The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) and the UTSA College for Health, Community, and Policy (UTSA HCaP) are happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2025 Community Engagement Small Project Grants.  One-year grants of up to $5,000 are available for community-academic partnerships collaborating on the development or expansion of projects focused on the translation of science from basic discovery to clinical practice, to public health benefit. 

Funds may be used to develop or expand collaborative projects in one or more of these areas:

1. Community-engaged research or assessment

2. Education or training

3. Dissemination of research results, program features, or policy implications

Read the Research Funding Announcement (RFA) here.

To apply, go to https://apply-uthscsa.smapply.io/ and search for “2025 IIMS Community Engagement Small Project Grants.”   

Application deadline EXTENDED to Friday, March 28, 2025.

The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) is now accepting applications for Translational Technology Resource (TTR) awards to support genetic analyses at the single-cell level and spatial level. The proposed research must have relevance to clinical and/or translational science.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Proposals received on or before the 15th of a given month will be reviewed by the 15th of the following month. 

For more information click here.

Next application deadline is April 15th.

The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA), in partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) Research Centers in Minority Institutions and Department of Biomedical Engineering, would like to invite you to the 15th Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 
Click here to register

Our team is coming together to raise awareness and funds for Moving Day, A Walk for Parkinson’s. Whether you choose to join our UT Health SA team or make a donation, your support will help the Parkinson’s Foundation improve the lives of the one million people living with Parkinson’s and the nearly 90,000 individuals who will be diagnosed this year. Together, we are making progress toward better treatments, vital resources and, ultimately, a cure.

Thank you for supporting our team and the important work of the Parkinson’s Foundation!
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Join us for Viva Science SA 2025!! The annual event is hosted by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health SA and will be held at the Mays Family Center at The Witte Museum on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 9am – 3pm. Bring the entire family and learn about science in an innovative way!

Viva Science SA is an awesome showcase of science that is free to the San Antonio community. The event features a distinguished speaker, interactive science booths, main stage demonstrations, a science fair with posters by local scientists of all ages, science-themed artwork, music, a variety of food trucks and much more!

We would like to urge you to participate by having a booth or a poster at the event.

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