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. Research conducted at Texas A&M generated annual expenditures of more than $1.131 billion in fiscal year 2020. Texas A&M ranked in the top 25 in the most recent National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development survey based on expenditures of more than $952 million in fiscal year 2019.
National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey Expenditures by Field of Science as reported for Texas A&M University FY 2020
LIFE SCIENCES
$502,288 / 44%
ENGINEERING
$359,403 / 31.8%
GEOSCIENCES, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, AND OCEAN SCIENCES
$107,821 / 9.5%
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
$54,178 / 4.8%
NON-S&E
$40,804 / 3.6%
SOCIAL SCIENCES
$29,372 / 2.6%
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
$17,390 / 1.5%
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
$8,677 / 0.8%
OTHER SCIENCES
$5,628 / 0.5%
PSYCHOLOGY
$5,242 / 0.5%
Research Growth
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Comparative Medicine Program Conflict of Interest and Responsible Conduct of Research External Faculty Awards and Recognition Global Health Research Complex Hagler Institute for Advanced Study High Performance Research Computing Materials Characterization Facility Microscopy and Imaging Center Office of the Vice President for Research
