
A NEXT-GENERATION RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
At Georgia State, innovation is central to everything we do. In research, that means removing barriers to collaboration. It means recruiting faculty who can accelerate problem-solving. And it means encouraging researchers to think big, push boundaries and disrupt the status quo.
Georgia State faculty earned $164.2 million in research funding in fiscal year 2022, the highest total in university history.
Georgia State is among the nation’s top 146 public and private universities in the Carnegie Foundation’s elite category of Highest Research Activity.
The National Science Foundation ranks Georgia State 80th out of 415 public universities in the U.S. for research expenditures.
Advancing Science, Enhancing Lives

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ONE OF THE NATION'S FASTEST-GROWING RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS
In the past decade, Georgia State has been distinguished by the tremendous expansion of its research program. From fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2020, research expenditures at Georgia State have shot up by 150 percent, making the university one of the fastest-growing research institutions in the nation.
``Georgia State scientists oversee a wide-ranging research portfolio that is generating new insights and new discoveries in human health.``
– Susan Shows, President, Georgia Research Alliance
Research News
Tracking Seizures: Brain Research Aims to Improve Epilepsy Treatment
Research led by Georgia State’s NeuroPhysics Laboratory finds a new way to locate seizures using the brain’s slowest waves.
Perimeter Chemistry Professor Selected for Carnegie African Fellowship
As part of the Carnegie fellowship, Paulos Yohannes will work with chemistry faculty at both Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and at Georgia State to help identify and analyze key healing ingredients in medicinal plants native to Ethiopia.
Georgia State Research Expenditures Top $206 Million, Set Another Annual Record
The university has spent more than $1 billion on its diverse research portfolio since fiscal year 2017.
Brian Bride Named Among Top Global Social Work Scholars
Brian E. Bride of Georgia State University has been named among the top 50 most impactful global contributors to social work journal scholarship.
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