FAU says state funding reaches $30 million for Boca Raton health facility
Florida’s 2026-27 budget appropriates $20 million; FAU says earlier funding brings the planned facility’s cumulative state total to $30 million.
Key Takeaways
- •FAU reports $30 million in cumulative state funding, including a $20 million 2026-27 appropriation.
- •The planned 150,000-square-foot facility would serve three FAU colleges in Boca Raton.
- •FAU estimates early-2030 completion, conditional on funding and project development.
Florida Atlantic University says state funding for its planned Health Professions Clinical Training and Research Facility in Boca Raton now totals $30 million.
The university’s Oct. 29 announcement says the cumulative amount includes $10 million secured in 2025 and another $20 million in 2026.
A separate $20 million line in Florida’s 2026-27 enacted budget names the Health Professions Training and Research Facility under Specific Appropriation 17. The line confirms the current-year appropriation, not that money has been transferred or spent.
FAU plans a 150,000-square-foot facility on its Boca Raton campus for students and faculty from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, and College of Social Work and Criminal Justice. The university says the shared setting is meant to help future physicians, nurses and social workers collaborate before entering clinical workplaces.
FAU is seeking additional state and philanthropic support. Its early-2030 completion estimate is conditional on funding and project development.
A Florida Senate request filed Oct. 6, 2025, sought $70 million in fixed capital outlay. The filing tied additional clinical and instructional space to medical enrollment and accreditation needs and described simulation space for students in different health professions. The $70 million was a request, not an enacted appropriation or the current total project cost.
