Description Southern Research performs contract research in areas such as drug development and discovery, engineering, and environmental and energy issues. The not-for-profit organization launched a life science R&D consulting firm, BioSafety Solutions, in 2008. Clients have included government agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Defense, and NASA as well as corporate clients Mercedes-Benz and Southern Company. SRI tests anti-influenza and anti-HIV drugs for NanoViricides Inc. Founded in 1941, the organization has been affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham since 1999. SRI acquired the assets of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals in 2010.
Southern Research has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 116 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Southern Research employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 38% of employees would recommend working at Southern Research to a friend. This is based on 116 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
55% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Southern Research as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Southern Research.