Texas A&M system board of regents receive a research update

This podcast contains comments from the August 28, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents research committee meeting.Last week's meetings of the Texas A&M system board of regents included the second meeting of the regents new research committee.The system's research vice chancellor Joe Elabd said during the 2024 fiscal year, Texas A&M generated $1.4 billion dollars in research expenditures as part of its "research one" status and five of the system's regional universities who have a "research two" status combined for $177 million in research expenditures.Committee chairman John Bellinger of San Antonio said there is going to be more R-1 and R-2 universities in the system.Bellinger also said "we don't want to go backwards in College Station (at the A&M flagship)", adding "College Station gives us the brand, gives us the mark of excellence. And we have to have that to be able to proliferate research throughout the other campuses."Regents board chairman Bob Albritton of Ft. Worth said "there is a lot more that we can accomplish and I think there are things we are leaving on the table that we should not be leaving on the table".Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the August 28, 2025 board of regents research committee meeting.