About

The division 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.

Senior Administrative Leadership Team

Division of Research Mission Statement

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 serve the public good
    • 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 effective research support
  • Build capacity through collaborations and strategic investments
  • Promote creativity and innovation, while ensuring 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 and core values
  • Increase communication and enhance visibility with stakeholders to promote the value of research and the research enterprise
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Comments and suggestions are always welcome via the Division of Research feedback form or by emailing us directly.

Dr. Angela Wilson

Dr. Angela K. Wilson

Vice President for Research

Vice President for Research Angela K. Wilson leads Texas A&M University’s top-tier, globally recognized research enterprise, which ranks 13th nationally among U.S. public universities in research expenditures, exceeding $1.394 billion in fiscal year 2024.

Dr. Wilson brings a high level of expertise to her executive role, drawing upon her extensive background as a prominent chemist and an accomplished research administrator who has directed large-scale scientific programs across federal agencies and major higher education institutions. She is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a National Associate of the National Academies. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) honored her as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry in 2013. Her honors also include the 2014 Wilfred T. Doherty Award, the American Chemical Society’s 2015 Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, and induction into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.

Faculty Research Organizations

Provide communication with the Texas A&M research community through its representatives.

CPI

Council of Principal Investigators

Composed of principal investigators from the Texas A&M research community, the CPI works to improve the research environment for students, faculty and staff.

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URC

University Research Council

The URC reports directly to the Vice President for Research, whom it advises and assists in the development of research, planning and policy.

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2023-2030

Research Enterprise Strategic Plan

Developed in consultation with the campus community, the plan gives structure and process to a long-term strategy for advancing the research enterprise

Research Identity

Report and Recommendations

In his December 2023 State of the University address, General (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III, President, challenged the research enterprise community to define how best to distinguish Texas A&M research from its peer institutions.

2023

Research Highlights

This University Research Council report summarizes the accomplishments of the Texas A&M research enterprise.

By the numbers

Research Rankings
#13 in the nation
Among U.S. public research institutions
NSF HERD Survey (fiscal 2024, table 20)
1 of 24 Universities
to hold the designation as a land-, sea-, and space-grant university and a member of the Associations of American Universities
$1.394 Billion
in total research expenditures
Fiscal Year 2024