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BATON ROUGE 鈥� LSU鈥檚 Flagship has surpassed $600 million in annual research activity, building on last year鈥檚 record-setting milestone when the campuses exceeded $500 million for the first time ever. This marks the fifth consecutive year of record-breaking research wins.   

鈥淭his is not a one-time jump. It is a trajectory,鈥� said Chancellor Jim Dalton. 鈥淲e are building exceptional momentum across every single flagship campus.鈥�  

The LSU flagship collectively reported $601 million in research expenditures for fiscal year 2024鈥�2025, an 11% increase from $543 million in 2023-2024. Importantly, every LSU flagship campus increased activity, reflecting collaborative, high-impact projects spanning campuses and partners across Louisiana.  

• FY 2021: $366M (3% growth)
• FY 2022: $429M (17% growth)
• FY 2023: $488M (14% growth)
• FY 2024: $543M (11% growth)
• FY 2025: $601M (11% growth)

LSU A&M

Researchers 星空无限传媒 and Tulane University were awarded $22 million by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2023 to lead a large consortium to chart a new course for the fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta, which is of critical importance to U.S. commerce, energy, fisheries, and the people who live there. Co-led by Sam Bentley, professor and Billy and Ann Harrison Chair in Sedimentary Geology 星空无限传媒, the project supports the development of a new generation of coastal scientists. Bentley was also awarded $3.8 million in 2022 for a collaborative project with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, to study underwater mudslides where the Mississippi River enters the Gulf.

LSU AgCenter

Besides its signature breeding programs for the best rice, sugarcane, and sweet potatoes that Louisiana farmers can grow, the LSU AgCenter鈥檚 invasive species research has received significant funding in recent years. This has led to the launch of both an and a to protect people, land, water, and wildlife from threats such as feral pigs, apple snails, and giant salvinia. Altogether, invasive species cause $120 billion in damage in the U.S each year, including to agricultural production. LSU AgCenter is leading the regional research effort to fight back from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. . 

LSU Health New Orleans and LSU Health Shreveport

Since 2018, LSU has been leading the Gulf South Clinical Trials Network, part of the NCI Community Oncology Research Program, funded by the National Cancer Institute, to expand access to clinical trials for people served by community hospitals throughout Louisiana and Southern Mississippi. Today, the Gulf South NCORP is a major effort of the , established in 2022, which leads LSU鈥檚 drive for NCI designation. The network spans LSU Health New Orleans, home of the , and LSU Health Shreveport, home of the , together with Ochsner Health and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. It is led by Dr. Augusto Ochoa, deputy director of the LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center, and continues to improve the care and outcomes of cancer patients by increasing access to cutting-edge clinical trials without leaving home. 

Pennington Biomedical Research Center and LSU Health New Orleans

While Pennington Biomedical researchers have helped develop every GLP-1 weight loss drug currently on the market to fight obesity and diabetes, they鈥檙e also collaborating with LSU Health New Orleans to 鈥済et personal鈥� on who should follow which diet through a national study called Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program under the National Institutes of Health. , the research, which is led by Eric Ravussin at Pennington Biomedical and Dr. Lucio Miele 星空无限传媒 Health New Orleans, goes deep into genetics, metabolism, physiology, and behavior鈥攅ven microorganisms. . 

鈥淲e are incredibly proud of our Flagship faculty鈥檚 commitment to excellence, but we aren鈥檛 slowing down,鈥� said Chancellor Dalton. 鈥淭his type of sustained success is exactly how we will reach our goal of being among the top 50 research universities in the nation.鈥� 

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