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Year in Review
Whether collaborating on interdisciplinary research, identifying processes to improve literacy or STEM education, or developing VR or gaming instructional tools, Simmons faculty pursue evidence-based solutions that change lives. Our researchers strive to improve teaching through a better understanding of the learning process and the use of innovative instructional technology. Simmons researchers shed light on what can be done better.
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![$20,887,727 total new grants](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon2a.png)
![$1,160,429 average new award](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon3a.png)
![66 active sponsored projects](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon4a.png)
![$8,122,427 in grant expenditures](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon5a.png)
![$369,201 research expenditures per tenure-lined professor](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon6a.png)
![73 perecent tenure-line professors engaged in externally funded research](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon7a.png)
![18 new grants awarded](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon8a.png)
![Distinctive Features. Advancing game-based learning, and augmented / virtual reality instruction. Creating a PreK-9 STEM school with Dallas ISD and Toyota USA.](/-/media/Site/Simmons/Research/SnapshotIcons/icon9f.png?h=360&w=400&hash=352A47187AF6E0E090F2E805DF94B362)