Having a diffractometer, an expensive piece of equipment used for chemical and physics research like quantum computing, can help raise UNF's profile in the state.

UNF's Department of Chemistry was awarded the Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions for the 2015 year. This award provides an $18,500 grant to the program, which will be used to allow two undergraduates to conduct summer research, and a well-known researcher to give a lecture to students.