Texas State University

focus on environmental sustainability and biotechnology. The facility is funded through multiple grants including $1.8 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and $4.2 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. The facility serves as a location for university faculty to perform advanced research and to commercialize that research into startup companies.
The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State is one of seven extant human decomposition research facilities (body farms) in the United States. It is the largest such forensics research facility in the world.
In August 2012, Texas State's River Systems Institute was renamed the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. This name change was the result of donations totaling $5 million from the Meadows Foundation in Dallas, Texas. The center’s mission is to inspire “research, innovation, and leadership that ensures clean, abundant water for the environment and all humanity,” and its studies and initiatives focus on water management, …