UF has not yet made a site selection, but at a board of trustees meeting this month, board Chairman Mori Hosseini said putting the Florida Semiconductor Institute in Jacksonville would be in addition to the ongoing work toward building a UF graduate campus in the downtown area.

He said the the UF grad campus, which would apply advances in artificial intelligence across a variety of courses and research, still needs another $50 million to reach the $300 million mark to move forward with construction. Over the past year, the prospect of a UF campus in Jacksonville has locked up $250 million in funding — $150 million from the state, $50 million from the city of Jacksonville and $50 million from private donors.