The Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust, led by Trustee Kevin Tanner, recently held a ceremonial grant signing announcing a multi-million-dollar award to the Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation. The combined total of $3 million in opioid settlement funding will fund five separate grants designed to address recovery, training, and research and evaluation objectives. The signing ceremony was held at Georgia Southern prior to the Maine vs. Georgia Southern football game. Speaking at the signing ceremony were Tanner, Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero and Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives Jon Burns. “The Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust is proud to partner with Georgia Southern University’s Research and Service Foundation to support worthwhile projects to combat the effects of the opioid epidemic,” Tanner said.