TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
DIVISION OF RESEARCH
The Division of Research is committed to a truly comprehensive university where students, researchers and inventors bring scholarship and innovation to bear for the benefit of the community, the state and the nation.
Vice President for Research The vice president for research, through the Division of Research, provides leadership and coordination to deliver strategic support to further Texas A&M University’s research mission by supporting faculty, as individuals or in groups; growing federal funding by encouraging interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary collaborations; strengthening the research infrastructure; promoting the value of research; and ensuring compliance with research standards established by the federal government, the state of Texas, Texas A&M and The Texas A&M University System.
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As one of the world’s leading research institutions, Texas A&M is at the forefront in making significant contributions to scholarship and discovery, including science and technology. Texas A&M generated annual expenditures of more than $1.148 billion in fiscal year 2021. Texas A&M ranked 14th in the most recent National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development survey based on expenditures of more than $1.131 billion in fiscal year 2020.
National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey Expenditures by Field of Science as reported for Texas A&M University FY 2021
LIFE SCIENCES
$487,219 / 42.5%
ENGINEERING
$385,661 / 33.6%
GEOSCIENCES, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, AND OCEAN SCIENCES
$106,930 / 9.3%
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
$56,030 / 4.9%
NON-S&E
$39,520 / 3.4%
SOCIAL SCIENCES
$28,965 / 2.5%
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
$19,179 / 1.7%
OTHER SCIENCES
$10,941 / 1%
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
$6,730 / 0.6%
PSYCHOLOGY
$6,547 / 0.6%
Research Growth
1990 / $273M
1995 / $363M
2000 / $397M
2005 / $480M
2010 / $667M
2015 / $867M
2016 / $893M
2017 / $905M
2018 / $922M
2019 / $952M
2020 / $1.131B
2021 / $1.148B
Texas A&M is one of the world’s leading research universities. The Division of Research will advance and strengthen all aspects of the research enterprise by implementing an enhanced, integrated and strategic approach to:
- Capitalize on our research strengths and knowledge to deliver solutions to real world problems
• Grow our resources, infrastructure, data and technology
• Align opportunities with potential collaborators and research teams
• Support interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary collaborations to advance research
• Increase federal, state and private funding
• Provide research support to faculty
- Build capacity through collaborations • Internally and externally
- Promote and ensure the highest standards of research integrity in proposing, conducting and reporting research, and promote and facilitate safe, ethical and scholarly activity that reflects the university’s mission
- Increase communication and enhance visibility with stakeholders to promote the value of research and the research enterprise
