Departmental Unit № 1
Department of Geography
PhD in Geography
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition waiver + 9-to-12 month living stipend (~$26,000–$30,000/yr) + health insurance (GatorGradCare) guaranteed through Graduate Assistantships (GTA/GRA).
Fall Priority Deadline: December 15 (Fall Admission)
GRE Policy: Not required / Waived
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 80 minimum or IELTS 6.0 minimum
MS in Geography (Thesis Track)
100% Full Funding on Thesis Track!
Funding Reality: UF Geography routinely awards full tuition waivers and Graduate Assistantship stipends to admitted MS thesis students! Excellent funded Master's target.
Application Deadline: December 15
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (1 Profiles)
Prof. Jane Southworth
Professor and Chair of Geography
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
She tracks how global forests, crops, and grasslands respond to repeated droughts over decades, using computer algorithms to read satellite image time series.
Core Research Topics: Satellite remote sensing, land-use/land-cover change, vegetation dynamics, time-series satellite analysis, dryland ecohydrology.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Department Chair. Uses multi-sensor satellite time series (MODIS, Landsat, Sentinel) to quantify long-term vegetation resilience, agricultural expansion, and savanna water availability in southern Africa and the Americas.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Time-series satellite remote sensing, Google Earth Engine, spatial statistics, GIS landscape metrics, Python/R.
Recruiting Context: Department Chair with extensive graduate student mentoring record. Direct fit for BSc in Geography and Environmental Science.
Candidate Match:
Remote SensingGISGeographyEnvironmental Science
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Discussing your background in geography, satellite remote sensing, and Google Earth Engine, presenting your interest in her long-term vegetation and landscape dynamics research."
Departmental Unit № 2
Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences (Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment - ESSIE)
PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition waiver + 12-month stipend (~$32,000–$36,000/yr) + health insurance.
Fall Priority Deadline: December 15
GRE Policy: Not required
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 80 or IELTS 6.0
MS in Environmental Engineering Sciences (Thesis)
GRA / GTA Eligible on Research Track
Funding Reality: Research thesis MS students frequently funded on faculty grants at the UF Water Institute.
Application Deadline: December 15
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (1 Profiles)
Prof. David A. Kaplan
Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences; Director, Watershed Ecology Lab
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He studies how freshwater rivers and saltwater ocean tides mix in coastal wetlands, showing how cutting off river flows kills natural coastal swamp flood barriers.
Core Research Topics: Ecohydrology, wetland hydrology, coastal forest saltwater intrusion, hydrologic modeling, river-floodplain hydrological connectivity.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Directs the Watershed Ecology Lab and member of the UF Water Institute. Investigates how water management and rising sea levels alter freshwater flows into estuaries, causing mass tree mortality and coastal flood vulnerability across Florida.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Hydrologic hydrodynamic modeling, environmental sensor networks, GIS coastal inundation mapping, Python/R, water salinity sensors.
Recruiting Context: Director of Watershed Ecology Lab with large state and federal grant portfolio. Outstanding match for hydrology and GIS!
Candidate Match:
HydrologyFlood ModelingWater QualityGIS
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Connecting your GIS and hydrological background with his research on coastal ecohydrology, wetland inundation, and river-floodplain connectivity in the Watershed Ecology Lab."