Goal 2: Become a Regional Research University

Goal 2:
Become a Regional Research University

The University will assess and enhance its research resources, as well as deepening current and developing new regional research initiatives. The University also will increase external funding, which will increase measurable research expenditures.

Strategy 2.1

Assess and enhance research resources, including faculty time (teaching loads), facilities, faculty lines, and scholarly research dissemination activities (including travel, access to repositories, and open access journals).

Strategy 2.2

Deepen current and develop new regional research initiatives.

Texas A&M Researchers Contribute to International Project Studying Coronavirus Transmission In Humans, Cattle

WT Students, Professor Publish Research into New Possibilities in Faster Electronics

The West Texan: WT’s Hill Institute to Promote Regional Values

WT Leading New Research into Families of Children with Learning Disabilities

Strategy 2.3

Increase external funding (sponsored research grants and endowments), which will increase measurable research expenditures.

WT Researchers Win National Grant to Research Panhandle Refugee Population

WT Ag Professor Wins Grant to Continue Research into Critical Issue in Feedlot Cattle

WT Researcher Wins USDA Grant to Encourage Women, Minorities in STEM Fields

The goals and strategies detailed in the University’s five-year strategic plan, The Pioneering Spirit: Pursuit of WT 125, aim to achieve the mission as laid out in the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.