By The Numbers
This section provides key statistics and metrics that highlight the growth and impact of research and sponsored projects at Texas A&M University-Central Texas.By The Numbers
This page provides key statistics and metrics that highlight the growth and impact of research and sponsored projects at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. We track proposals submitted, grant funding secured, sponsored projects managed, Principal Investigators served, and research expenditures.
Research Performance Dashboard (2014–2026)
A decade of growth in research activity, external funding, and institutional engagement.
This dashboard highlights A&M-Central Texas’s research momentum over the past decade, showcasing growth in proposal activity, award competitiveness, external funding, and research expenditures. Together, these indicators demonstrate a strengthening research culture supported by faculty excellence, strategic investment, and expanding opportunities for innovation. As the university continues to build capacity and deepen its impact, these trends reflect a clear trajectory toward greater institutional prominence and research distinction.
The award and financial performance charts illustrate consistent upward trends in proposal submissions, competitive awards, and external funding. These gains reflect a maturing research ecosystem driven by faculty leadership, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to innovation. The distribution of proposals across colleges and divisions further demonstrates broad institutional engagement in advancing A&M-Central Texas’s research mission.
Research Expenditures (2021- 2026)
Research expenditures at A&M-Central Texas have grown steadily over the past decade, reflecting increased faculty engagement, stronger external partnerships, and expanding institutional capacity. This upward trajectory aligns with the expectations for Carnegie Research College & University (RCU) institutions, which emphasize sustained investment in research infrastructure and activity. The trend demonstrates A&M-Central Texas’s commitment to building a robust, competitive research enterprise capable of supporting long‑term scholarly and economic impact.
Research expenditures have more than doubled since 2021, demonstrating A&M-Central Texas’s growing research capacity and alignment with Carnegie Research College & University (RCU) expectations.
The growth in research expenditures marks a critical indicator of A&M-Central Texas’s progress toward Carnegie Research College & University (RCU) status. As proposal activity and award competitiveness have increased, the university has translated that momentum into rising research investment — a key measure of institutional research capacity. This trend underscores A&M-Central Texas’s readiness to support larger, more complex research initiatives and to expand its contributions to regional and statewide innovation.
A&M-Central Texas’s rising research expenditures signal a maturing research ecosystem aligned with Carnegie RCU expectations. Sustained investment in faculty scholarship, external partnerships, and research infrastructure demonstrates the university’s commitment to long‑term research growth. This trajectory positions A&M-Central Texas to expand its impact, strengthen its competitiveness, and advance toward national recognition as a research‑active institution.
Research expenditures at A&M-Central Texas have grown from $814K in 2021 to more than $1.7M in 2024 — a 112% increase in just three years. Even with a modest recalibration in 2025, expenditures remain nearly double their 2021 level. This sustained upward trajectory reflects expanding research capacity, stronger external partnerships, and institutional readiness for Carnegie Research College & University (RCU) designation.
Proposal Contributions
Proposal activity at TAMUCT is broadly distributed across the institution, reflecting a healthy and maturing research culture. The College of Business Administration leads in total submissions, driven by strong engagement in Computer Information Systems, Accounting & Finance, and Management & Marketing. Education & Human Development and Arts & Sciences also contribute significantly, demonstrating consistent faculty participation across counseling, curriculum, STEM, and humanities disciplines.
Administrative units—including Academic Affairs, the President’s Office, Research & Innovation, and the Library—add meaningful proposal volume, underscoring that research engagement extends beyond traditional academic departments. Student Affairs and UCARE further illustrate the university’s commitment to applied, student‑centered, and community‑focused research initiatives.
Together, these contributions show that TAMUCT’s research enterprise is not concentrated in a single college or discipline, but instead reflects institution‑wide participation. This breadth of engagement is a key indicator of long‑term research capacity and aligns with the expectations of Carnegie Research College & University (RCU) institutions, where distributed scholarly activity forms the foundation for sustainable growth.
* Note on Organizational Alignment: To ensure consistency across the 12‑year dataset, historical proposal and award records were aligned to the university’s current organizational structure. Units that experienced name changes, restructuring, or consolidation were mapped to their present‑day colleges, divisions, and departments. As a result, some legacy units may not appear in their original form, and proposal/award counts may be aggregated under updated organizational names.
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Associate Provost,
Associate VP for Research and Innovation
Office: Founders Hall – 418B
Division of Research and Innovation
Phone: 254.519.5427
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Assistant Vice President,
Division of Research and Innovation
Office: Founders Hall – 418A
Division of Research and Innovation
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Director, UCARE
Division of Research and Innovation
Office: Founders Hall – 310P
Division of Research and Innovation,
UCARE
Phone: 254.519.5752
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Research Development Associate
Office: Founders Hall – 418C
Division of Research and Innovation
Phone: 254.519.5741
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