Appendices
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
The mission of The Texas A&M University System is to provide education, conduct research, commercialize technology, offer training, and deliver services for the people of Texas and beyond through its universities and state agencies.
The Texas A&M System is made up of 11 universities with Texas A&M University in College Station serving as the flagship campus with branch campuses in Galveston, Texas, and Doha, Qatar. Texas A&M University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
Purpose
Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University (having very high research activity), Texas A&M embraces its mission of advancing knowledge and human achievement in all its dimensions.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Is one of only 69 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), an association of leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada. As one of the largest universities in the United States with more than 71,000 students and 10,000-plus faculty and staff members, Texas A&M boasts some of the top programs in academic research, and scholarship. Texas A&M is one of only 24 institutions in the nation to hold the triple designation as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university and is an active member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) — a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Texas A&M University Mission Statement
Texas A&M University is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission: discovery and innovation through research and creativity.
It prepares students to assume roles in leadership, responsibility, and service to society. Texas A&M assumes as its historic trust the maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind and spirit. It welcomes and seeks to serve persons of all racial, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a global economy. In the 21st century, Texas A&M seeks preeminence among public universities while respecting its history and traditions.
A Brief History of Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University opened in 1876 as the state’s first public institution of higher education. Texas A&M is one of a select few institutions in the nation to hold land-grant (1876), sea-grant (1971) and space-grant (1989) designations. A mandatory military component was a part of the land grant designation until 1965. Texas A&M remains one of only six senior military colleges that provide Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs under US Code Title 10 with a full-time Corps of Cadets leading to commissions in all branches of service. The institution’s ROTC programs are administratively housed in the School of Military Sciences and are offered through the departments of aerospace studies, military science, and naval science. Texas A&M has 16 academic colleges and schools (not counting the School of Military Sciences); two branch campuses, one in Galveston, Texas (established in 1962, and officially merged with Texas A&M in 1991) and one in Doha, Qatar (established in 2003); 17 SACSCOC-approved off-campus instructional locations (OCIS) at which 50% or more of the total credit hours for specified academic programs is provided. In 2013, the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center merged with Texas A&M University. This same year, the university acquired the School of Law from Texas Wesleyan University.
Administration
General (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III was named 27th president of Texas A&M University on Dec.12, 2023. He served as dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service in 2016-23 after four decades in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot, a four-star general and the Chief of Staff.
Academic Units
The faculty researchers of Texas A&M work in units that include academic colleges and schools and two branch campuses at Galveston and Qatar:
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- School of Architecture
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Mays Business School
- School of Dentistry
- School of Education and Human Development
- College of Engineering
- School of Engineering Medicine
- Bush School of Government and Public Service
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
- Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy
- School of Public Health
- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Centers, Institutes, and Core Facilities
Research centers, institutes, and core facilities play an important role in the academic landscape at Texas A&M, bringing together scholars and scientists—often from different disciplines—to tackle major research challenges. Presently there are more than 130 Texas A&M Centers and Institutes bringing together experts to solve problems in areas such as climate and the environment, computation and information, education and outreach, energy, food and water, global health and security, healthcare, infrastructure, materials and manufacturing, and science, policy, and the economy, among other research domains.
Core facilities are an essential part of Texas A&M research infrastructure, providing critical resources for groundbreaking research. By ensuring more efficient resource utilization, shared research facilities
are a cost-effective way to leverage research expertise and specialized instruments. Core facilities
provide dedicated space and specialized scientific equipment. Additionally, staff scientists provide field-specific expertise, research services, technical support, and training of graduate students and research staff. A&M offers more than 50 core facilities that can be generally categorized into chemical
science technologies, data information and computation, integrated biological and medical translation, materials and fabrication, and microscopy and imaging.
Division of Research Units
Attending Veterinarian at Texas A&M
Comparative Medicine Program
Research Compliance and Biosafety
Research Development Services
Research Security and Export Controls
Sponsored Research Services
Office of Hispanic Serving Institution and Inclusivity Research Services
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Office of the Vice President for Research
- Centers and Institutes Management
- Health**
- Research Integrity Officer
- Research Reporting
- Strategic Initiatives
Research Communications and Public Relations*
Research Enterprise Business Services* (includes Human Resources and Payroll; Budgets, Accounting, Travel)
Technology Services, Research Services*
Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University
High Performance Research Computing
International Ocean Discovery Program
Texas A&M Energy Institute
Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute
Texas A&M Global Health Research Complex
Texas A&M Institute of Data Science
Texas A&M Institute for Genome Sciences and Society
Texas A&M Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas
Texas Sea Grant College Program
Bioscience Business Accelerator (in the TIPS building***)
Microscopy and Imaging Center
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building
Lab Animal Research Facility
* In-partnership
** In-development
*** (TIPS) Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies
Faculty Research Organizations
- CPI – Council of Principal Investigators
- Faculty Senate Research Committee
- URC – University Research Council
External Sources for Defining Strategic Research Themes and Priorities
ARPA-E: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
ARPA-H: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
AFOSR: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHIPS ACT: U.S. CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Priorities
DHS: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DOC: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) 2022 – 2026 Strategic Plan
DOD: U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Priorities
