Office of Research & Innovation Announces Guidelines for Return to Campus

May 21, 2020

The guidelines deal with coming back to campus as well as the steps that must be taken to restart on-campus research projects.

The Texas Tech University Office of Research & Innovation is providing guidance regarding the eventual return to active research on campus. We are taking many active precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in our community through newly established practices and expectations among our research groups.

We have released guidance for individual researchers and research groups which is composed of five sections:

Outline of principles for guiding a safe transition back to campus.
The process and staging for our return.
Considerations for faculty and primary investigators as we plan for on-campus research, scholarship and creative activity.
Guidance about health and safety, social distancing, and laboratory operations for all researchers returning to campus.
Actions that must be taken if any on-campus researchers become ill or test positive for COVID-19.

The full document is available here: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/research/downloads/restarting-campus-research.pdf

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A new era of excellence is dawning at Texas Tech University as it stands on the cusp of being one of the nation's premier research institutions.

Research and enrollment numbers are at record levels, which cement Texas Tech's commitment to attracting and retaining quality students. In fall 2020, the university achieved a goal more than a decade in the making, reaching a total student population of more than 40,000. In 2018, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education again placed Texas Tech among its top doctoral universities in the nation in the “Very High Research Activity” category. Texas Tech is one of 94 public institutions nationally and 131 overall to achieve this prestigious recognition.

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Office of Research and Innovation

The Office of Research and Innovation is tasked with facilitating excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity for Texas Tech students, faculty and staff. The office promotes an academic environment embracing creativity, curiosity, innovation, diversity, ethics and integrity.

Among other programs, the OR&I supports responsible and safe conduct of research, faculty development and recognition, interdisciplinary collaborations, externally sponsored research, partnerships with industry and community stakeholders, international research collaboration and the application of research for the benefit of society. The OR&I promotes a culture of creative expression, discovery, innovation and collaboration with the goal of advancing Texas Tech's status as an elite national research university.

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