Expanding Research Capabilities Goal 2.2

(FY 2021-2025)

Goal 2.2: Increase participation of demographically diverse faculty, staff, and students in research.

Objective 2.2.1

Increase the number of UT faculty, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students participating in research activities (paid from research accounts, assumes 100% participation of tenure and tenure track faculty).

Faculty, Postdocs, and Students Participating in Research at the UT System

Metric	Baseline:(FY20)	2025 Outcomes
Faculty	1,883	Faculty: Increase by 10%
Postdocs	230	Postdocs: Increase by 25%
Graduate students	1,894	Graduate students: Increase by 25%
Undergraduates	1,248	Undergraduates: Increase by 25%

Objective 2.2.2

Increase the participation of diverse faculty, postdocs, graduate, and undergraduate students in research. (Diverse are those that identify as American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or multi-racial. Participation in research includes those paid from research accounts and assumes 100% participation from tenure and tenure-track faculty.)

Count of diverse faculty, postdocs, and students engaged in research at the UT system.

Metric	Baseline:(FY20)
Faculty	7.9% tenured 14.1% tenure-track 10.8% non-tenure
Postdocs	11.3%
Graduate students	11.4%
Undergraduates	12.2%
2025 Outcomes:Progressively increase the number of diverse tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track faculty; postdocs; graduate students, and undergraduate students that participate in research.