X-Grants

Unlocking creative ideas to address global challenges.
Interdisciplinary projects that bring faculty-researchers together.
Large and small scale research awards.
Support for faculty and staff.
 

Accelerate Solutions

Part of President Michael K. Young’s 10-year, $100 million Excellence Fund, X-Grants were created to support teams of faculty-researchers and staff across disciplines with grants ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million per team. X-Grants, named for “accelerating” collaborative research in larger teams, were created to solve important global challenges with imaginative and impactful solutions.
 

X-Grants

Administered by the Division of Research in the Office of the Provost, team grants totaling $7 million for a mix of smaller dollar amount awards and larger funding scope collaborative research awards are given out annually. Faculty-researchers and staff from all Texas A&M colleges and campuses, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M Engineering Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Texas A&M Transportation Service are eligible to partner in teams on innovative research proposals that cross the borders of disciplines and colleges.
 
The first X-Grants were awarded in 2018. Round 2 awards were announced in summer 2019, marking an investment of $14 million in accelerated solutions by teams of innovators across campus.

 
About the Research

X-Grants have supported interdisciplinary research ranging from the future of computing and artificial intelligence, to a 3D bioprinted pancreas for treating diabetes, aging populations, innovative treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases, and more.
 
Learn more about funded projects, FAQs, requirements and how to apply for X-Grants.

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X-Grant Program Funds Eight Interdisciplinary Projects
First round of X-Grants provides funding for eight projects involving 81 Texas A&M researchers