Lubbock · West Texas
Texas Tech University
West Texas research university, with a seat on the state advisory committee.
Texas Tech anchors research in the western half of the state and holds one of the advisory committee seats the Governor's office filled in 2026.
A programme built only around the Austin–Houston–Dallas triangle would leave out most of the state's land, energy and defense industry.
Centres and programmes
Texas Quantum Initiative advisory committee
One of the seats filled by the Governor's office in 2026.
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