Internal Funding Opportunities

FY 26 IIMS CTR Pilot Project (October 2025 – July 31, 2026)

Eligible: Active faculty-level appointment at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) or one of its CTSA partner/collaborator institutions (the University of Texas at San Antonio)

The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) is soliciting proposals for pilot project awards. The primary goal of this program is to support early-stage, collaborative, translational, and clinical studies that will lead to increased interdisciplinary, institutional, and community-based research likely to compete successfully for national grant support and ultimately to improve human health.

Collaboration Requirement: Applicants from partner institutions must include a meaningful collaboration with a UTHSCSA Co-Investigator.

• IIMS CTR Pilot Project Program Guidance (PDF)
• Letter of Intent Deadline: December 13, 2025, at 11:59 pm CST via Survey Monkey Apply platform.
• Full applications by invitation only

NOTE: UT Health leads this program; all IIMS CTR Pilot Project questions should be directed to Cindy Castilleja (Casteillejac@uthscsa.edu).

*Please review the full program guidance for additional eligibility and application material information before submitting to InfoReady.

UTSA & TEC Seed Grant Program

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 TEC.

The UTSA & TEC Seed Grant Program, sponsored by The University of Texas at San Antonio and The Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC), aims to support innovative, early-stage collaborative projects that further our mutual research interests; strengthen connections among UTSA and TEC campuses; and enable the development and submission of proposals for larger-scale support from federal, state, industrial and/or private funding sources (domestic or international), ultimately resulting in contracts from government or industry.

• TEC Program Guidance (PDF)
• The combined contributions of the two organizations are $40,000 (USD), of which UTSA will dedicate $20,000.
• NOI Deadline: April 23, 2025, through InfoReady (by 5:00 pm CST)
• Proposal Deadline: May 21, 2025

*Please review the full program guidance for additional eligibility and application material information before submitting to InfoReady.

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.

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
• Application Closed

The MAC-UTSA Collaborative Seed Funding Grant

Eligible: Full-time, tenured, and tenure-track faculty at UTSA or doctoral student with an identified UTSA faculty mentor.

The Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan’s Wonderland (The MAC) has partnered with the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to create the Evaluation and Research Coordinating Center (ERCC). The goals of the ERCC are to (1) provide access to evaluation results and quality improvement data for The MAC, and (2) serve as a central point for facilitating research of interest to The MAC and its stakeholders. With support from Texas Congressmen Castro, the ERCC is offering its inaugural seed funding opportunity. This request for application outlines the goals of the seed funding and the application requirements.

• MAC-UTSA Collaborative Program Guidance (PDF)
• Anticipated that up to 4 grants of $25,000 each may be awarded
• Proposal Deadline: Closed

Pre-submission inquiries are strongly encouraged. Prospective applicants may send a brief abstract to Leslie.Neely@utsa.edu or Erica.Sosa@utsa.edu to assess their proposal’s fit.

Brain Health Consortium Collaborative Seed Grant (BHC CSG)

The Brain Health Consortium Collaborative Seed Grant (BHC CSG) program, sponsored by the UTSA Research and Brain Health Consortium (BHC), is offering seed grants to support transdisciplinary research in areas that advance our fundamental understanding of the brain in health and disease, advance understanding of social determinants of brain health (e.g., healthcare equity, educational equity, etc.), lead to development of interventions to advance brain health (e.g., interventions for mental and behavioral health, interventions to increase brain health literacy in underserved populations, etc.), or advance research to increase inclusion of diverse populations in brain health research, especially from underrepresented communities. CSG funding through this program is an opportunity for UTSA faculty to begin innovative transdisciplinary research that will open new areas of research strength and become competitive for long-term extramural funding.

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

• BHC CSG Program Guidance (PDF)
• Anticipated that up to 2 grants of $30,000 each may be awarded
• NOI Deadline: Closed
• Proposal Deadline: Closed

Cancer Moonshot Pilot Projects

The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio and The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) are soliciting proposals for joint pilot projects resulting from our recent Cancer Moonshot Joint Retreat (held September 7, 2022). The primary goal of these programs is to support early-stage collaborative studies that will lead to increased interdisciplinary, institutional, and community-based research likely to compete successfully for national grant support and ultimately to improve human health.

Collaboration Requirement: Each project should be led by two co-principal investigators, one from the Mays Cancer Center (MCC) and one from UTSA (minimum 2 team members with equal PI status). At least one of the PIs must have participated in the September 7, 2022, Cancer Moonshot joint retreat.

Eligible: PIs and Co-PIs must be full-time, tenure track or tenured faculty at UTSA in residence at the time of application.

• Cancer Moonshot Program Guidance (PDF)
• NOI Deadline: Closed
• Proposal Deadline: Closed

For programmatic questions contact: Kelly Durham at durhamk@uthscsa.edu
For UTSA PI questions contact: Ana Leos at seegrants@utsa.edu