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For Researchers
Independent labs, centers and institutes engage faculty and students from across the University. Academic departments also sponsor numerous other research labs and programs.
For Businesses
Faculty researchers within the colleges, departments, centers and institutes are actively contributing to research and scholarly pursuits with federal, state and private sponsors, providing opportunities for student engagement the pursuits of new knowledge.
Research Centers and Institutes
Georgia Southern's many centers and institutes provide interdisciplinary and diverse expertise in disciplines ranging from biostatistics to addiction recovery, education leadership to Irish studies, and gerontology to wildlife education.
Graduate Research
Research and creative endeavors are key components of graduate education at Georgia Southern. The University's research facilities and dedicated faculty researchers and scholars provide outstanding opportunities for the development of high quality, work-ready alumni within their particular field of study.
Undergraduate Research
Mentored by faculty dedicated to the undergraduate research experience, students have the opportunity for daily interaction with faculty through the process of inquiry, and collaborate with professors and graduate students towards original research that helps them develop intellectual skills essential for success in their disciplines.
Research Administration
Georgia Southern's research enterprise is supported by numerous offices and dedicated staff providing critical resources and services to all faculty, staff and students pursuing research and scholarly endeavors across the all disciplines.
Research News and Events:
McBrayer and Students research lizard locomotion
Armed with photocells, force transducers and high speed video cameras, Lance McBrayer visits field sites in Florida, Oregon and Namibia in southern Africa to study how lizards interact with the environment.
Georgia Southern University Study Adding Protection to the CoastA Georgia Southern University researcher recently received a $377,000 grant to better protect the southeastern coast of the United States from the threats of flooding, storms, hurricanes and erosion.
Georgia Southern University honored for Camp Lawton archeologyGeorgia Southern University's team of student and faculty archaeologists has been honored with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Partners in Conservation award for their work in discovering a long-lost Civil War prison camp near Millen, Ga.
Georgia Southern University Professor to Examine Performance of Rubberized Road MaterialsGeorgia Southern University associate professor of civil engineering Junan Shen, Ph.D., has been selected by the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a laboratory study to determine if the performance of rubberized asphalt mix, which is derived from scrap tires and considered a green material, will make a viable alternative for use in road construction in Georgia.
Georgia Southern University on the Cutting-Edge of Biofuels Research (VIDEO)Studio Statesboro - Stuff the Bus campaign; Renewable fuel research at GSU (VIDEO)