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Seventh Annual Art of Science Virtual Tour
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FAU Scientist Helps Create Caribbean 'Frozen Zoo' During Historic Deep-Sea Expedition
Harbor Branch researcher tests simpler way to preserve deep-sea life while training Caribbean scientists to build a living biobank
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Group of researchers standing in front of Falkor (too)' ship. Photo credit: Mónika Naranjo González / Schmidt Ocean Institute
FAU Scientist Helps Create Caribbean 'Frozen Zoo' During Historic Deep-Sea Expedition
Harbor Branch researcher tests simpler way to preserve deep-sea life while training Caribbean scientists to build a living biobank
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A black-bellied pangolin in the Congo Basin.
Congo Basin’s Hidden Wildlife
Cameras in the Democratic Republic of Congo track 47 mammal species across forest levels.
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A black-bellied pangolin in the Congo Basin.
Congo Basin’s Hidden Wildlife
Cameras in the Democratic Republic of Congo track 47 mammal species across forest levels.
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Two FAU Researchers Win Fulbright Honors
Cheryl Krause-Parello and Nick Underwood will partner with global institutions.
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Two FAU Researchers Win Fulbright Honors
Cheryl Krause-Parello and Nick Underwood will partner with global institutions.
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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.

$93.1M
Value of Research Awards Received
657
Proposals Submitted
381
Awards Received

* Fiscal Year 2025-2026


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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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
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