Research

Highlighting economic development in India
During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to New Delhi, the university's economic development initiative received high-profile recognition.
The science of prenatal vitamins
Choosing a prenatal vitamin can be a challenging decision. University researchers weigh in on the science behind prenatal vitamins and supplements.
Anxiety in political advertising
In this latest analysis, Assistant Professor of Government Bethany Albertson explains how candidates tap into voters' emotions in political ads.
We are in the general now
In this Elections 2012 analysis, Center for Politics and Governance Director Sherri Greenberg explains why November will bring a close general election.
Making the "Switch"
A new documentary film from Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Scott Tinker charts a course toward our energy future.
Know - Your connection to a world of ideas
During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to New Delhi, the university's economic development initiative received high-profile recognition.
Choosing a prenatal vitamin can be a challenging decision. University researchers weigh in on the science behind prenatal vitamins and supplements.
In this latest analysis, Assistant Professor of Government Bethany Albertson explains how candidates tap into voters' emotions in political ads.
In this Elections 2012 analysis, Center for Politics and Governance Director Sherri Greenberg explains why November will bring a close general election.
A new documentary film from Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Scott Tinker charts a course toward our energy future.

Recovery Act

The University of Texas at Austin has received $127 million for research through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Research investment includes major pieces of instrumentation, investigations in health, energy, infrastructure and other areas, and expanding supercomputing capabilties.

Read more about the university's research through federal economic Recovery Act funds.

Research Alerts

Get the latest news on research grant opportunities, award winners and newsmakers in the Research Alert.

Further Findings Research Blog

Like many graduate students in the humanities, Cameron Strang, a Ph.D. candidate in his fourth year, came to The University of Texas at Austin’s History Department through a slightly circuitous route.


Cameron Strang, Ph.D. student in the Department of History.

After graduating from McGill University,...

Researchers from the undergraduate level to the Nobel Prize explore, discover and innovate in the arts, humanities and sciences and across disciplinary boundaries. The impact of the university's research ripples through Texas and around the world.

Research Facts

Todd Ditmire and the Petawatt Laser$1.1 billion was awarded in sponsored research over the past two years.

$40 million over the past two years in revenue from the licensing of university technology.

The university runs one of the world's fastest supercomputers and one of the most powerful lasers.

Texas researchers were quickly on-site after the Haiti earthquake and Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

About 800 patents have been awarded to the university.

The university's 17 libraries hold more than nine million volumes.

The Harry Ransom Center displays a Gutenberg bible and the world's first photo.

Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying creature ever discovered, was found by a university student. A replica is on display at the Texas Memorial Museum.

Research News

Published: May 24

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are teaming up to develop medication to treat alcoholism and drug addiction that could target individual genes or brain signaling systems.

They have received a $3.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the project.

Published: May 22

Exposure to chemicals has the ability to influence behavior of offspring several generations after the initial exposure, according to a new study published by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Washington State University.

Published: May 16

The University of Texas at Austin’s Imaging Research Center (IRC) opened last week, ushering in a new set of research capacities for neuroscience and cancer research at the university.

Research Events