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AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant 2025

Award Info:

The maximum allowable budget for a AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant is $25,000.
The duration of the AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant award is 12 months.

Description:

The UT Dallas AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations between AHT and STEM faculty. Principal investigators (PIs) who accept a UT Dallas AHT/STEM Collaboration Grant commit to the pursuit of external funding for… 

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SPARK 2025

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•  The maximum allowable budget for a SPARK Grant is $50,000.

•  The duration of the SPARK Grant award is 12 months.

Description:

The UT Dallas SPARK Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to provide research and professional development support to establish the research portfolio of Associate and Full Professors that have not received external funding in the past 24+ months. This program is designed to spark both internal… 

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Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Award Info:

The maximum allowable budget for an IAI grant is $300,000/year for years 1-3, followed by $100,000 for an optional year 4.

The duration of the IAI award will be no more than 48 months.

Description:

The UT Dallas Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI) grant program is an internal funding mechanism designed to seed a new research Institute where artificial intelligence has a central role. The decision to launch the IAI was based on input developed by UTD faculty and staff which has been summarized… 

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Mathers Grant Awards Program

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$600,000-700,000 over three years, including 10% indirect costs

Description:

The Mathers Foundation welcomes research in immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience and more. Plant biology research and oceanography-related research, space exploration, global warming, Covid-19, medical imaging technology, electrical engineering technology… 

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Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories (PCL Test Bed)

Award Info:

$100,000,000

 

Awards will be made as cooperative agreements.

Description:

The test Bed program seeks to establish and facilitate the operation o distributed autonomous laboratory facilities. 

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High-Impact/High-Risk Research Awards - 2025

Award Info:

Applicants may request a total of $250,000 for a period of up to 24 months (2 years), inclusive of both direct and indirect costs. Because of the nature of this funding mechanism, renewal applications will not be accepted.

Description:

Supports applications that explore the feasibility of high-risk projects that, if successful, would contribute major new insights into the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancers.  Using this mechanism, CPRIT intends to support innovative, developmental projects that focus on… 

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Multi-Investigator Research Awards

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Applicants may request a maximum of $5,000,000 total over a maximum period of 5 years ($1,000,000 annually).Applicants may request a maximum of $5,000,000 total over a maximum period of 5 years ($1,000,000 annually).

Description:

Multi-Investigator Research Awards (MIRAs) support highly integrated programs of collaborative and cross-disciplinary research among multiple Texas investigators. This MIRA Request for Applications (RFA) is focused on 2 Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Academic Research Program’s… 

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Rural Oncology Trials Accelerator Award (ROTAA)

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Grant funds of up to $900,000 (total costs) for the 3-year period may be requested for clinical trials infrastructure expenses, such as salary support for research coordinators and regulatory staff, equipment, eg, -70°C freezers, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems integration, clinical trials… 

Description:

This award seeks to establish or enhance clinical trial capacity in rural and underserved communities by providing seed funding for essential infrastructure, staffing, and operational support. This RFA enables eligible sites to become trial-ready and participate in industry or cooperative group-sponsored… 

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2025 Early Clinical Investigator Award

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Grant funds of up to $1,000,000 (total costs) may be requested. Funding may be used by the Early Clinical Investigator for salary and fringe support (salary up to the CPRIT maximum of $225,000/FTE);

Description:

To accomplish these objectives, the CPRIT Early Clinical Investigator Award will provide awards of up to $1,000,000 for up to 5 years to physicians within the first 5 years of a faculty appointment as an assistant professor to acquire additional skills and experience in clinical research and to develop… 

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2026 The Lyda Hill Biomedical Innovation Fund (LHF)

Award Info:

The maximum allowable budget for a LHF grant is $120,000.
The duration of an LHF award is 12 months, with a final presentation/report due within 60 days of the close of the project on progress and outcomes.
Anticipated number of awards: 2

Description:

The Lyda Hill Biomedical Innovation Fund is designed to stimulate collaborative bioengineering research and drive high-impact translation by UT Dallas and UT Southwestern researchers and clinicians. Funded by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, this award opportunity aims to accelerate the work of joint-institutional… 

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