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Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health (CIRWH)
Pilot Projects
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/cirwh
Faculty at the assistant professor level and above (tenure or nontenure track) are encouraged to apply for a seed grant of $20,000 from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health. Funds are intended to support basic, clinical or translational research relevant to one of the following areas:
- Chronic or multi-systemic conditions that are more prevalent in women or that require different treatment in women
- Gender/sex differences in the etiology, treatment or prevention of disease
- Women's health throughout the life cycle
Preference will be given to junior faculty and investigators entering women's health research as a new field. See Fund Code 825.
Contact: Sarah Enticknap; email sjentick@utmb.edu phone: 772-2985; mail route: 0587.
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Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD)
Pilot Projects
Website: http://www.catchum.utmb.edu/CPHHD/index.htm
The Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) is a $9 million grant over five years funded by the National Cancer Institute. Its main purpose is to examine social and biologic mechanisms whereby differences in socio economic status lead to differences in health outcomes.
As part of the CPHHD, funds are made available for two to three awards to support pilot research relevant to health disparities. We are particularly interested in encouraging laboratory-based investigations relevant to the effects of chronic stress (such as the stress of poverty) on health. One of the projects supported by the CPHHD involves a population-based study of stress, social support, and health outcomes, and including blood samples; so potential pilot investigators are encouraged to link their studies to this project.
Funding of up to $50,000 for one year is allowed and we anticipate funding 2-3 projects each year. Evaluation of pilot proposals is a two part process. The first part calls for submission and evaluation of a brief description of the proposal. The second phase involves those initial proposals chosen to submit a more detailed 4-5-page proposal in NIH format. See Fund code 829.
Contact: Tony DiNuzzo, PhD ( adinuzzo@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-5367; mail route 0460; or visit the Sealy Center on Aging website at http://www.utmb.edu/scoa/
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Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)
Pilot Projects
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/scoa/Research/Pepper/index.html
The UTMB Claude Pepper Older Independence Center encourages UTMB investigators to submit pilot research proposals in the area of skeletal muscle aging and sarcopenia. Four projects are funded for one or two years, with total annual direct costs not to exceed $30,000.
Each pilot project application should be submitted using the PHS 398 form. Review criteria will include: 1) relevance to skeletal muscle aging and sarcopenia; 2) scientific merit (significance, approach, innovation, investigator, and environment); 3) likelihood of leading to the successful submission of a larger grant (e.g. R01); and budget appropriateness for the proposed experiments. The review process will include an initial screening by the Pepper Center Executive Committee followed by external review by the Pepper Center External Advisory Committee. See Fund Code 834.
Contact: Tony DiNuzzo, PhD ( adinuzzo@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-5367; mail route 0460; or visit the Sealy Center on Aging website at http://www.utmb.edu/scoa/
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Gastrointestinal Research Interdisciplinary Program Research Grants (suspended)
Pilot Research Program
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/grip/
Funding is available for intramural pilot research projects to foster and develop research in digestive studies at UTMB. The program is designed to provide two types of funding – a) junior investigator projects and b) interdisciplinary PPG projects. The aims of both grants are ultimately to acquire obtain external funding. The junior investigator projects are $20,000 one-year, non-renewable grants to junior faculty for projects in the GI field. The PPG grants are $100,000 two-year ($50,000 per year) program project grants in the GI field. The second year of funding for the PPG applications will be dependent on the submission of a draft PPG application. Applications are due annually in June for projects beginning September 1. .
Seed Money Research Program for Genomic and Proteomic Based Projects
The UTMB Gastrointestinal Research Interdisciplinary Program (GRIP) announces the availability of $10,000 seed money grants to foster and develop projects relating to genomics and proteomics. The program is designed to encourage innovative projects that rely critically on genomic or proteomic technology. These funds are meant to help defray the costs of the materials related to such technology (e.g., gene chips). Applications are due in early December.
Contact: Julie Hicks ( jhicks@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-1340; mail route: 0764.
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General Clinical Research Center (Suspended after March 30, 2007)
Pilot Grant Program
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/gcrc
The GCRC currently has funds to support pilot projects as part of its Clinical and Translational Research Feasibility (CTReFF) Program. Support is provided for pilot clinical research studies that are likely to generate preliminary data for a grant application to a federal agency – especially NIH. Priority is given to junior investigators with appropriate mentors who propose pilot observations that are likely to lead to extramural grant support. More senior investigators who are changing research direction are also eligible. Requested budgets should not exceed $10K. Deadline for submission is March 30, 2007. Fund Code 844.
Contact Lori Wiseman ( lwiseman@utmb.edu ) ; phone: 772-1950.
