Augusta University

Augusta University is a comprehensive public research university and Georgia’s only public academic medical center, with more than 12,000 students and statewide campuses. Its academic health system connects partners with hospitals, clinics, patient populations, clinical-trial infrastructure, electronic health records, and specialized research services, supporting translation into care. The Riverfront Campus and Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center place the university in Augusta’s cybersecurity corridor, offering a cyber range, secure collaboration space, incubator capacity, and proximity to industry, military, and government partners. Research draws substantial NIH support and competitive federal funding, while the Office of Innovation Commercialization supports IP protection, licensing, startup formation, and a life-sciences incubator with wet labs and shared equipment.