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2010 Awarded Grants:
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Organization: |
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa |
| Description: |
A grant to assist in Remodeling
and Updating the Rehabilitation Center |
| Amount: |
$140,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
Boysville, Inc. |
| Description: |
A grant to assist in meeting
costs associated with the Foster Care program and expansion
of staff on the Boysville campus |
| Amount: |
$150,000 per year for 3 years |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
The University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| Description: |
A grant to fund the Voelcker
Biomedical Research Academy |
| Amount: |
$228,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
The University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| Description: |
A grant to fund the Voelcker
Science Teachers’ Academy |
| Amount: |
$148,500 per year for 3 years |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
Alamo Regional Academy of
Science and Engineering |
| Description: |
A grant to sponsor the 2010
Alamo Regional Science Fair |
| Amount: |
$17,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
University of Texas at San
Antonio |
| Description: |
A
grant for Biology Teacher Recruitment |
| Amount: |
$600,000 over 2 years |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
I Care San Antonio |
| Description: |
A grant to support the Haven For
Hope Adult Vision Program |
| Amount: |
$35,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
Foundation Fighting Blindness |
| Description: |
A grant to fund VisionWalk San
Antonio 2010 |
| Amount: |
$10,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
Owing Mills, Maryland |
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Organization: |
Foundation Fighting Blindness
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| Description: |
A grant to fund research for
Macular Degeneration |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
Owing Mills, Maryland |
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Organization: |
Bexar County Health
Collaborative |
| Description: |
A grant to Project Measure Up |
| Amount: |
$20,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
Lighthouse for the Blind |
| Description: |
A grant to assist with the
Seniors’ Outreach Program |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
SOAR |
| Description: |
A grant to
assist with the construction of a special needs public park |
| Amount: |
$150,000 over 3
years |
| Year of
Grant: |
2009 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio,
Texas |
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2010 Voelcker Fund Scholar
Awards:
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Award Recipient: |
Dr. Tyler J. Curiel M.D., M.P.H. |
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Institution: |
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio,
Texas |
| Project
Title: |
Development of Effective and Tolerable Age-Specific Tumor
Immunotherapy |
| Amount: |
$300,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Award Recipient: |
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2010 Voelcker Fund Young
Investigator Awards:
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Award
Recipient:: |
Dr.
Alexander Bishop, Ph.D. |
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Institution: |
University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| Project
Title: |
Determining Cisplatin Survival
Factors to Augment Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
| Amount: |
$450,000 (Over 3 Years) |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Award
Recipient:: |
Dr. Doug E. Frantz, Ph.D. |
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Institution: |
University of Texas at San
Antonio |
| Project
Title: |
Development of Novel Stem
Cell-Based Therapeutics to Treat Heart Disease and Cancer |
| Amount: |
$450,000 (Over 3 Years) |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Award
Recipient:: |
Dr. Lorena M. Havill, Ph.D. |
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Institution: |
Southwest Foundation for
Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas |
| Project
Title: |
Genetic Contributions to Knee
Osteoarthritis Risk |
| Amount: |
$450,000 (Over 3 Years) |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Award
Recipient:: |
Dr. Sunil Sudarshan, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Institution: |
University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| Project
Title: |
Metabolic Links to Renal Cancer |
| Amount: |
$450,000 (Over 3 Years) |
| Year of
Grant: |
2010 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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