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UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Competitive Scholarships and Faculty Awards
Website: http://www.gsbs.utmb.edu/current/awards/default.html
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) accepts applications for restricted and unrestricted scholarship and faculty awards, including the Arthur V. Simmang Academic Scholarship, the Zelda Zinn Casper Foundation Scholarship, the James E. Beall II Memorial Scholarship, the Curtis W. Lambert Scholarship, the GSBS Associates Scholarship, the Shirley Patricia Parker Scholarship, and the Edward S. Reynolds, M.D. Experimental Pathology Graduate Scholarship. Average scholarship award is $1,000 (minimum $450, maximum $14,000 in 1996). Annual deadline for all the above scholarships is in early spring.
Contact: Scholarship Committee, GSBS ( grad.school@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-2665; mail route: 1050.
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Jeane B. Kempner Scholar Award Fund
Website: http://www/kempner/
The Jeane B. Kempner Scholar Award Fund, created under the will of Daniel W. Kempner, provides to The University of Texas Medical Branch funds for annual postdoctoral fellowships named in honor of Jeane B. Kempner. Kempner fellows may carry out their training with any faculty member of the UTMB School of Medicine. Candidates must have received their PhD or MD degree within the past five (5) years to be eligible and should have strong backgrounds in research with the ability to work independently. Candidates should have achieved academic excellence during their undergraduate and graduate career. Minimum of $34,568/yr. The annual deadline for postdoctoral fellowship application is in December/January. See also, Fund Code 815 .
Contact: Giulio Taglialatela ( gtaglial@utmb.edu ) , Chairman, Fellowship Committee; phone: 772-1679; mail route 1043.
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James W. McLaughlin Fellowship Fund
Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships; Medical Student Fellowships
Website: http://research.utmb.edu/intramural_funding/
The James W. McLaughlin Fellowship Fund is dedicated to the establishment and maintenance of fellowships for individuals involved in the investigation of infection and immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston , Texas . Fellowships are awarded only to those individuals showing exceptional promise. Fellowships shall be for research and shall not require any other service to the University such as routine teaching or clinical duties. Post doctoral fellows may not hold a faculty appointment during their tenure as a postdoctoral fellow.
Post doctoral fellowships are awarded to individuals holding doctoral degrees and pursuing additional training in areas directly related to infection and immunity. Annual deadline for receipt of applications is in April. STAR Fund Code: 803 .
Predoctoral fellowships are awarded to qualified students who are enrolled in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch . These fellowships are awarded at an employment rate of a twenty-hour week for a period of one year. Annual deadline for receipt of applications is in April. STAR Fund Code: 803 .
Medical Student Fellowships deadlines and number of awards vary.
For a description of other special awards and activities supported by the McLaughlin Fund, see the McLaughlin Fellowship website: http://research.utmb.edu/intramural_funding/
Contact: Dr. Peter Mason ( pwmason@utmb.edu ); phone: 747-8143 (for questions about the fellowships); or Belinda Iles( bjiles@utmb.edu ) ; phone: 772-2316 (for questions about the application process), or McLaughlin.IHII@UTMB.edu .
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George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mitchell Awards for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases
The George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases has implemented the Mitchell Awards to boost the UTMB effort in research focusing on Alzheimer’s disease and related Neurodegenerative Disorders. These awards aim to support the career development of new investigators, to promote scientific collaborations among established researchers and to encourage creativity through high risk pilot projects. Each year 3 new research projects will be funded, one in each of the following categories: NEW INVESTIGATOR $35,000 per year for 2 years. The candidate must be a researcher in the early stages of his/her career (Instructor or Assistant Professor) who has not received funding from NIH (R01, R21 or PI in a PPG project) before. COLLABORATION PROJECTS. active participation of two or more UTMB investigators with clearly different field of expertise. The award consists of $50,000 annually for a maximum of two years. PILOT-HIGH RISK STUDIES. The award consists of $35,000 annually for a maximum of two years. The annual deadline is around November 10. For more information see Star Fund Code 841.
Contact: Dr. Claudio Soto, Director, George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Tel 7470017, e-mail clsoto@utmb.edu.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Services Center for Environmental Toxicology
Pilot Projects
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/niehs/ main page and http://www.utmb.edu/niehs/Admin/pilot.htm for pilot projects
Annual, limited funds are available to support Pilot Project studies in the Environmental Health Sciences, funded through the NIEHS Center at UTMB. Research proposals should have a strong emphasis on the Center's interests in the environmentally-related problems of oxidative stress and signaling, DNA repair and mutagenesis, biotransformation, asthma pathogenesis, and environmentally based community outreach and education programs. Special priority will be placed on applications which emphasize collaborative efforts. It is anticipated that four pilot projects will be funded for up to $17,500 for one year. STAR Fund Code: 801 .
Contact: RayKay Santa, NIEHS Center Administrative Director ( rksanta@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-5609; or Dr. Jonathan B. Ward, Jr., NIEHS Center Deputy Director ( jward@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-9109.
