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Your donations directly help the Nature Coast by supporting the research, education, and outreach programs of this special region.

K-12 Education Programming Discovery Center Research Internships

K-12 Education Programming

$60 – sponsors two K-12 students

$1,500 – sponsors two classes of 24 students

Every year, NCBS hosts an average of 300 to 400 K-12 students from the local area for a field-based learning experience.

Despite living in this area, most of these students are not aware of the special character of this area, and many have never been on a boat. This program exposes these students to science and conservation activities and creates awareness of professional opportunities and future areas of study.

Donations fund the costs associated with the K-12 program.

Discovery Center

Research Internships

To better protect the Nature Coast, we continually seek to better understand its unique ecosystem. Internships encourage and attract students to conduct helpful field research at NCBS.

Donations help offset costs to students associated with travel, lodging, and other research needs. They also incentivize students to direct their research to the Nature Coast.

It costs $3,000 to host one student researcher and every researcher produces a research report. See past reports here.

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Thank you!

The UF Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and your gift to support the UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station may be tax-deductible.

For more ways to give, including donor-advised funds, corporate partnerships and bequests, please contact Phillip Buchyn at (352) 294-7868 or buchynp@ufl.edu

"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught." - B. Dioum, 1968