UTSA Research News

The UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers inducts three faculty members

August 28, 2019

(Aug. 28, 2019) -- The UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers (ADR) has selected three senior faculty members for induction this calendar year. Established in 2015 by the Provost’s Office (now Academic Affairs) and the Research Office (now Research, Economic Development and Knowledge Enterprise), the UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers honors outstanding faculty who are accomplished scholars and who share the university’s continuing commitment to research excellence. Through a nomination process, selected members promote the university’s vision as a premier public research ...
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UTSA-SwRi Connect grant fuels collaborative research

July 23, 2019

Sponsored by the UTSA Office of the Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (VPREDKE) and the Executive Office at SwRI, the annual Connecting through Research Partnerships Program (Connect) is a grant opportunity offered to enhance greater scientific collaboration between the two institutions and to increase both their research-funding base with cross-campus collaborative programs. Effective September 1, 2019 through to August 31, 2020, two teams were awarded $250,000, each project receiving $125,000. The two collaborative projects focus on (1) ...
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UTSA names Brigadier General (Ret.) Guy M. Walsh as Executive Director of National Security Collaboration Center

July 10, 2019

In addition to pursuing and securing cooperative agreements and grants for UTSA, Guy Walsh will be an integral player in establishing San Antonio as the nation’s top producer of research and workforce talent in data intelligence and cybersecurity. (July 10, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) today announced the selection of U.S. Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (Ret.) Guy M. Walsh as the founding executive director of its National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC). The NSCC, a core ...
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VPREDKE Seeds Innovation with $430,000 in funding to UTSA Faculty

July 1, 2019

(July 1, 2019) – The Office of the Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (VPREDKE) offers a variety of internal funding, specifically seed grants, to support and expand the knowledge enterprise. These awards are given annually to faculty members to explore new areas of research, expand scholarly works, work out new ideas, create new collaborations either in different or complementary fields, or obtain preliminary data and results that can be cited in applications for extramural funding, all ...
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UTSA contributes to UT System’s top 5 spot in the world for U.S. patents granted

June 28, 2019

(June 26, 2019) – Once again, The University of Texas System (UT System) earned a top spot on the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents for 2018 and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) played a key role in the designation. UT System was ranked fifth this year and was the highest-ranked Texas institution on the list. Rounding out the top five rankings were the University of California System, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and ...
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