Texas Tech University

A Record year for texas tech research

Research Success

Reads: $212 million Total Research Expenditures. * indicates university record
$43 million federal awards
Reads: $65 million total awards
Reads: 40% increase in federal research expenditures since 2017
99 Faculty members Rank Among Top 2% of Most Cited Researchers
52 centers and institutes
 

$26.5M Award for NSF Engineering Research Center

The Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER) revolutionizes the capture, recovery and recycling of nitrogen-based fertilizers using byproducts from untapped sources of waste including concentrated animal feeding operations, municipal wastewater treatment plants and runoff.

The grant from the NSF is the largest in the university's history. It will fund the center for an initial five-year period with the possibility of renewing the grant for five more years and another $25 million.

Research Highlights

Growing STEMS Consortium

Gives students in STEM the chance to earn real-world experience & train in professional laboratories.

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Fearless Podcast Season 2

Learn about the transformative research going on at Texas Tech and the stories of what motivates those doing the work.

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Researchers Work to Meet Needs of Hispanic Students

Texas Tech was designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the Department of Education in 2019.

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Astronomers Reveal First Image of Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy

Texas Tech's Alexandra Tetarenko played a vital role in this work.

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Sky Taxies

A Texas Tech lab is on the cutting edge of developing new technology for the city commuter flight industry.

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Texas Tech Taking Lead in $1.6M Sorghum Project

Krishna Jagadish leads a team of researchers looking to improve grain sorghum.

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Innovation Success

Reads: $212 million Total Research Expenditures. * indicates university record
$43 million federal awards
Reads: $65 million total awards
Reads: 40% increase in federal research expenditures since 2017
99 Faculty members Rank Among Top 2% of Most Cited Researchers
52 centers and institutes
 

Innovation Highlights

Excellence in Entrepreneurship

Princeton Review ranks Texas Tech 12th in the nation & 4th in the Southwest Region for undergraduate entrepreneurial education.

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Social Innovation Comes to the Hub

Thanks to Community Foundation support the Social Innovation Challenge is set to make an impact on the Lubbock community.

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2022 Prototype Fund Winners

Five startups supporting agricultural technology and faculty or women-owned businesses received awards.

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Research by the Numbers

 

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