Soaring R&D
With a focus on strategic faculty hires and investments in research facilities, UGA’s R&D expenditures surpassed $545M in Fiscal Year 2022. Our research enterprises are growing by leaps and bounds because we are focused on forward-thinking discoveries, and we’re just getting started.
Data from a tennis swing is recorded by an eight-camera motion capture system in the Biomechanics Laboratory.
The number of sponsored awards secured by UGA scholars has more than doubled in nine years. That’s because we’ve recruited established researchers, such as Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholars Anumantha Kanthasamy and Robin Buell.
Dr. Kanthasamy, who holds the John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair, has made growing strides in the fight against Parkinson’s while securing significant funding for facilities and research.
Dr. Buell, an expert in plant genomics, recently secured a five-year, $15.8 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to research sustainable energy sources.
Expanding Interdisciplinary Research
Interdisciplinary hiring initiatives have bolstered our strengths in vital fields like cybersecurity, environmental science, brain and behavioral health, and precision agriculture.
The Interdisciplinary Faculty Hiring Initiative in Data Science and AI brings accomplished researchers to UGA and expands our strengths and opportunities as a comprehensive research institution.
Through 11 hiring initiatives over the past 10 years, we have recruited more than 150 scholars and nine new Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholars in strategically important fields.
Associate Professor XianQiao Wang is researching ways to reverse-engineer the brain at the College of Engineering.
Supporting Our Research
Expanding Brain Science
Our new Center for Brain Science and Neurodegenerative Diseases is putting UGA on the map for developing early diagnostics and treatment strategies for neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy, the director of the center, recently secured $5 million in federal funding to support this work.
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Global Epicenter of Poultry Science
We continue to make strategic investments in our research buildings with the development of our new Poultry Science Complex, which will offer specialized study in an industry that represents more than 25% of the agricultural income in Georgia.
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Advancing Insights into STEM
With 200,000 square feet of new facilities, UGA is leveraging the new Interdisciplinary STEM Research Complex to further advance our commitment to innovation. The collaborative space brings together researchers across engineering, microbiology, virology, and more.
Read MorePowering Excellence
Strategic investments in research, service, and instruction have sparked a period of remarkable growth at the University of Georgia. They have also solidified UGA’s place among the top universities in the nation.