Giving Tuesday 2025

Your Giving Tuesday Gift Builds Georgia’s Life Sciences Workforce


Dear friends and partners,

 

On this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in building a strong, diverse, and innovation-ready life sciences workforce for Georgia.

 

The Georgia Life Sciences Institute (GLSI)—our nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation—is dedicated to expanding hands-on STEM education, strengthening the educator pipeline, and connecting students to real opportunities across biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and scientific research.


Your support today helps us reach students and communities who need it most.

 

Your Giving Tuesday gift makes a direct impact:

  • $25 provides supplies for teacher training workshops
  • $50 supports teacher training stipends
  • $75 provides meals and refreshments during our Biotech Teacher Training Workshops
  • $100 funds lab materials and educational resources for classrooms across Georgia
  • $250 sustains GLS and GLSI programs, including conferences and workforce initiatives
  • $500 helps build Georgia’s life sciences talent pipeline


This year, we’re working to expand access to STEM experiences statewide, especially in underserved and rural communities where students often have limited exposure to real-world scientific careers. With your help, every student in Georgia can see themselves as a future scientist, innovator, or biotech leader. And if you scroll down, you’ll see a real example of how GLSI programs, like our Equipment Depot, are helping Georgia students achieve nationally recognized breakthroughs.

 

Make your Giving Tuesday gift today and invest in Georgia’s life sciences future:


  Donate Here

 

Thank you for your continued partnership and belief in the power of science, education, and opportunity.

 

With gratitude,
Maria Thacker Goethe
CEO, Georgia Life Sciences
Georgia Life Sciences Institute (501(c)(3))

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By: Patrick Plues | RealClearHealth January 8, 2026 For decades, America has led the global biotech industry – thanks, in part, to state-level policies that encourage research and manufacturing investments. But other countries, including China, are sparing no expense in the bid to overtake us. Beijing has officially made biotechnology a national strategic priority and is pouring billions into state-backed research and manufacturing efforts. All states should consider impactful biotech policies that grow and strengthen our domestic biotechnology industry. If states fail to utilize and replicate what are considered to be the best and most successful policies in biotech-focused economic development, the United States will soon lose its long-term leadership in developing medicines and medical technologies, which underpin our health, our economy, and our national security. Thankfully, many governors and state legislatures around the country are already answering this call -- as our new study, The U.S. Bioscience Industry: A Powerful Engine for State Economies, demonstrates. Keep Reading at https://www.realclearhealth.com/2026/01/08/americas_biotech_leadership_depends_on_the_states_1157584.html

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Dear Georgia Life Sciences Community, As we reflect on the past year, I want to extend my sincere thanks to our Georgia Life Sciences members for making it such an impactful one. Your engagement and leadership continue to move our industry forward and advance our shared strategic priorities— driving strong policy, expanding the talent pipeline, and creating intentional spaces for collaboration across Georgia’s life sciences ecosystem. Our Year in Review captures the progress we’ve made together across these priorities and highlights the collective impact our members are having statewide—from strengthening the workforce and supporting manufacturing growth to elevating Georgia’s position as a national life sciences leader. This progress is only possible because of the collaboration, commitment, and insight of our member community. 
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