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Internal Seed Grant Programs

The Office of Research, through the Office of Research Partnerships & Strategy (RPS), administers many annual internal funding opportunities, or “seed grants.” Further information about seed grant opportunities is provided below. For questions or further information about any programs listed below, please contact seedgrants@utsa.edu.

Note: The NOI deadline listed below is a separate and distinct process from notification for application development and approval before submission.

The FY 2025 Seed Grant Programs have upcoming deadlines where the 15/5 rule applies. To help faculty meet this requirement we have extended seed grant program deadlines. Please see the new deadlines below and in the respective RFPs.

Programs

Currently Open Programs  

Currently Open Programs

Grant for Research Advancement and Transformation (GREAT)

The Grants for Research Advancement and Transformation (GREAT) program, sponsored by the Office of Research, is offering seed grants to support new areas of research for faculty at UTSA. The primary goal of these awards is to assemble preliminary data that can be used to seek extramural funding and advance UTSA’s institutional research excellence goals (NRUF, AAU, etc.).

Eligible: Full-time, tenured, and tenure-track faculty at UTSA.

  • GREAT Program Guidance (PDF)
  • Anticipated that up to 4 grants of $20,000 each may be awarded
  • NOI Deadline: February 14, 2024, through Qualtrics (by 5:00 pm CST)
  • Proposal Deadline: April 3, 2024

Internal Research Awards (INTRA)

The Internal Research Awards (INTRA) program is part of the UTSA Research coordinated efforts to promote research and scholarship of the highest quality. This program offers funds for faculty to gain experience in identifying and submitting proposals for extramural funding, gather preliminary data to support applications for extramural funding and enhance scholarly and creative activities.

Eligible: Full-time, tenured, and tenure-track faculty at UTSA in COB, COEHD, COLFA, HCAP, and School of Architecture and Planning.

  • INTRA Program Guidance (PDF)
  • Anticipated that up to 20 grants of $5,000 each may be awarded
  • NOI Deadline: February 21, 2024, through Qualtrics (by 5:00 pm CST)
  • Proposal Deadline: April 3, 2024

Transdisciplinary Teams Program (T2)

The Transdisciplinary Teams (T2) program, sponsored by the Office of Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in collaboration with the City of San Antonio (CoSA), is a grant opportunity offered to enhance greater intellectual collaboration between the two institutions and to increase both UTSA’s and CoSA’s research-funding base with inter-institutional collaborative programs.

Eligible: Full-time, tenured, and tenure-track faculty at UTSA.

  • T2 Program Guidance (PDF)
  • Anticipated that up to 4 grants of $25,000 each may be awarded
  • NOI Deadline: March 13, 2024, through Qualtrics (by 5:00 pm CST)
  • Proposal Deadline: April 10, 2024

Connecting Researchers through Partnerships (Connect)

The Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) program sponsored by the Office of Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is a grant opportunity offered to enhance greater scientific collaboration between the two institutions and to increase both UTSA’s and SwRI’s research-funding base with cross-campus collaborative programs.

The program encourages interaction between investigators in support of the acquisitions of established extramural, peer-reviewed research funding. This agreement provides unprecedented opportunities for researchers to work together in addressing issues of mutual interest and need. For this cycle, UTSA and SwRI have agreed on the targeted areas of Human Performance and Urban Challenges. The proposal must have a direct application to solving industrial, governmental, or societal problems.

Eligible: Full-time, tenure-track, and tenured faculty at UTSA. Proposals must include multiple (2 or more: at least one from each institution) interacting investigators with PI status from UTSA and SwRI.

  • CONNECT Program Guidance (PDF)
  • The combined contributions of the two organizations are $125,000, of which UTSA will dedicate $50,000.
  • NOI Deadline: March 20, 2024, through Qualtrics (by 5:00 pm CST)
  • Proposal Deadline: April 10, 2024

Faculty Travel Support Program

Eligible: Active, tenured, and tenure-track faculty at UTSA.

Priority will be given to T/TT faculty, but travel fund requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis for FTT faculty. Please review the program guidance for information on FTT faculty requests.

