide range of “ways of knowing” toward innovative outcomes that acknowledge context and history.
Team Work
skills to work effectively across difference and difficulty toward a better understanding of the world around them and achieve shared, superordinate goals.
In The News

Science & Technology
UCF Researchers Measure Size of Elusive Moon Orbiting Distant Dwarf Planet for First Time
In newly published research, UCF postdoctoral scholars Benjamin Proudfoot and Flavia Luane Rommel confirmed their predictions of the movements of two small space objects, giving…

Colleges & Campus
UCF Libraries 4th Floor Renovation
The renovated floor, which reopens Aug. 18, will serve as a hub for innovation, collaboration and individual focus.

Colleges & Campus
UCFPD Officer, Alum Named Deputy Chief
Scott Freeman ’11, who joined the UCF Police Department 20 years ago, will step into the new role on July 4.