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Cross-College and International Collaboration: UTSA Research Year in Review

January 8, 2018

(Jan. 8, 2018) -- In fiscal year 2016-2017, UTSA grew its institutional research portfolio, engaged more students, and built partnerships with industry and government to expand funded research, leading UTSA research expenditures to reach an institutional record high. Total research expenditures increased from US $56.8 million in FY 2016 to US $68.1 million in FY 2017, an uptick of 19.9 percent. The university’s restricted research expenditures grew from US $36.4 million in FY 2016 to US $40.1 million in FY 2017. ...
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Filed Under: brain health, computer science, cyber, General, Innovation, neuroscience, Research News

UTSA Research Awards Seed Funding to Faculty Members

September 1, 2017

The Office of the Vice President for Research’s internal seed funding programs support our research enterprise by awarding faculty members seed funding to obtain preliminary data that can be cited in applications for extramural funding and enhance the breadth of scholarly and creative activity taking place on campus. These grants also support new areas of research for UTSA faculty and advances our goal of reaching Tier I status. In the latest round of funding, the Office of the Vice President for ...
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Filed Under: Acknowledgements & Awards, brain health, cloud, computer science, cyber, cybersecurity, drug discovery, General, infectious diseases, Innovation, neuroscience, Research News

UTSA professor receives $1.29 million grant to chase the brain’s deepest mysteries

May 25, 2017

Alfonso Apicella, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $1.29 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support his research in communication between the two halves of the brain. "Dr. Apicella's work is a source of immense pride," said George Perry, Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in Neurobiology and dean of the UTSA College of Sciences. "This is an exciting time for brain health research, and this ...
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Research Spring Conferences at UTSA

February 9, 2016

Academic research is an important part of the learning environment. In collaboration with various partners within and outside the institution, UTSA Research offers many professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and students. We also organize and facilitate conferences and symposiums here on campus, bringing in leading researchers and outside experts to the UTSA community.  Topics cover a broad range within the Humanities, the Social Sciences and in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Conferences also provide a great ...
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UTSA neuroscientist receives $1.8 million grant to support dopamine research

January 25, 2016

Carlos Paladini, UTSA associate professor of neuroscience, has received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to take a closer look at dopamine bursts in the brain. Paladini, who has done extensive research on methods to treat drug addiction by manipulating dopamine levels, hopes that this new undertaking could help people afflicted by clinical depression, drug addiction, schizophrenia or Parkinson’s disease. Part of Paladini’s central focus will be dopamine bursts, pops of electricity in the brain that occur ...
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