Faculty & Research

The Archway Partnership offers UGA faculty a unique opportunity to extend their research beyond campus and into communities across Georgia—creating meaningful impact while enriching teaching and scholarship.

By connecting faculty with local partners, Archway provides a platform for applied research, student engagement and collaborative problem-solving. Faculty gain direct access to real-world challenges, diverse stakeholders and community-informed perspectives that can strengthen research outcomes and open new avenues of inquiry.

Archway partners are great at creating a community forum of diverse stakeholders, offering faculty and staff an opportunity to get questions answered and propose matters essential to the research agendas. In addition, given their deep knowledge of community challenges, Archway partners are a great resource to validate various social and economic concerns.
– Don Addison, Terry College of Business

“My research has benefited greatly by working with the Archway Partnership. In recent years, I’ve been studying the need for developing resources and tools to support asset management and decision making for local communities. Archway has been a great partner in connecting my research team with communities willing to work with us to study this important topic.”
– Stephan Durham, College of Engineering

Faculty who collaborate with Archway consistently report meaningful benefits:

• 100% say their work positively impacted communities
• 100% gained a deeper understanding of community issues
• 100% found the experience worthwhile and aligned with their unit’s mission
• 100% would recommend the collaboration to other faculty

Beyond the numbers, Archway helps bridge the gap between academic research and real-world application—giving faculty and students alike the opportunity to contribute to lasting, community-driven solutions.