Texas A&M To Invest In U.S. Research And Development

Closing the “innovation gap” was targeted a year ago as a high national priority by a group of prominent universities, including Texas A&M University, along with several scientific and business organizations, but concern by top representatives of those entities is being expressed on the first anniversary of the initiative that the White House and Congress need to be more supportive and assertive.

The effort to enhance the nation’s innovation initiative is being led by, among others, the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and The Science Coalition, with Texas A&M holding membership in all of them and having pledged support for it at the presidential level.

“Speaking on behalf of Texas A&M and its associated research and service agencies, we are totally committed to helping the nation significantly step up its efforts to be more innovative and research oriented on all fronts—technologically, agriculturally, medically and in defense-related measures, among others,” emphasized Texas A&M Interim President Mark Hussey.

He pointed out that Texas A&M, aided by its associated agencies, is a national leader in research, with many such endeavors having significant potential for development of new technologies and procedures with practical applications that can have marketplace impacts in the near future.Texas A&M’s annual investment in research stands at a record $820 million, with hundreds of different fields represented.

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