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From left, Devan Hildebrand, Valentina Gomez and Elizabeth Salewski, Ph.D., are part of the mangrove restoration project team at the Harbor Branch Seagrass Nursery.
FAU Receives Research Gift from Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Research will develop a mangrove restoration project at the Harbor Branch Seagrass Nursery.
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From left, Devan Hildebrand, Valentina Gomez and Elizabeth Salewski, Ph.D., are part of the mangrove restoration project team at the Harbor Branch Seagrass Nursery.
FAU Receives Research Gift from Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Research will develop a mangrove restoration project at the Harbor Branch Seagrass Nursery.
2026 By Chelsey Matheson hboi, n/a
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FAU Joins $3.8M NIH Project to Develop New Malaria Drugs
Researchers are targeting a unique parasite protein to create next-generation therapies.
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mosquito on abstract peach-colored background
FAU Joins $3.8M NIH Project to Develop New Malaria Drugs
Researchers are targeting a unique parasite protein to create next-generation therapies.
2026 By Gisele Galoustian false, n/a
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Diagram comparing shark silhouettes and cross-sections of anterior, middle, and posterior vertebrae for six shark species, including the common thresher, sand tiger, white shark, shortfin mako, porbeagle, and basking shark.
Sharks, Spines and Speed
The Secret Behind Their Swimming Styles
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Diagram comparing shark silhouettes and cross-sections of anterior, middle, and posterior vertebrae for six shark species, including the common thresher, sand tiger, white shark, shortfin mako, porbeagle, and basking shark.
Sharks, Spines and Speed
The Secret Behind Their Swimming Styles
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
The Institute for Smarter Cities, Spaces, and Health

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