Research
Research
Total Externally Funded Research in Fiscal Year 2023 was $207.3 million.
In June 2023, GW joined the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), a recognition of the university’s research, education, and innovation. The AAU comprises North America’s premier research universities working to address challenging problems through research while educating and training the next generation of leaders. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. In addition to the university’s AAU membership, GW is an R1 institution, the designation given by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to the universities with the highest levels of research activity. In FY2023, GW welcomed new research institutes and partnerships, including ones that promise to revolutionize food policy and delivery, transform the use of artificial intelligence, and address racial and socioeconomic justice.