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Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigators Bringing discovery to life Growing university research, entrepreneurship creates lasting impact on Georgia The GRA Model generates ROI throughout the research and entrepreneurship process. The Georgia Research Alliance drives more impact out of university research and entrepreneurship to benefit our state — and the world.
Our work grows the Georgia economy, helps prepare a high-tech workforce and improves the lives of Georgians. We do this by: Recruiting brilliant researchers to Georgia’s universities. They form the Academy of GRA Scholars , and they typically arrive with research teams and millions of dollars in grants.
While here, they attract more private and public research dollars. Investing smartly in sophisticated lab technologies. GRA adds equipment and updates facilities to help researchers win more grants.
GRA also makes it possible for all university scientists in Georgia to share high-tech instruments . Turning more inventions into products. GRA provides crucial seed funding and guidance to help university researchers move promising discoveries to the marketplace.
And GRA Venture Fund provides more investment and counsel to high-potential startups. All told, GRA generated over $1. 4 billion ROI for Fiscal Year 2025 — two-thirds of which came from R&D expenditures from GRA's Academy of Scholars.
GRA’s ROI on Georgia’s investment The State of Georgia provides GRA with funds to invest. (Private donations – gifts from people, companies and foundations – fund GRA’s operations.) The strong return on Georgia’s investment has several dimensions: More money coming to Georgia.
GRA’s total investment of $728 million in state dollars (since 1991) has attracted $16 billion in research grants, venture capital, matching funds and other dollars. The leveraged capital is used for multiple purposes, generating a direct return to state and local tax digests. New workforce opportunities created.
As research expands, more positions are created in labs. As startups are launched, more jobs are created in companies. The nearly 3,500 professionals currently employed constitute a significant contribution to workforce preparation in highly skilled, high-tech areas.
Improving the national competitiveness of our state. GRA’s activity helps fuel Georgia’s innovation ecosystem. And the results of our efforts strengthen our state’s case in recruiting new industry here.
GRA’s impact on Georgia takes other forms: Discoveries that benefit Georgians. A breakthrough way to diagnose autism much sooner … software that allows a state agency to thwart healthcare fraud … technology that improves crop yields for Georgia farmers … these are just a few inventions we’ve advanced that serve people in our state and beyond. See others > A mechanism to get things done.
Having a nonprofit like GRA gives our state’s leadership a ready-made resource to address critical issues. For example, we launched an initiative to solve sickle cell disease and landed a $20 million NSF grant to use artificial intelligence to improve online learning . Getting universities to work together.
Georgia’s public and private universities collaborate in extraordinary ways because of GRA. Whether sharing equipment or partnering on big research projects, we’ve created a level of cooperation that is unmatched by any other state. GRA is a nonprofit (501c3), public-private partnership that partners with both the University System of Georgia and Georgia’s Department of Economic Development.
We are also proud to be an affiliate of the Georgia Chamber working to promote a healthy business environment in our state. Our partner universities are: The University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern University Kennesaw State University Morehouse School of Medicine As for our beginnings — the story begins with a missed opportunity.
In 1983, the State of Georgia failed to win a headquarters bid for a large industry consortium seeking a place to develop the next generation of semiconductor technology. The consortium – Microelectronics Computer and Technology Corporation – was located in Austin, Texas, where it jump-started the city’s fledgling tech industry and established a high-tech hub.
The critical factor in Austin’s “win” was a public-private partnership that combined government resources and private sector energy and creativity. Georgia quickly realized the benefits of having a privately run technology alliance that could leverage state dollars to expand university research capacity.
In 1990, a group of Georgia leaders established the nonprofit Georgia Research Alliance to help business, research universities and state government collaborate to build a technology-driven economy fueled by breakthrough university research. The late Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr. – who had chaired the Georgia Research Consortium, the state’s 1980s-era attempt at a technology authority – was named chair of GRA.
The plan was to attract some of the world’s most brilliant scientists to establish new programs of research and development at affiliated Georgia research universities. The focus would be in areas with the most potential for generating new companies and creating new science and technology jobs.
The cadre of scientists, named GRA Eminent Scholars ® , would: compete successfully for a larger share of federal and foundation research funds attract other talented scientists and graduate students to Georgia foster new companies and create relationships with industry to commercialize technologies developed through research Today, GRA is an internationally acclaimed model for unifying business, research universities, and state government to create and sustain a vibrant, technology-rich economy for the state.
One of GRA’s most important accomplishments has been unifying the state’s research institutions to foster cross-university research, which is often critical when competing for federal research funding. Presidents of each university sit on GRA’s board, along with prominent leaders in government and industry.
Read an overview of GRA's history > Note: GRA does not provide indirect funding for talent, equipment, and grants awarded to the universities. Be the smartest person in the room Your tax-deductible gift will keep us going The scientist taking on bad bugs Emory’s Bill Wuest battles drug-resistant bacteria The one email you're sure to read It's the monthly GRA Notes, and it'll keep you connected. What's been invented in Georgia?
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Go Global Georgia Grant is sponsored by Georgia Department of Economic Development (administered through the U.S. Small Business Administration's State Trade Expansion Program - STEP). The Go Global Georgia Grant assists small businesses in expanding into international markets. Funds can cover eligible expenses related to international marketing, trade show participation, foreign market research, and export compliance documentation.
