Georgia Research Alliance

The Georgia Research Alliance helps Georgia’s universities conduct more research and create more companies to grow the state’s economy. GRA recruits star research talent to Georgia’s universities; provides sophisticated tools and core facilities to help researchers win more competitive grants; and seeds and shapes startup companies around university inventions. The Alliance’s cumulative 32-year ROI is over $13 billion, a 19-to-1 return on Georgia’s investment. GRA’s eight partner universities are: Augusta University, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Mercer University, Morehouse School of Medicine and The University of Georgia.