Texas A&M first in state to spend more than $1 billion on research FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Texas A&MUniversity has become the first university in the state to surpass $1 billion spending on research within a year. College officials announced Wednesday that the university spent $1.13 billion on research during the 2020 fiscal year — an increase of 18.8 percent from 2019, during which the university spent $952 million.Sam Craft/Texas A&MUniversity Division of Marketing & Communications, Multimedia Project Coordinator / Sam Craft/Texas A&MUniversity Division of Marketing & CommunicationsShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Texas A&MUniversity has become the first university in the state to surpass $1 billion spending on research within a year. College officials announced Wednesday that the university spent $1.13 billion on research during the 2020 fiscal year — an increase of 18.8 percent from 2019, during which the university spent $952 million.Sam Craft/Texas A&MUniversity Division of Marketing & Communications, Multimedia Project Coordinator / Sam Craft/Texas A&MUniversity Division of Marketing & CommunicationsShow MoreShow Less