in Energy & Earth Resources and Public Affairs are also available through the Jackson School and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
== Research Units ==
The Jackson School's faculty and research scientists pursue 200 active research projects a year with annual funding of over $25 million. Research is often collaborative across the three scientific units and interdisciplinary with other departments at The University of Texas at Austin.
=== Bureau of Economic Geology ===
The Bureau of Economic Geology was established in 1909 as a successor to the Texas Geological Survey and the Texas Mineral Survey. Dr. William Battle Phillips was the Bureau's first director. Before 1909 the Texas legislature established and funded three Texas Geological Surveys, which lasted from 1858 to 1867 (with a four-year suspension), 1873–1876, and 1888–1901 (with the last five years unfunded). Today the Bureau functions as a research unit of The University of Texas at Austin, the State Geological Survey, and the Regional …