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Sealy Center on Aging
Pre and Post Doctoral Training Program in Health of Older Minorities
W ebsite: http://www.utmb.edu/scoa/Research/PPDTPHOM/index.html
The Sealy Center on Aging Training Program in Health of Older Minorities offers Pre- and Post Doctoral positions. Pre-doctoral fellows will earn a Ph.D. degree in Sociomedical Sciences or Health Services Research in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, the Institute for Medical Humanities, or other relevant doctoral programs at UTMB.
Funded by a training grant from the National Institute on Aging, research will focus particularly on the health of older Hispanics. Competitive stipends are provided for pre-doctoral positions and post-doctoral positions depending on experience level, based on current NIH salary guidelines. In addition, both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral positions come with full health care benefits.
Fellows will collaborate with any of more than 15 Center faculty who currently have over $42 million in ongoing aging research in the areas of medical outcomes, health service utilization, social epidemiology, psychosocial stress, and health promotion as they pertain to older minorities. Major aging-related research initiatives at UTMB include the UTMB Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (James Goodwin, PI.), the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (James Goodwin, PI.), and the Hispanic Established Population for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (Kyriakos Markides, PI.)
Contact: Tony DiNuzzo, PhD ( adinuzzo@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-5367; mail route: 0460; or visit the Sealy Center on Aging website at http://www.utmb.edu/scoa/
Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/scoa/Research/studentResearch/mstar.html
UTMB in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh offers an 8-12 week intensive experience targeting 1 st year Medical students. The program is offered during the summer break and includes:
an individualized research experience under a sponsoring mentor
a structured didactic experience that is directly linked to student research projects
opportunities to interact with potential role models and peers
efforts to build a sense of identity and membership for participants
a positive and rewarding experiences in aging research. The program consists of both real-time and follow-up evaluation processes designed to continuously improve the program and to assess its effectiveness in achieving its long term goals. The long term goal of the program is to increase the number of established physician investigators who pursue research in high priority areas related to aging. During the summer experience, trainees are expected to spend the majority of their time at UTMB on their research project, to attend two weekly group meetings, where didactic applications and career issues are discussed and to attend local geriatrics seminars. They also attend kickoff and capstone group sessions. Application Deadline: February for a start date of June. Students will receive $1731 per month for 2.5 months and research credits for their participation. See Fund Code 840
Contact: Tony DiNuzzo, PhD ( adinuzzo@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-5367; mail route: 0460
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Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology
Institutional Research Grant Seed Money
Website : http://intranet.utmb.edu/scccb/funding_opps.htm
Funds from the American Cancer Society are available to UTMB investigators conducting research on cancer related issues. The primary purpose of this program is to provide seed money to support junior faculty who are interested in problems that relate to cancer. All applicants must hold full-time, assistant professor (or equivalent) appointments in the School of Medicine , the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Allied Health Sciences or the School of Nursing at the time of application. The distribution of funds is administered by the local IRG.
Review Committee. There are three types of Awards: Pilot Projects, each in the amount of $20,000 for a period of one year; Special Interest Award in the amount of $20,000 for a period of one year, and Student Stipend Award in the amount of $2,500. Application deadline is 5 p.m. November 15, for an award date of January 1. See Fund Code 836.
Contact: Kathy Bass ( kbass @utmb.edu ); phone: 747-1935.
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Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine
Multidisciplinary/Multi-Investigator Pilot Project Program
The Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine is requesting applications for coordinated multidisciplinary multi-investigator pilot projects from groups of UTMB faculty in disciplines related to environmental health, toxicology and medicine. Although there are no restrictions in the types of subjects addressed in these applications, projects spanning both basic and applied or clinical research are strongly encouraged. The purpose of this funding is to encourage preliminary research that will be converted into federally funded program project grants and center grants. It is anticipated that 1 or 2 applications will be funded from the available $150,000. Deadline for receipt of applications is August 30.
Contact: RayKay Santa ( rksanta@utmb.edu ); phone: 772-5609; mail route: 1071.
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Sealy Center for Structural Biology
Collaborative Research Postdoctoral Fellowships
The SCSB announces the availability of post-doctoral fellowships designed to promote collaborative multi-disciplinary research projects. The awards are designed to recruit new post-doctoral fellows to campus to rapidly begin research on innovative collaborative research projects. The post-doctoral fellow must be mentored by two co-PIs, who jointly submit and support the fellowship application. Award funds can only be used to provide salary support for post-doctoral fellows. Salary support may be used for direct and/or fringe benefits, with the total award not to exceed $40,000 the first year. Funds for equipment, travel, M&O, etc., are to be provided equally by the co-PIs. The fellowship provides support that can be renewed annually for a total of no more than three years, provided sufficient progress has been accomplished within the past year. Applications may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year. Send the complete application package to: Dr. James Lee ( jclee@utmb.edu ). Application instructions can be obtained here: Fund Code 813.
