Their Future, Your Legacy You can join us in supporting our students

Your generosity can impact lives of Gators and the lives of the countless patients our students will care for. Your gift supporting scholarships helps the best students obtain the world-class education they need and deserve. 

Ways to Participate

Establish an Endowed Scholarship Create a new named scholarship with a gift of $100,000 or more, one of the most meaningful and enduring ways to support the UF College of Medicine. Endowed scholarships can be either need- or merit-based and are critical to the College of Medicine because they generate predictable (4% annually), growing streams of income in perpetuity.

Support a Future Gator Doc Opened in 2024, the Medical Alumni Legacy Endowment Fund was created thanks to the generosity of many UF College of Medicine alumni who have given through class reunion programming. This fund allows the College of Medicine to award funds to deserving students more quickly, greatly boosting our ability to recruit the best future Gator Docs across the country and world. It also gives our alumni more opportunities to meet the students they support.

Make a gift

Support a Future Gator PA Make a gift in support of physician assistant student scholarships to help create a lasting source of funding to meet the needs of students who might not otherwise make it to our door and to reward current students for academic excellence and achievement.

Make a gift

Support a Future Gator PhD Make a gift to graduate student scholarships to help them establish themselves in the field of their passion and to support travel grants to attend scientific meetings, scholarships to help with educational expenses, awards for outstanding scholarly achievements and assistance in preventing financial barriers.

Make a gift

Plan for Your Future and Help UF College of Medicine Students Include the College of Medicine in your estate plans or consider a planned gift. We can work with you, your family and your advisers to help you create a plan that meets both your financial and charitable goals.

Get Involved To establish an endowed scholarship, include the College of Medicine in your estate plans or consider a planned gift, please contact us for more information.

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Their Future, Your Legacy | Scholarship Student Spotlight

Hugh M. “Smiley” Hill, M.D. Scholarship

Taeya Mayes

“Thank you for donating to the future physicians of Florida. With your contribution, I am able to focus on honing my skills to become a competent and compassionate physician. Your help has allowed me to pursue a dream that seemed out of reach. Thank you.”

Taeya Mayes

Dean’s Preeminence Scholarship Fund

Jon Fakhry

“Thank you for your kind generosity. I am deeply appreciative of your gift, and I remind myself of your blessings every day through my prayers. Very few students get the opportunity to practice in this career, let alone attend a phenomenal medical school on a scholarship.”

Jon Fakhry

Willie J. Sanders Scholarship Fund

Carina McClean

“With both of my parents being UF alumni, I always dreamed of attending this institution. I am excited to embark on this journey of becoming a “Gator Doc” and to eventually join an incredible group of alumni physicians.”

Carina McClean

Dr. Dean & Elizabeth Hautamaki Scholarship

Hannah Burris

“Thank you for your choice to support UF College of Medicine and its students! It has been meaningful to me to feel supported by someone who has been here before. UF truly feels like a family and has supported me in so many ways.”

Hannah Burris

DEAN’S PREEMINENCE SCHOLARSHIP

Kerry Farlie

“Because of this scholarship, I am the first in my family to attend medical school, and I’m able to focus on learning the clinical skills and knowledge to the best of my ability with this”

Kerry Farlie2

Noah Scholarship

Mharlove Andre

“Your generosity means that I am able to attend a wonderful medical school filled with resources and staff who are invested in my success and professional and personal growth.”

Mharlove E. Andre2

Stories of Impact

James Duke, m.d.

Including UF Medicine in Estate Planning

And making a lasting impact

Orthopaedic surgeon and 1985 graduate James B. Duke, M.D., and his wife, Pamela, make an estate gift to support the UF College of Medicine. Play Video

MAUDE Lofton, M.D.

Supporting Future Gator Docs

And a diverse physician workforce

1979 graduate and retired pediatrician Maude Lofton, M.D., has been a longtime supporter of scholarships for UF College of Medicine students. Play Video
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