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2026 International Ocean Film Festival: Florida Tour
FAU Harbor Branch Hosts Sell-out Crowd to Celebrate World Ocean Day
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2026 International Ocean Film Festival: Florida Tour
FAU Harbor Branch Hosts Sell-out Crowd to Celebrate World Ocean Day
2026 By Chelsey Matheson false, n/a
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Florida Atlantic: Forging the Future of Environmental Science
Funding and Fieldwork Prepare Students to Change the World
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Florida Atlantic: Forging the Future of Environmental Science
Funding and Fieldwork Prepare Students to Change the World
2026 By Angie Francalancia fau-magazine, n/a
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A whitespotted eagle ray feeds on hard-shelled mollusks in its natural habitat.  (Photo credit: Cat Nickell)
AI Listens to Underwater Shell-crushing
FAU scientists use machine learning to monitor predator-prey dynamics in real time.
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A whitespotted eagle ray feeds on hard-shelled mollusks in its natural habitat.  (Photo credit: Cat Nickell)
AI Listens to Underwater Shell-crushing
FAU scientists use machine learning to monitor predator-prey dynamics in real time.
2026 By Gisele Galoustian false, n/a
Research Metrics *
Florida Atlantic researchers are rising to meet some of society’s biggest challenges, from climate change to a global pandemic, from neurodegenerative diseases to cancer and more.

$75.9M
Value of Research Awards Received
608
Proposals Submitted
408
Awards Received

* Fiscal Year 2023-2024


Research Institutes

To enhance interdisciplinary and collaborative research, Florida Atlantic established four university-wide research institutes focused on its strengths. These areas are dedicated to improving and addressing diseases of the brain, enhancing human health and quality of life, protecting the oceans and environment locally and globally, and using sensors to study and monitor the world around us.


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HBOI
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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SNBI
Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
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I-Health
Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention
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I-SENSE
Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering

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