About FOR HER
Grants and funding

Interdisciplinary Research Grant Request for Pre-Proposals

For HER and the Research Office at UNTHSC are partnering on a joint seed grant program, the purpose of which is to foster collaborative research projects with potential for external research funding in the area of women's health. A maximum of two grants in the amount of $50,000 each will be awarded in the program.

Application Guidelines and Instructions:  Download PDF Document

UNTHSC Grants Related to
Women’s Health

Effects of Age on Ethanol Withdrawal Toxicity:  Mechanisms and Therapy
Sponsor: NIH- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Brain Aging and Antioxidant Supplementation
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

Consortium of Alzheimer’s Disease Centers
Sponsor: Texas Council on Alzheimer’s Disease Centers

Diabetes, Research, Education and Metabolic Studies Center (DREAMS)
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control

FITFUTURE Childhood Obesity Impact Project
Sponsor: United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County Area Agency on Aging

Interaction of Testosterone and Obesity on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Renin-Angiotensin
Sponsor: American Heart Association

Visceral Fat and Lipid and Inflammatory Risk Factors: The Role of Ethnicity
Sponsor: NIH-National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)

The Role of Quinols in Estrogen Neuroprotection
Sponsor: NIH-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

The Role of Quinols in Estorgen Neuroprotection – Minority Supplement for Nilka Portalatin
Sponsor: NIH-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Targeted Chemotherapy of Ovarian Cancer via Folate Conjugated Reconstituted High Density
Sponsor:  Intramural Research (UNTHSC)

Mechanisms of Cognitive Decline During Aging
Sponsor: NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Discovery of Novel Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease
Sponsor: NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Membrane Androgen Receptors in Neuroprotection
Sponsor: NIH-National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Discovery of Novel Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease – Supplement for Gretchen Lopez-Hernandez
Sponsor: NIH – National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Effects of Age on Ethanol Withdrawal Toxicity: Mechanisms and Therapy
Sponsor:  NIH – National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Neuroprotective Effects of Pyruvate on Ischemic Stroke
Sponsor:  American Heart Association

Microcirculatory Dysfunction: Potential Therapeutic Target of Estrogen Against Ischemic Stroke
Sponsor: Intramural Research (UNTHSC)

Novel Approach to Measurement of Hot Flashes by Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Sponsor:  Intramural Research (UNTHSC)

Understanding the role of traumatic stress in symptoms of serious mental illness
Sponsor:  UNTHSC – UTA Intramural Seed Program

A Community – Based Obesity Self-Management Education Intervention Program
Sponsor:  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)