
OUR MISSION
$164.2 million in research funding in fiscal year 2022, the highest total in university history.
Georgia State ranks among the nation’s top 146 R1 universities.
$202.4 million total research expenditures in fiscal year 2020.
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In 1996, Georgia State University earned a prestigious R1 designation by the Carnegie Foundation. Joining this elite category, reserved for the nation’s top research institutions, was a remarkable achievement.
From there, the doors opened to possibility — and we’ve never looked back.
Since 1996, our research expenditures have increased tenfold, from less than $20 million to $200 million. In 2022, university faculty earned $164.2 million in research funding — the highest total in university history and more than double the amount earned as recently as 2013. Thirty-nine investigators were awarded $1 million or more.
Our metamorphosis isn’t just about metrics. We’re home to world-class research facilities, including one of a few bio-safety level 4 labs in a university setting, dozens of collaborative research centers and numerous institutes focused on disciplines that range from neuroimaging to data science and health policy. Each day, our scientists are making life- and world-changing discoveries.
Now as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of earning our R1 status, we’re proud to say Georgia State has risen as a dynamic research institution and earned a competitive seat among the country’s best.
Few institutions have come so far, so fast. How did we do it?
- Visionary leaders who compelled the research community to invest in Georgia State’s potential.
- Strategic investment in a research infrastructure with innovative centers and advanced labs.
- Recruitment of renowned faculty to take the helm, advancing new ideas and bringing about record-setting research funding and expenditures for the university.
Our efforts are a testament to the power of human ingenuity and imagination — proof of what we can do when we put our minds together and are determined to find a brighter future for ourselves. It’s the way Georgia State has approached everything over more than a century of operation.
It’s #THESTATEWAY®
What Makes Us Unique
Biosafety Facilities
Excellence in Cyber Defense
MetroLab Network
AIR Pipeline Partnership
NSF I-Corps
part of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) program, a public-private partnership that connects NSF-funded research with the technology, entrepreneur and business communities to create a stronger ecosystem for innovation.