Contact: Dr. James C. Lee ( jclee@utmb.edu ).
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Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
Competitive Research Grants
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/scvd/funding.asp
The Competitive Research Grant program is intended to stimulate development of new disease prevention research initiatives with a very high probability of attracting new biomedical research grants to UTMB. All Sealy Center for Vaccine Development faculty members are eligible to apply. Grants may be awarded for up to $35,000 per year for a maximum of two years. Reviewers will be asked to address the strengths and weakness of the proposal, as well as the likelihood that successful completion of the proposed experiments will lead to new extramural grant support. Reviewers comment on the categories normally reviewed in study sections: significance, approach, innovation, investigator and environment. Proposals are due October 31 of each year, for projects to begin January 1. Up to two grants may be awarded. Instructions are online at: http://www.utmb.edu/scvd/downloads/SCVDResearchGrantApplicationInstructions.doc .
Competitive Fellowships:
Website for instructions: http://www.utmb.edu/scvd/downloads/SCVD_FellowshipApplicationInstructions2.doc
The Sealy Center for Vaccine Development provides competitive fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Applications will be judged in five categories: academic performance (grades) and research experience; scientific merit of proposed project and its relevance to vaccinology/goals of the SCVD; letters of recommendation; publication record (judged appropriate to the years of experience); and other indications of potential, leadership, service, or worthiness that do not fit into the other categories. Link to applications at: http://www.utmb.edu/scvd/funding.asp .
Contact: Andrew McNees ( amcnees@utmb.edu ), SCVD Administrator; phone: 747-8151.
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University of Texas Medical Branch President's Cabinet Awards
Website: http://www.utmb.edu/cabinet
The University of Texas Medical Branch President's Cabinet is a group of community, corporate and foundation volunteers whom assists the president in raising unrestricted funds for emerging priorities. Part of the money raised by the President's Cabinet is distributed through the President's Cabinet Awards Program. This program invites faculty, staff and students at UTMB to apply for a grant to support their proposed project. Members of the President's Cabinet and the president sit on a review committee and select projects to receive funding. The annual deadline is in the summer/fall.
The theme of the awards is Creating a Caring and Healing Environment . A caring environment is centered around those systems, protocols and partnerships which put the people UTMB serves first, and which stress compassionate care and service. Projects can be focused within UTMB or in partnership with community entities.
See STAR Fund Code: 816 .
Contact: Office of University Advancement, 3.110 Administration Bldg. Phone: ( 409) 772-5718 Mail Route 0148
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John Sealy Memorial Endowment Fund for Biomedical Research
Bridging Grants only:
The John Sealy Memorial Endowment Fund for Biomedical Research has funds available to award up to $50,000 for one year bridging grants. The Bridging Grants are available for faculty whose applications to federal agencies were not funded. The original applications must have received a priority score or ranked in the top 50% for the agency. Applications for both clinical and basic research are encouraged.
The deadline for the next round of Bridging Grant applications is Monday, June 25, 2007. Awards will be made on or before August 31, 2007. There will be three rounds per year after this round.
For additional information regarding Application and Instructions please see STAR Fund Code: 845.
Research Development Grants, Recruitment Grants and Research Program on Medically Underserved Populations in Texas Faculty Recruitment Award and Research Development Award have been suspended for FY2007.
For further information contact: Helen V. Cook, Institutional Coordinator, Research Review; Phone: 772-2574; Fax: 772-2471; mail route 0657. email: hcook@utmb.edu .
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UTMB/Sandia National Laboratories
Bioengineering for Biodefense Postdoctoral Program
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston are creating jointly-funded postdoctoral fellowships to foster the development of strong collaborative partnerships between researchers at the two institutions in the area of Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease. The primary objective of the Bioengineering for Biodefense Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is to create new collaborations between UTMB and SNL principal investigators through talented early-career postdoctoral scientists. These collaborations will be expected to leverage the respective strengths of both institutions in complementary ways to create national impact in the area of Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease. An important second objective of the fellowship program is to develop a new cadre of early career scientists who are experienced both in the areas of biological sciences relevant to emerging infectious disease as well as in the areas of advanced modeling/simulation, biochemical imaging, or microsystems to help accelerate the pace of new discoveries in the field.
Fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis based for a period of up to two years, on proposals submitted jointly by UTMB and Sandia collaborators. Postdoctoral fellows will be employees of UTMB, although it is expected that significant time will be spent at both institutions. The annual deadline is around January 19. For more information see Star Fund Code 842.
Contact: Dr. David Gorenstein, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, dggorens@UTMB.EDU or Glenn D. Kubiak, Sandia National Laboratories, kubiak@sandia.gov
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