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Seventh Annual Art of Science Gallery - Opening Night
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$2.4M NIH Grant to Study Immune Role in Social Behavior
$2.4M NIH Grant to Study Immune Role in Social Behavior
Study explores how immune signaling in neurons could transform psychiatric care.
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$2.4M NIH Grant to Study Immune Role in Social Behavior
$2.4M NIH Grant to Study Immune Role in Social Behavior
Study explores how immune signaling in neurons could transform psychiatric care.
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Plastic chemicals alter octopus hunting patterns
Plastic chemicals alter octopus hunting patterns
Research shows chemicals like oleamide change how South Florida octopuses hunt and interact.
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Plastic chemicals alter octopus hunting patterns
Research shows chemicals like oleamide change how South Florida octopuses hunt and interact.
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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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