The Office of the Vice President for Research’s internal seed funding programs support UTSA’s research enterprise by awarding faculty members seed funding to obtain preliminary data that can be cited in applications for extramural funding and enhance the breadth of scholarly and creative activity taking place on campus. These grants also support new areas of research for UTSA faculty and advances our goal of reaching Tier I status.
In the latest round of funding, the Office of the Vice President for Research awarded a total of $340,000 for 29 research projects at UTSA and with collaborators at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRi).
“It is always a challenge to select the recipients based on the quality of the proposals we receive from UTSA faculty. There are a number of considerations which are evaluated and weighted, in order to maximize our research investment,” explained Jaclyn Shaw, Director for Research Support (ORS), who administers the VPR internal research grants.
Faculty is encouraged to submit their research proposals. It is a great opportunity for UTSA faculty to take advantage of internal funds to work out new ideas, unique collaborations or explore further avenues in their research. These funds also help faculty finesse their research proposals to apply for additional federal funding.
The trend in federal grants awards are larger, multi-disciplinary approaches with a number of faculty collaborating across departments and colleges. These teams and applications can take months to assemble, and the Office of Research Support team can help faculty members identify researchers outside their departments and colleges for collaboration.
GREAT FY 2018 Awardees
College of Architecture, Construction & Planning
Construction and Planning / Architecture
Jae Yong Suk
Investigation of Street Lighting’s Physical Characteristics and Their Impacts on Public Safety at Night
College of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Teja Guda
Scaffolds with Soft Zones for Bone Regeneration
Mechanical Engineering
Wei Gao
Advanced Materials Based on Two-dimensional Building Blocks – Computational Design Based on Chemistry and Topology
Mechanical Engineering
R. Lyle Hood
An Improved Cystoscopic Approach for 3D Imaging of Intrabladder Cancers
College of Liberal & Fine Arts
Anthropology
Sonia Alconini
The Kingdom of Metals: Inka Frontier Colonization and Expansion
College of Public Policy
Criminal Justice
Kellie R. Lynch (Patrick)
Threat Appraisal and Help Seeking in High-Risk Intimate Partner Violence Victims: The Application of Protection Motivation Theory
College of Sciences
Biology
Yufeng Wang
Temporal-spatial Dynamic Interactions between the Fungal Pathogen Fusarium Graminearum and Maize
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Connect FY 2018 Awardees
Mechanical Engineering
Brendy Rincon Troconis, UTSA
James Dante, SwRi
Effects of Triazine-Based H2S Scavenger Byproducts on the Film Composition and Cracking of Carbon Steel in Oilfield Applications
Civil Engineering
Samer Dessouky, UTSA
Jerome Helffrich, SwRi
Promoting Sustainability and Safety for Texas Rural Roadways Through Self-Powered Sensing and Detection Systems
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INTRA FY 2018 Awardees
College of Architecture, Construction & Planning
Architecture
Shelley Roff
A Critical Analysis of Measurement and Proportion Methods Used in Land Survey and Building Construction in the San Antonio Missions
College of Business
Management
Dina V. Krasikova
Follower Responses to Destructive Leading: A Multilevel Framework
Management
Meghan Thornton-Lugo
Guilt and Atonement: A Study of Makeup Calls
Finance
Mehdi Beyhaghi
Institutional Investors and Loan Dynamics
Marketing
Saerom Lee
The Role of Public Recognition in Self-Benefit vs. Other-Benefit Marketing Appeals
College of Education and Human Development
Bicultural Bilingual Studies
Martha Sidury Christiansen
Bilingualism in Young Mexican Folkoristas: Language Ideologies and Identity in a Local Cultural Arts Center Development
Educational Psychology
Guan Saw
Cognitive and Motivational Factors contributing to STEM Career Aspirations among High School Students with and without Disabilities
Educational Psychology
Kara Styck
Cross-Validation of the Academic Behavior Change Scale with a Non-Clinical Sample
Health & Kinesiology
Eunhee Chung
The Role of a Western Obesogenic Diet on Pregnancy Outcomes and Fetal
Health & Kinesiology
Sara Oswalt
Where Two Roads Meet: Lived Experiences of Mother-Students Balancing Home and School
College of Liberal & Fine Arts
Anthropology
Robert Hard
Warfare and Village Formation in the American Southwest
Communication
Christopher Hajek
The Roles of Communication, Social Comparison, and Social Creativity in the Formation of Entrepreneurial Social Identity
History
Catherine Komisaruk
The Indian Housewives of New Spain: Marriage, Migration, and Native Uprisings in Colonial Mexico and Guatemala
History
Omar Valerio-Jimenez
Mexican Americans’ Use of History and Memory of the U.S.-Mexico War
Modern Languages
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Tripillian-Cucuteni Culture as Cradle of World Civilizations
Music
Kristen Pellegrino
Music Teacher Resilience: Identity Transitions in the Early Years of Teaching
Music
Stan Renard
Mapping the Music Industry Across America
Music
John Drew Stephen
Opera, the Hunt, and European Identity
Psychology
Michael R. Baumann
Longitudinal Examination of Cigarettes, E-cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana Among New College Students
Philosophy & Classics
Joshua Thurow
You Just Believe That Because…: The Epistemology and Ethics of Debunking Arguments