Stimulus funding: UTSA submits 17 proposals

By Christi Fish

Public Affairs Specialist

This year, President Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), better known as the stimulus bill, in response to America’s economic crisis. UTSA researchers have submitted 17 proposals to the National Institutes of Health for stimulus funding consideration.

Among other items, the legislation allocates $111 billion toward infrastructure and science including approximately $21.5 billion through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies for scientific research and development projects.

Since the ARRA adoption, scientists across the country have eyed the additional funds to boost their research. By the first major stimulus-funding deadline, UTSA researchers submitted the following 17 proposals to NIH. This summer, funding decisions will be communicated to principal investigators of the awarded proposals.