About Augusta University Research Institute
AURI is a separately incorporated not for profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1980 to support the missions of Augusta University.
Focus Areas
Research administrationSponsored project managementPre-award and post-award supportSubawards and contractsResearch training and development
Who They Fund
colleges and universitiesacademic researchers/facultypostsecondary students
Funding Style
research grantmakingcapital/infrastructure supportscholarship/financial aidproject-specific funding
About Augusta University Research Institute
Augusta University Research Institute Inc channels very large grants into Augusta University for special research initiatives, capital outlay projects, scholarships, and supporting activities. The pattern is clear in its recent awards: three of the largest grants on file all went to Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, with two awarded in 2025 and one in 2023. That makes the institute’s role less about broad external philanthropy and more about financing the university’s research and institutional needs from within the same local ecosystem. The foundation is a separately incorporated 501(c)(3) established in 1980 to support the missions of Augusta University. Its stated focus areas point to the mechanics behind that mission: research administration, sponsored project management, pre-award and post-award support, subawards and contracts, and research training and development. The beneficiary types listed for its grantmaking are colleges and universities, academic researchers and faculty, and postsecondary students. Across the recent grants listed, the same recipient appears repeatedly, indicating an ongoing relationship centered on the university’s research and program infrastructure rather than a dispersed portfolio of unrelated grantees.
What Augusta University Research Institute Funds
A central theme in Augusta University Research Institute Inc’s grantmaking is institutional research support. It gave $98,471,492 to Augusta University for special research initiatives and supporting activities, and a second 2025 grant of $89,475,939 carried the same purpose language. Education support is also part of the picture. The same grant purposes include scholarships, showing that student aid sits alongside research and capital needs in the institute’s funding priorities. Its focus areas add operational detail. Research administration, sponsored project management, and pre-award and post-award support indicate that the organization funds the systems that let research move from planning to execution. Subawards and contracts, plus research training and development, suggest a role in sustaining both the administrative and personnel sides of university research work.
How Augusta University Research Institute Gives
Grant size is unusually concentrated at a very large scale: the p25 is $81,870,414, the median is $84,405,589, and the p75 is $86,940,764. That tight spread points to a highly consistent grant size pattern. The recent record also shows recurrence. Augusta University appears in all three top grants, with awards in 2025 and 2023, which signals an ongoing relationship rather than isolated one-time gifts. Augusta University Research Institute Inc is a separately incorporated 501(c)(3) and is classified as a regular funder. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$187.9M
Total Assets
$29.5M
Total Revenue
$105.9M
Total Expenses
$103.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $81.9M and $86.9M, with a median of $84.4M.
25th Percentile
$81.9M
Median
$84.4M
75th Percentile
$86.9M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in GA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
CHRIS MCKINNEY
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