The University provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty, to conduct research that often helps the community while advancing knowledge in a particular field. The University will continue to enhance research opportunities by promoting cooperative ventures with other educational institutions in the region, especially the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport and the Biomedical Research Institute.

LSUS, in partnership with the City of Shreveport, operates the Red River Educational and Research Park at the 6000 acre C. Bickham Dickson wetlands area adjacent to the campus.

The LSUS Ralph Worley Observatory, the only facility of its kind in North Louisiana, hosts astronomical events throughout the year.

The LSUS Museum of Life Sciences houses more than 25,000 specimens, including mammals, birds, and reptiles and plants.