DOE: U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Priorities
DOED: U.S. Department of Education’s (DOED) Priorities
DVA: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research & Development
HSRA: Health Resources and Services Administration
MULTI_AGENCY R&D: Multi-Agency Research and Development Priorities for the FY 2023
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Priorities
NATIONAL BIOTECH: National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative
NATIONAL LABS: National Laboratories | Department of Energy
NATIONAL SECURITY: Biden-Harris Administration’s National Security Strategy
NEA: National Endowment for the Arts Research Agenda- FY 2022-2026
NEH: National Endowment for the Humanities
NIH: National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Wide Strategic Plan 2021-2025
NSF: National Science Foundation (NSF) Strategic Plan 2022-2026
SBIR/STTR: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
TX: Texas Legislature and Priorities
UN: United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals
U.S. Department of Transportation
USDA: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Priorities
Abbreviations
Federal Agencies
- DAPRA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DOC – Department of Commerce
- DOD – Department of Defense
- DOED – Department of Education
- DOE – Department of Energy
- NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NEA – National Endowment for the Arts
- NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities
- NIH – National Institutes of Health
- NSF – National Science Foundation
- USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
- USAID – U.S. Agency for International Development
Colleges, Schools, and Agencies
- AGEX – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
- AGLR – Texas A&M AgriLife Research
- BUSH – Bush School of Government and Public Service
- CAS – College of Arts and Sciences
- CHSD – Center for Health Systems Design
- CHUD – Center for Housing & Urban Development
- COALS – College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (research embedded within Texas A&M AgriLife Research)
- COE – College of Engineering (research embedded within Texas Engineering Experiment Station)
- SEHD – School of Education and Human Development
- ENMED – School of Engineering Medicine
- Galveston – Texas A&M University at Galveston
- GeoSAT – Center for Geospatial Sciences, Applications, and Technology
- HSC – Health Sciences Center (includes five aligned schools – medicine, pharmacy, nursing, public health, and dentistry)
- LAW – School of Law
- MAYS – Mays Business School
- PVFA – School of Performance Visualization, and Fine Arts
- Qatar – Texas A&M University at Qatar
- SOA – School of Architecture
- SoD – School of Dentistry
- SoM – School of Medicine
- SoN – School of Nursing
- SoP – Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy
- SPH – School of Public Health
- TDEM – Texas Department of Emergency Management
- TEES – Texas Engineering Experiment Station
- TFS – Texas A&M Forest Service
- TTI – Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- TVMDL – Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
- VMBS – School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (research embedded within Texas A&M AgriLife Research)
Centers, Institutes, and Core Facilities
- AggieFab – AggieFab Nanofabrication Facility
- ARCHI – A&M Rural and Community Health Institute
- BCDC – Bush Combat Development Complex
- CARTEEH – Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health
- CC – Cybersecurity Center
- CCHA – Center for Community Health and Aging
- CCHD – Center for Community Health Development
- CHC – Center for Historic Conservation
- CHEER – Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research
- CHUD – Center for Housing & Urban Development
- CI – Cyclotron Institute
- CIADM – Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing
- CIR – Center for Infrastructure Renewal
- CMAC – Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation
- CMDD – Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery
- CoDHR – Center of Digital Humanities Research
- CPT – Center for Phage Technology
- CSFA – Center for the Study of First Americans
- CTCR – Center for Translational Cancer Research
- CVRI – Cardiovascular Research Institute
- EI – Texas A&M Energy Institute
- ERGO – Ergonomics Center
- GCHR – Glasscock Center for Humanities Research
- GCRI – Global Cyber Research Institute
- GHRC – Global Health Research Complex
- HCDC – Texas A&M Health Cancer Disparities Core
- HCRF – Human Clinical Research Facility
- HPRC – High Performance Research Computing
- HRRC – Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center
- HST – Healthy South Texas
- IAH – Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture
- IBT – Institute of Biosciences & Technology
- IIAD – Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases
- IECE – Institute for Early Childhood Education
- ISTPP – Institute for Science Technology and Public Policy
- IQSE – Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering
- LIBRARY – Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
- MCF – Materials Characterization Facility
- MIC – Microscopy and Imaging Center
- NBI – Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
- NCEBR – National Center for Electron Beam Research
- NCTM – National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing
- NESC – Nuclear Engineering & Science Center TRIGA Reactor
- NPI – Nuclear Power Institute
- NRI – Natural Resources Institute
- NSC – Nuclear Science Center
- NSSPI – Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives
- RESI – Race and Ethnic Studies Institute
- SI – Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs
- SRHRC – Southwest Rural Health Research Center
- TAMC2 – Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center
- TAMIDS – Texas A&M Institute of Data Science
- TAMIN – Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience
- TCCS – Texas Center for Climate Studies
- TEMAG – Texas A&M Emergency Management Advisory Group
- TIO – Texas Institute of Oceanography
- TRDC – Texas Research Data Center
- TSG – Texas Sea Grant
- TWRI – Texas Water Resources Institute
- TxGEN – Texas Genomics and Bioinformatics Services
Acronyms and Definitions
Applied Research – Any research that may possibly be useful for enhancing health or well-being.
Appreciative Inquiry – Methodology utilized in stakeholder engagement.
Basic Research – Systematic study toward greater knowledge or understanding.
KPI, Metrics – Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are quantitative or qualitative measures of achievements or progress toward goals. Metrics allow for baseline data as well as data that may demonstrate growth, decline, or no change in progress.
S.O.A.R. – Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results. The methodology utilized in stakeholder engagement.
Stakeholders – Undergraduate students, postdoctoral students, graduate students, faculty, researchers, administrators, Division of Research, centers, institutes, core facilities, Texas A&M System, Faculty Research organizations, university partnership with Texas A&M agencies, public, support units such as Information Technology, Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness (HROE), Facilities, Finance, Marketing and Communications, etc.
Texas A&M University Research Enterprise – Undergraduate students, postdoctoral students, graduate students, faculty, researchers, administrators, Division of Research, centers and institutes, core facilities, Texas A&M System, university partnership with Texas A&M agencies, support units such as Technology Services (including Research Services), Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness (HROE), Facilities, Finance, Marketing & Communications, etc. Includes research infrastructure and associated components.
Translational Research – Systematic effort to convert (translate) basic research knowledge into practical applications that will result in benefits to humans and the human condition.