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===Research=== [[File:Georgetown University School of Medicine & School of Dentistry (53820913143).jpg|alt=A large Georgian-era style building complete in red brick, classical columns and a statue in front|thumb|[[Georgetown University School of Medicine|Georgetown Medical School]] accounts for a significant portion of the university's research funding, mostly received from the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]]<ref>[https://som.georgetown.edu/research# Georgetown Medical School:Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123211745/https://som.georgetown.edu/research |date=November 23, 2017 }}, Retrieved: May 29, 2019</ref>]] Georgetown University is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131496|title=Georgetown University|publisher=The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|year=2010|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040256/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131496|archive-date=September 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2014}}, Georgetown's libraries held over 3.5 million printed items, including 1.25 million e-books, in seven buildings, with most in [[Lauinger Library]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.georgetown.edu/about/numbers|title=The Library in Numbers|website=Georgetown University Library|year=2014|access-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821021653/http://www.library.georgetown.edu/about/numbers|archive-date=August 21, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The Blommer Science Library in the Reiss Science Building on campus, houses most of the Science collection. Additionally, the Law School campus includes the nation's fifth-largest [[Georgetown University Law Library|law library]] as of 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/staff/resident/|title=Library Resident Program|website=Georgetown Law Library|year=2007|access-date=July 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111014641/http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/staff/resident/|archive-date=November 11, 2006}}</ref> Georgetown faculty conduct research in hundreds of subjects, but research priorities are in religion, ethics, science, public policy, and cancer medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/sites/index.cfm?Action=Index&Mode=Research&Letter=A|title=Research centers, institutes and programs|website=Georgetown University – Research & Scholarship|year=2007|access-date=July 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623012555/http://explore.georgetown.edu/sites/index.cfm?Action=Index&Mode=Research&Letter=A|archive-date=June 23, 2007}}</ref> In 2019, Georgetown spent $240.9 million on research, ranking it 101st nationwide, with $94.0 million in federal funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=view&fice=1445|title=Georgetown University|work=[[National Science Foundation]]|year=2017|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref> In 2007, it received about $14.8 million in federal funds for research, with 64% from the [[National Science Foundation]], [[National Institutes of Health]], the [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]], and the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]].<ref name=sci>{{cite news|url=http://www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/2.14589/science-at-georgetown-1.2080410|title=Science at Georgetown: Research and the Real World|first=Meredith|last=Ponder|author2=Anna Cheimets|date=February 27, 2008|access-date=December 13, 2010|website=The Georgetown Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002259/http://www.thegeorgetownindependent.com/2.14589/science-at-georgetown-1.2080410|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, the school received $5.6 million from the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] to fund fellowships in several international studies fields.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-receives-5-6-million-department-of-education-grant-1.1896806|title=Georgetown Receives $5.6 Million Department of Education Grant|first=Lauren|last=Weber|date=September 10, 2010|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=[[The Hoya]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118210444/http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-receives-5-6-million-department-of-education-grant-1.1896806|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Georgetown's [[Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center|Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center]] is one of 41 research-intensive comprehensive cancer centers in the United States, and developed the breakthrough [[HPV vaccine]] for [[cervical cancer]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060608225351.htm|title=Georgetown Research Leads To First Cancer Vaccine|date=June 9, 2006|work=[[Science Daily]]|access-date=August 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235545/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060608225351.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> and conditionally reprogrammed cells (CRC) technology.<ref name="lombardi">[http://lombardi.georgetown.edu/pdf/about/LM/2013_Fall.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114220514/http://lombardi.georgetown.edu/pdf/about/LM/2013_Fall.pdf|date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> ====Academic publications==== Centers that conduct and sponsor research at Georgetown include the [[Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs]], the [[Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding]] and the [[Woodstock Theological Center]]. Regular publications include the ''[[Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy]]'', the ''[[Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal]]'', ''[[The Georgetown Law Journal]]'', the ''[[Georgetown Journal of International Affairs]]'', and the ''[[Georgetown Public Policy Review]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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