Basic Information

New Center/Institute:

Funding Amount Requested (est): FY22: FY23: FY24: Total:

Examples of allowable use of center funds (not comprehensive): limited administrative personnel; equipment and supplies that can be accessible to a broad group of researchers; grant editors if justified by broad access to many faculty, a small amount of the faculty director's salary; other faculty only if they provide services critical to the research mission (e.g., biostats, bioinformatics, etc.); unique cores and facilities also supported by grants or user fees; software; travel expenses justified to contribute to the research mission; pilot grants; outreach that impacts the research mission; seminar and conference costs for activities that broadly benefit research on campus; and expenses designed to grow off-setting revenue.

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UTMB Research Mission

• Describe the new Center's mission and goals and how it will uniquely and broadly impact the UTMB research mission.

Future Grant Funding

• Describe how the Center will provide scientific leadership for developing major external funding such as Center, program project, and training grants that will help share center costs.

Major Collaborations

• Describe no more than five proposed collaborations with other UTMB centers/entities and how they will be impacted by the program/initiatives of the new Center.