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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.
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Florida Atlantic: Breaking Barriers in Neuroscience
New NeuroInnovate Center Will Fast-Track Brain Disorder Breakthroughs
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Florida Atlantic: Breaking Barriers in Neuroscience
New NeuroInnovate Center Will Fast-Track Brain Disorder Breakthroughs
2026 By Gisele Galoustian fau-magazine, n/a
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Wendy Marks (right) and other women standing in front of greenery
FAU Harbor Branch Researcher Joins Historic Cameroon Manatee Expedition
Lake Ossa Health Assessment Strengthens Conservation and Local Capacity for Endangered Mammals
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Wendy Marks (right) and other women standing in front of greenery
FAU Harbor Branch Researcher Joins Historic Cameroon Manatee Expedition
Lake Ossa Health Assessment Strengthens Conservation and Local Capacity for Endangered Mammals
2026 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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