The CADI, funded through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) and the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, supports a portfolio of projects in Eastern Europe (non-E.U.), the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. These projects are designed to make American agriculture safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Specifically, the portfolio seeks to prevent and remove trade barriers for U.S. agricultural exports and support U.S. exporters and trading partners. Collectively, the portfolio is working to:• Add over $622 million to the U.S. economy by removing trade barriers.• Contribute an additional $312 million to the U.S. economy through direct support to American exporters and trading partners.• Avoid over $50 billion in potential economic harm to the U.S. economy by preventing lost market access due to the spread of livestock contagions to the United States and new trade barriers.The awardee will conduct original basic and applied research that will focus on advancing a trade agenda that benefits America’s ranchers, farmers, and producers.Through this applied research, the awardee will:• Provide throughout the period of performance actionable recommendations to help achieve the CADI portfolio’s targets.• Track the portfolio’s attributable accomplishments toward these trade outcomes, including the development of U.S. county-level impact estimates.DELIVERABLES1. Final report on the recipient’s research to quantify the CADI portfolio’s direct economic impact on American farmers;2. Annual economic impact report that quantifies the CADI portfolio’s direct economic impact on American farmers. This report will specifically analyze the CADI’s portfolio of projects’ progress toward achieving the following targets:a. Armenia:i. Add $92,851,795 to the U.S. economy by increasing the sale of 200,000 MT U.S. wheat (40k MT sold once per year, for 5 years) through technical assistance to trading partners.ii. Add $2,197,937 to the U.S. economy by increasing U.S. exports to Armenia by 5% using short-term training and technical assistance to remove food safety-related technical barriers to trade.b. Georgia:i. Add $92,851,795 to the U.S. economy by facilitating the sale of 200,000 MT U.S. wheat (40k MT sold once per year, for 5 years) through technical assistance to trading partners.ii. Add $15,443,458 to the U.S. economy by increasing the U.S. market share of the Georgian poultry market by 1.1% over 5 years through short-term agricultural trade promotion and technical assistance.iii. Add $892,190 to the U.S. economy by facilitating $433,102 in the export of U.S. aquaculture inputs short-term agricultural trade promotion and technical assistance.c. Kazakhstan:i. Contribute $28,000,000 to the U.S. economy by supporting 1,000,000 bushels of expanded market opportunity for U.S. wheat, per year for 5 years, through improved agricultural production data.d. Ukraine:i. Maintain $439,441,866 in U.S. economic activity by ensuring $224,994,460 in U.S. agricultural exports to Ukraine continue over 5 years by preventing new barriers to U.S. agricultural exports.ii. Protect $50,000,000 in damage to the U.S. economy by maintaining U.S. pork’s global market access by preventing the spread of African Swine Fever to the United States.iii. Catalyze $1,030,000 in U.S. economic activity by unlocking the Ukrainian livestock genetics market and facilitating $500,000 in U.S. livestock genetics exports through short-term agricultural trade promotion and technical assistance.iv. Add $31,135,852 to the U.S. economy by unlocking the Ukrainian purebred cattle market, and supporting U.S. exporters in achieving 50% market share for 5 years.v. Contribute $14,255,778 to the U.S. economy by supporting 250,000 bushels of expanded market opportunity for U.S. wheat, per year for 5 years, through improved agricultural production data.vi. Contribute $16,731,044 to the U.S. economy by supporting 250,000 bushels of expanded market opportunity for U.S. oilseeds, per year for 5 years, through improved agricultural production data.e. Uzbekistan:i. Add $9,177,352 to the U.S. economy by increasing U.S. market share of soybean exports by 5%, and sustain this market share for 5 years through short-term agricultural trade promotion and technical assistance.ii. Add $4,735,105 to the U.S. economy by increasing U.S. market share of distilled spirits exports by 6.2%, and sustaining that market share for 5 years through short-term agricultural trade promotion and technical assistance.3. A quarterly presentation to the USDA/FAS CADI management team on the CADI portfolio’s progress toward achieving America First trade targets, providing strategic recommendations to maximize outcomes for the benefit of American agriculture; and,4. Annually, provide at least one success story per country where CADI operates. Each story must include a detailed analysis of USDA/FAS accomplishments in one of the following areas:a. Preventing or removing trade barriersb. Assisting U.S. exporters and trading partnersAll work under this research program is unclassified. The awardee shall ensure that all information is safeguarded against unauthorized access. Any personnel performing work under this agreement who will have access to non-public information will require Public Trust (Moderate Risk) background investigations (also known as T2 background investigation) that will be issued by USDA prior to beginning work.The projected Period of Performance is from November 1, 2026 - September 31, 2028, with the possibility of an extension as described in Section 9.1.The work will require Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) to foreign and domestic locations that remain to be determined. A total of 4 one-week international TDYs to Eastern Europe (non-E.U.), the South Caucasus and Central Asia should be included in the budget, as well as four one-week domestic trips to locations to be determined. Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FAS-10960-0700-109-26-0003. Assistance Listing: 10.960. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AG. Award Amount: Up to $333K per award.