  • Faculty Travel Support Program Guidance (PDF)
  • Applications must be submitted at least 15 days in advance of travel.
  • Travel must be completed before July 19, 2024.
  • Deadline: June 30, 2024, by 5:00 p.m. CST
  • Request the application link by emailing the Office of Research inbox at seedgrants@utsa.edu.

The Faculty Travel Support Program applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Currently Closed Programs  

More Programs

Faculty from UTSA and their students can now ask for approval for access, for research purposes only, to the Cibolo Preserve, a 500-acre tract just east of Boerne in south central Kendal County. The land is notable for its beauty, variety of flora and fauna, geological features, and areas of archeological interest. UTSA, to aid their researchers, is offering up to $3000 per project to help defray student researcher support, supplies, and equipment. If you are interested in a morning visit to the preserve please contact: (210) 458-8228.

View the Cibolo Preserve Brochure (PDF) for more information.

 

Previously Funded Projects

Year Name Department Amount Details
FY18 Brian Laub Environmental Science & Ecology

$2,980

$1,600

Evaluation of Estrogen Concentrations in Cibolo Creek

Aquatic Habitat Mapping in Cibolo Creek Preserve and Nature Center

FY18 Jeffrey Hutchison Environmental Science & Ecology Acoustic Bat Activity at Cibolo Preserve
FY17 Vikram Kapoor Civil & Environmental Engineering Fecal Source Tracking in the Cibolo Preserve Using Molecular Tools
FY15 Janis Bush Environmental Science & Ecology $1,500 A Comparison of Small Mammals in three Habitats at the Cibolo Preserve
FY15 Yongli Gao Geological Sciences $3,000 Surface and SubSurface Karst Feature Surveying and Mapping
FY14 Kathryn Brown Anthropology $3,000 TBD – Dr. Brown may not continue the project this fall. Dr. Brown’s graduate student is currently processing all GIS data that was collected last year.
FY14 Janis Bush Environmental Science & Ecology $3,000 Dr. Bush continued to research Post Oaks.
FY14 Yongli Gao Geological Sciences $3,000 Dr. Gao is investigating groundwater and surface water interaction in Cibolo Creek. Environmental and artificial tracers will be used to investigate surface water and groundwater interactions.
FY14 Alexis Godet Geological Sciences $3,500 Dr. Godet studied linking rudist repartition to paleoenvironmental conditions: Evidence from the Glen Rose Rudist reef, Herffs Falls, Cibolo Preserve.
FY12 Jyotsna Sharma-Srinivasan Biology $3,000 Dr. Sharma-Srinivasan conducted a baseline study of invertebrates at two stations in Cibolo Creek that are downstream and
FY12 Afamia El-Nakat Environmental Science/TSERI $3,000 Dr. El-Nakat conducted a comparative analysis of soil moisture content through soil enhancement for the reduction of desertification
FY11 Xiaofeng Liu Civil Engineering $3,000 Dr. Liu conducted research on Cibolo Creek water flow accounting inside the Cibolo Preserve.
FY10 Hatim Sharif Civil Engineering $3,000 Dr. Sharif studied hydrometeorological processes in semi-arid environments.
FY09 Hatim Sharif Civil Engineering $3,000 Dr. Sharif measured the water flow after rainfall events to estimate runoff from the catchment area.
FY09 Daniel Gonzalez Architecture $3,000 Dr. Gonzalez studied the development and design of architectural spaces within the natural environment that will serve as educational and research spaces.
FY09 Jamon Halvaksz Antrhopology $3,000 Dr. Halvaksz conducted archival research and interviews regarding the use and management of the Cibolo Preserve. Research documented changes in the use of land practices, human-environment interactions, and archival records of the same.
FY09 Alan Dutton Geological Sciences $3,000 Dr. Dutton researched hydrogeophysics investigation of the contributing watershed of the Fern Bank Springs to map subsurface karst features and provide data for a better understanding of the subsurface hydrological processes that control groundwater flow, recharge, and discharge in a karst setting.
FY09 Janis Bush Geological Sciences $3,000 Dr. Bush conducted a research study on Post Oak Community Structure, Function, Dynamics, and Potential Controlling Factors in Central Texas.