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.
Advancing and strengthening all aspects of the research enterprise.
Associate vice presidents, executive directors and directors
Council of Principal Investigators and University Research Council
Download the entire plan or the abbreviated version.
Download a packet of fact sheets for details about each.
Gathers and frames data into six foundational categories.
Seek external funding from governments, non-profits or corporations. Apply for internal grants for interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary projects.
Nurtures commercial potential of recent discoveries.
Provides multi-year support for scholarship or creative works
Ignites intellectual dialogue through expert-led research forums.
Fosters collaboration with Prairie View A&M University.
Supports strategic investments across the research enterprise.
Develops junior faculty into the next research leaders.
Encourages collaboration across disciplines.
Navigate databases to identify opportunities.
Explore online access to departments and agencies.
Understand how the division identifies and manages these opportunities.
Consider options for non-profit support.
Central office providing proposal support, resources, and professional development.
For multidisciplinary funding opportunities.
For researchers launching their portfolios.
For proposals that align with division priorities.
Master the steps for submitting a successful proposal.
Follow the approve process for pursuing external funding.
Work with a proposal administrator.
Delve into services offered throughout the project cycle.
Protect your interests and Texas A&M’s.
Learn your cost rates.
Ensure a project meets all requirements.
Exercise best practices from establishment to closeout.
Streamline project administration.
“Answers for You” videos address vital topics and issues.
Meet the requirements for final technical reports.
Understand the laws, rules and regulations for conducting research that is safe, legal and ethical.
Gain approval for animal research or teaching at Texas A&M.
Obtain consent before initiating research involving biohazards.
Protect the rights and welfare of participants.
Reduce the risk of exposing personnel.
Manage the transboundary aspects of your research.
Comply with all U.S. laws and regulations.
Disclose all activities outside of Texas A&M.
Certify for sponsored projects using TimeTraq or certification system.
Offers cutting-edge resources, services and facilities to investigators and their teams.
Provide state-of-the-art instrumentation, technologies and specialized scientific services.
Organize collaborations to take on major challenges.
Offers high quality animal care at affordable cost.
Serves postdocs and the faculty who train them.
Organizes, stores, preserves and shares findings and results.
Guidance from federal agencies on generative AI in research.
Through its units, the Division of Research delivers strategic support to further Texas A&M’s research mission.
Provides guidance in biosafety, animal welfare and human research protection.
Offers no-cost consultation and training for developing proposals.
Helps to safeguard integrity of research and scholarship.
Works with researchers in the administration of funded projects.
Coordinates cross-cutting initiatives to advance the research enterprise.
Advances postdoctoral research and career development through support and collaboration.
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.
Advancing and strengthening all aspects of the research enterprise.
Associate vice presidents, executive directors and directors
Council of Principal Investigators and University Research Council
Download the entire plan or the abbreviated version.
Download a packet of fact sheets for details about each.
Gathers and frames data into six foundational categories.
Seek external funding from governments, non-profits or corporations. Apply for internal grants for interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary projects.
Nurtures commercial potential of recent discoveries.
Provides multi-year support for scholarship or creative works
Ignites intellectual dialogue through expert-led research forums.
Fosters collaboration with Prairie View A&M University.
Supports strategic investments across the research enterprise.
Develops junior faculty into the next research leaders.
Encourages collaboration across disciplines.
Navigate databases to identify opportunities.
Explore online access to departments and agencies.
Understand how the division identifies and manages these opportunities.
Consider options for non-profit support.
Central office providing proposal support, resources, and professional development.
For multidisciplinary funding opportunities.
For researchers launching their portfolios.
For proposals that align with division priorities.
Master the steps for submitting a successful proposal.
Follow the approve process for pursuing external funding.
Work with a proposal administrator.
Delve into services offered throughout the project cycle.
Protect your interests and Texas A&M’s.
Learn your cost rates.
Ensure a project meets all requirements.
Exercise best practices from establishment to closeout.
Streamline project administration.
“Answers for You” videos address vital topics and issues.
Meet the requirements for final technical reports.
Understand the laws, rules and regulations for conducting research that is safe, legal and ethical.
Gain approval for animal research or teaching at Texas A&M.
Obtain consent before initiating research involving biohazards.
Protect the rights and welfare of participants.
Reduce the risk of exposing personnel.
Manage the transboundary aspects of your research.
Comply with all U.S. laws and regulations.
Disclose all activities outside of Texas A&M.
Certify for sponsored projects using TimeTraq or certification system.
Offers cutting-edge resources, services and facilities to investigators and their teams.
Provide state-of-the-art instrumentation, technologies and specialized scientific services.
Organize collaborations to take on major challenges.
Offers high quality animal care at affordable cost.
Serves postdocs and the faculty who train them.
Organizes, stores, preserves and shares findings and results.
Guidance from federal agencies on generative AI in research.
Through its units, the Division of Research delivers strategic support to further Texas A&M’s research mission.
Provides guidance in biosafety, animal welfare and human research protection.
Offers no-cost consultation and training for developing proposals.
Helps to safeguard integrity of research and scholarship.
Works with researchers in the administration of funded projects.
Coordinates cross-cutting initiatives to advance the research enterprise.
Advances postdoctoral research and career development through support and collaboration.
Berry Hebb received NCURA Region V’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award and the RACC Distinguished Service Award for her exceptional leadership in research administration.
Dec 5, 2025 By Ava Popovits
2 minutes
Shelly Berry Hebb, Director of PreAward Services for Texas A&M University’s Sponsored Research Services (SRS), was recently honored with two awards for exceptional service: the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Region V 2025 Distinguished Service Award, and the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) Distinguished Service Award.
The NCURA Region V Distinguished Service Award recognizes regional members who make significant contributions to the organization, which serves Texas and Oklahoma research administrators by providing professional development programs and networking opportunities. Since joining in 2001, Berry Hebb served as chair in 2017, has presented for the past six years at regional and national meetings, and still contributes as a National Traveling Workshop Faculty Member.She also authors papers for a professional publication and continuously promotes research administration.
Additionally, Berry Hebb was recognized for her seven years of service on the RACC Board of Directors.
RACC is responsible for the examination and credentialing of professionals in research administration. Berry Hebb played a crucial role in this process by taking on several leadership roles over the years, including secretary from 2019-2023, co-chair in 2024 and immediate past chair in 2025.
About Research at Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is one of the world’s leading research institutions, dedicated to advancing knowledge and serving the public good. As a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant university, Texas A&M conducts research that spans multiple disciplines and addresses global challenges. In 2025, Texas A&M announced that its research enterprise generated annual expenditures of $1.394 billion in fiscal year 2024. According to the National Science Foundation’s most recent Higher Education Research and Development Survey, Texas A&M ranks 13th nationally among public universities based on research expenditures of more than $1.278 billion in fiscal year 2023. Texas A&M was also the first research institution in Texas to surpass $1 billion in annual research expenditures, a milestone achieved in fiscal year 2021.
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