Innovating at the Frontier
At Texas State, we challenge you to Bring Everything—your leadership, your grit, and your boldest ideas. In return, we provide the firepower: a transformative $300 million investment over the next five years to fuel your innovation and command a global impact.
Texans approved the establishment of the Texas University Fund (TUF), currently at $6.31 billion, sending a strong message about the level of respect ignited by research. By creating opportunities for accomplished, forward-thinking researchers, TXST will show how public investment in transformation can translate into concrete outcomes.
over the next 5 years
over the last 5 years
TXST is making a mark, not a footnote. As part of our commitment to propel invention and innovation forward, we are recruiting faculty who want to shape the future, influence policy and deliver results that matter. New endowed chair positions will become available in each of our key areas of impact.
TXST is going all in to recruit national leaders in five research areas that the state and nation need — water and the environment, semiconductors, dementia and aging, artificial intelligence, and the digital humanities.
Leading the nation as the preeminent water research university.
Accelerating chip design and manufacturing in the United States.
Transforming critical care with breakthroughs in aging and healthcare.
Advancing transformative AI research for real-world applications.
Exploring human stories and expression through technology.
Texas State has achieved remarkable research and enrollment growth over the years without losing our unique identity — without forgetting Texas State’s roots and values.
Texas is now the 8th largest economy in the world, and state leaders have made research, talent, and innovation central to long-term economic growth. These aims are furthered by TXST’s expansion of research, which transforms public investment into skilled graduates, new knowledge, and solutions that meet real needs across the state and in the country.
The Division of Research advances knowledge creation and exchange by supporting faculty, students, and sponsors in their pursuit of impactful, innovative, and meaningful research. Learn more about Texas University Fund (TUF) endowment-supported faculty positions at TXST.
A new initiative designed to transform impactful research and ideas into market-ready innovations.
Meadows Center launches Texas One Water Hub, a statewide resource for integrated water management.
Researchers at TXST have pioneered a technology that could help lower costs and improve performance.
TXST faculty are contributing to two Department of Energy Genesis Mission projects.
Learn more about the 2025 Presidential Seminar Award winner with decade-long NASA funding.
The CREATE Center is partway through a grant cycle for federal transportation and water research.
Sessions focus on real-world implementations of AI to enhance teaching and learning.
Team demonstrates new way to control light emission from an atomically thin semiconductor monolayer.
How TXST is using a $400,000 grant from the NSF to expand AI innovation.
International research grants worth more than $25,000 will help protect the world’s rarest heron.
The lab donated by Keysight gives students hands-on access to industry-standard technology.
TXST’s Center for Archaeological Studies awarded contract for environmental regulatory support.
How The Freeman Center used $523,000 and a donated bull for agricultural education and research.
NSF grant to study the use of generative AI to improve the operational efficiency of supercomputers.
