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Eligibility Criteria

Policies and Procedures

The list of policies and procedures links to several policies governing HiPerGator account eligibility. These include the Accounts Policy, the Other Universities Policy, and the Teaching Support policy.

Per our policies listed above the following categories of persons are eligible for HiPerGator accounts.

Group Sponsors

Persons who sponsor (provide resources) to a group or groups of HPG users engaged in UF research or teaching activities on HPG. By definition sponsors must be able and willing to purchase HPG resources beyond a trial allocation period.

Categories of HPG group sponsors:

  • University of Florida faculty and staff members. This includes faculty at other institutions with a part-time appointment (adjunct, courtesy) at the University of Florida.
  • Members of research units of the Florida state agencies.
  • Other Florida university or college faculty and staff members engaged in research or teaching on HiPerGator.
  • Southeast Conference (SEC) institution faculty members engaged in AI teaching on HiPerGator.

Any person working for, collaborating with, or enrolled in a class taught by a "Sponsor" as defined above is eligible for a HiPerGator user account. Account request from a sponsored user must be confirmed by their sponsor.