Welch Foundation awards nearly $23 million in research grants
The Welch Foundation in Houston has announced grants totaling nearly $23 million over three years in support of basic chemical research at colleges and universities across Texas.
The foundation awarded thirty-five grants totaling $8.4 million in support of researchers at Houston-area universities, including Rice University, Texas A&M University, the University of Houston, and Baylor College of Medicine; and forty-two grants totaling more than $10 million in support of researchers at Dallas-Fort Worth-area universities, including the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas at Dallas, University of North Texas, Baylor University, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University.
In addition, the University of Texas at Austin will receive eleven grants totaling more than $2.6 million; the University of Texas at San Antonio and Trinity University were awarded three grants totaling $720,000; the University of Texas at El Paso will receive one grant totaling $240,000; and Texas Tech University will receive two grants totaling $480,000.
"Ongoing basic chemical research is critical and provides the building blocks to help solve current and future problems," said Welch Foundation president Adam Kuspa. "Funding from the Welch Foundation is a valuable resource to Texas institutions. It helps set our state's researchers apart from others, and we look forward to seeing what invaluable scientific contributions come from this year's grant recipients."
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