To build on its position of academic excellence, Florida State must pursue initiatives and forward-looking programs in emerging fields. The enhancement of academic programs propels the University's academic status, attracts the best and brightest young scholars and appeals to the nation's highly recognized educators.

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Fostering Undergraduate Research: The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Awards
The Office of National Fellowships awards URCAA scholarships to undergraduate students paired with a supervising professor to carry out a research or creative project of their own design.

From Idea to Performance: How MANCC Supports the Choreographic Process
The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) was created to ease the journey from idea to performance and provide artists with the space and resources needed to conduct research for new works.

Giving Students a Global Focus
One of three year-round endowed lecture series, the Broad Lecture Series brings internationally renowned lecturers to Florida State to speak on topics relating to public policies and international relations

FSU Alumnus Creates Chance of a Lifetime for Students
David Ford endowed $100,000 from the Ford Family Foundation to establish the Office of National Fellowships.

PBS&J Gift Helps Support Girls in Science
The SciGirls program introduces middle- and high-school girls to a wide variety of hands-on, authentic science experiences.

Microscopic Fossils Make a Macroscopic Impact at FSU 
The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility (AMGRF) recently received a very special gift—25,000 diatom fossil slides.

A SSTRIDE Toward Diversity
SSTRIDE is a glowing example of how private funding can impact lives beyond the walls of Florida State University.

Dedman School of Hospitality Receives $12.6 million
The realization of a $6 million stock gift is on the horizon.