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Banner displaying a grid of red, white, and blue icons on the left half, each icon representing Florida Atlantic University colleges and institutes: lightbulb, pie chart, and briefcase for College of Business; test tube, beaker, and flask for Division of Research; shark fin, bird, and turtle for Charles E. Schmidt College of Science; raindrop, dolphin, and mountain for Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute; pen, measuring tool, and paint palette for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters; brain, microscope, and puzzle pieces for Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute; location pin, palm tree, and sun for Florida Atlantic University; graduation cap, ribbon, diploma, and pencil for Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, College of Education, and Graduate College; gavel and building with pillars for College of Social Work and Criminal Justice; robotic hand, network, gear, and VR glasses for Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering and College of Engineering and Computer Science; medical cross, paw print, heart, and ribbon for Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, and Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention. Centered within the left icon grid, on a dark blue background, are the letters 'R1' in white. The right side has a gray background with the words 'Celebrate the' in blue font, and 'Possibilities' in red fancy font centered below the blue text.

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By Amber Bonefont | 08/08/2025

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Florida Atlantic: Qigong, Anyone?

Traditional Chinese Practice Provides Drug-free Relief for Back Pain

| 08/07/2025

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Florida Atlantic: Qigong, Anyone?

| 08/07/2025

Traditional Chinese Practice Provides Drug-free Relief for Back Pain

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Florida Atlantic: Building A Better Solution

School of Architecture Addresses the Affordable Housing Crisis

| 08/06/2025

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Florida Atlantic: Building A Better Solution

| 08/06/2025

School of Architecture Addresses the Affordable Housing Crisis

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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.

Momentum Report

$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.