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October 10, 2018
Bolster Your Resources and Collaboration With New FAU Research App
Join the hundreds of faculty and students who have signed up for the FAU Research Hub, a new web and mobile platform that connects researchers with students, collaborators and funding opportunities. It’s simple to post your project in minutes.  LEARN MORE.
Study Sheds Light on Autism
FAU Brain Institute scientists and colleagues uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in mice to reverse an autism-related pathway. Findings from this study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest a novel approach to treating this disorder. READ MORE.
Tech May Help Mitigate Climate Change
A study published in Scientific Reports by a recent FAU High School graduate, Mike Kim, Ph.D., of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and Xavier Comas, Ph.D., of the College of Science, reveals a novel technology which could help reduce ... read more.
University Achieves All Time High NIH Funding
FAU has set a new annual record by securing a total of $7.3 million in NIH funding for the 2018 fiscal year. To read the Palm Beach Post's coverage, click here.
Limit Placed on FDA Regulated Clinical Trials
The university has reached a decision not to engage in U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulated, investigator initiated clinical trials and phase 0 and I industry sponsored clinical trials.To read the vice president for research’s memo on the subject, click here.
Coffee and Mingle: Brewed to Foster Collaboration
Find collaborators beyond your discipline at a new discussion series designed to encourage faculty and student research collaboration. The inaugural presentation by Deborah D'Avolio, Ph.D., on the unmet healthcare needs of older adults, is at 4 p.m. today in NU-84 Room 112. READ MORE.
Recent Sponsored Research Awards
Investigator Name and Project
Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding
Xingquan Zhu
MRI: Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence & Deep Learning (AIDL) Training and Research Laboratory
National Science Foundation
$652,850
Amy Wright
Development of the Florida Center for Coastal and Human Health

HBOI Foundation
$600,000
Daniel Meeroff                                    
Management Solutions for Leachate Biogeochemical Clogging             
The University of Florida Board of Trustees
$53,911
12 - 1 p.m. TODAY , ME-104 # 319
Boca Raton Campus
4 p.m. TODAY , NU-84 #112
Boca Raton Campus
6 - 10:30 p.m. Oct. 12
Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium
Boca Raton Campus
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Oct. 18, EE-96 # 303
Boca Raton Campus
1 – 2 p.m. Oct. 19, CU # 301
Baca Raton Campus
3 - 4 p.m. Oct. 18, EE-96 # 303
Boca Raton Campus
6 - 8:45 p.m. Oct. 18, FAU Tech Runway
Boca Raton Campus
4 p.m. Oct. 23, MC-17 # 119
Jupiter Campus; videoconference available
4 p.m. Oct. 25, BC-71 Gelb Auditorium
Boca Raton Campus; videoconference available
Nov. 7 – 9, Delray Beach, Fla.
Letter of intent due: Dec. 28, full proposal by May 13
Proposals accepted anytime
Expand Your Search for Research Funding 
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