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Research and Innovation

BRINGING MORE TO PROBLEMS THAT MATTER

The Texas A&M University System mobilizes universities, state agencies, specialized expertise, advanced facilities, and partnerships with government and industry to take on consequential challenges that face Texas, the nation, and the world. Together, that scale and capability create a powerful pathway to move ideas from discovery through testing and application to real-world impact.

BIG CHALLENGES. SHARED STRENGTH. MORE IMPACT.

Solving consequential problems takes more than one kind of expertise. That’s the strength of The Texas A&M University System. Our universities lead research across agriculture, engineering, health, energy, space, artificial intelligence, and national security. Our state agencies, research organizations, and specialized facilities add scientists, engineers, infrastructure, and real-world expertise.

And the work doesn’t stay in the lab. At Texas A&M–RELLIS, ideas can move into ranges, proving grounds, and full-scale test environments, supporting work from hypersonics, directed energy, and autonomous systems to advanced energy and highway safety. At Texas A&MFort Worth, laboratories and innovation spaces bring university researchers, A&M System agencies, and industry together in one of the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan regions. Across Texas, the A&M System’s eight state agencies extend that expertise statewide, connecting research and specialized capabilities with industries, communities, and public systems where ideas can be put to work.

The reach is extraordinary, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center to a superconducting cyclotron supporting nuclear, materials, and space science. Through our management-and-operations partnerships at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Pantex Plant, the A&M System also connects research and expertise directly to critical national security missions.

Through the Research Excellence Fund, we invest in research that brings members and expertise together around major challenges. Texas A&M Innovation and partnerships with industry, government, and investors help promising discoveries move forward — through intellectual property protection, licensing, new ventures, and practical use.

We don’t stop at discovery. We’re built to put it to work.

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$1.6B Annual Research Expenditures

Powering a Stronger Future

#1 U.S. University Supercomputer

Powering Faster Discovery

1 of 5 Superconducting Cyclotrons Worldwide

Advancing Space, Defense and Semiconductor Research

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THE POWER OF A SYSTEM

Universities and state agencies. Researchers and specialized facilities. Government, industry, and national laboratories. The A&M System can bring uncommon combinations of people and capabilities together to demand more.

SEE THE POWER OF THE SYSTEM

FROM DISCOVERY TO IMPACT

An idea can become a technology. A partnership. A company. A better way to serve a community or strengthen a national mission. We create pathways that help research move beyond discovery and into practical use.

SEE DISCOVERY IN ACTION
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SOLVING THE CHALLENGES THAT MATTER

Energy. National security. Space. Health. Agriculture. Artificial intelligence. Semiconductors. Infrastructure. We deliberately focus our research strength on high-consequence challenges where science, engineering, and applied expertise change what is possible for Texas, the nation, and the world.

EXPLORE THE CHALLENGES

INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY

Texas A&M University will help prepare officers to lead U.S. military operations in space for the next decade, giving the university a central role in developing leaders for one of the nation’s most consequential national security missions.

The Texas A&M University System’s new VISION supercomputer is the most powerful university supercomputer in the United States, according to the June 2026 TOP500 list, which ranks VISION No. 66 among the world’s fastest computing systems.

America’s race to build the next generation of nuclear energy is accelerating at Texas A&M-RELLIS, where The Texas A&M University System signed agreements with Terrestrial Energy Inc. to advance the development of its planned small modular reactor.

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Research Partners and Extensions

Research partners and extensions expand the reach and capabilities of The Texas A&M University System to address complex needs and move ideas into practical use.

RESEARCH & INNOVATION HUBS + PROVING GROUNDS

Places and platforms built to bring disciplines, partners, and specialized infrastructure together around major missions.

RESEARCH COMMERCIALIZATION

Programs that connect researchers, grow shared capacity, and move promising discoveries forward.

NUCLEAR SECURITY

Connecting research to national missions while protecting the integrity and competitiveness of the research enterprise.

RESEARCH SUPPORT & ADMINISTRATION

The infrastructure that helps researchers develop, manage, and conduct sponsored research responsibly.

CONNECT TO MORE

Have a question, partnership opportunity, or initiative to explore? Connect with the A&M System to reach the right team and move the conversation forward.

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