Awarded Grants

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Organization:   Believe it Foundation

Description:     A grant to purchase Bicycles

Amount:          $20,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Boysville, Inc.

Description:     A grant to support Boysville, Inc.

Amount:          $180,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Children’s Hospital of San Antonio

Description:     A grant to support the Pediatric Neurosurgery Epilepsy Program

Amount:          $500,000 in 2025 and $2,000,000 over 3 Years

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Foundation Fighting Blindness

 Description:     A grant to support Age Related Macular Degeneration Research

 Amount:          $100,000

 Location of Grantee:   Columbia, Maryland

 

Organization:   Hardberger Park Conservancy

Description:     A grant to restore Dairy Barn Education Center

Amount:          $250,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   I Care San Antonio 

Description:     A grant to support Patient Vision Services at Haven for Hope

Amount:          $50,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Low Vision Resource Center

Description:     A grant to support audio recordings

Amount:          $5,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Retina Foundation of the Southwest

Description:     A grant to support Macular Degeneration Research

Amount:          $50,000

Location of Grantee:   Dallas, Texas

 

Organization:   Trinity University

Description:     A grant to purchase Confocal Microscope

Amount:         $289,994 in 2025 and $579,987 over 2 years

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   UT Health San Antonio

Description:     A grant to fund the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy

Amount:          $287,340

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   University of Texas, San Antonio

Description:     A grant to support the Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Amount:          $150,000 in 2025 and $450,000 over 3 Years

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   University of Texas, San Antonio

Description:     Tuition Assistance for Science Graduate Students

Amount:          $250,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   University of Texas, San Antonio

Description:     A pilot grant to support Dr. Carlos Bassetto, Ph.D.

Project Title:   A New Photomechanical Approach to Study Mechanosensation of Cardiac Ion Channels

Amount:          $100,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Description:     A grant to support the Science Education

Amount:          $40,000 in 2025 and $80,000 over 2 Years

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

  

2025 Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Awards

 

Dr. Maria Falzone, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas

Phospholipase Dysregulation in Breast Cancer

 

Dr. Maria Gonzalez-Porras, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas

Adipocyte Mitophagy as a Novel Mechanism of Adipose tissue Loss During Cancer Cachexia

 

Dr. Oleg Klykov, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas

ATPase in Structure-Based Drug Discovery Against Heart Attack Effects

 

Dr. Lu Wang, Ph.D.

Functions of Small Maf Proteins in Therapy-Induced Senescence 

University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas

 

 

2024 Awarded Grants

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Organization:   American Heart Association

Description:     A grant to support Research for Heart Disease

Amount:          $67,388

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   American Red Cross

Description:   A grant to support Blood Saves Lives: Fighting Cancer 

 Amount:          $30,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   AugustHeart

Description:     A grant to support Testing for Cardiac Disease

Amount:          $25,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Boysville, Inc.

Description:     A grant to support Boysville, Inc.

Amount:          $180,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Brighton Center

Description:     A grant to support Children’s Programs

Amount:          $50,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Children’s Hospital of San Antonio

Description:     A grant to support the Pediatric Neurosurgery Epilepsy Program

Amount:          $666,666 in 2024 and $2,000,000 over 3 Years

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Foundation Fighting Blindness

Description:     A grant to support Age Related Macular Degeneration Research

Amount:          $175,000

Location of Grantee:   Columbia, Maryland

 

Organization:   I Care San Antonio 

Description:     A grant to support Patient Vision Services at Haven for Hope

Amount:          $35,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Muscular Dystrophy Association

Description:     A grant to support the MDA Care Center Network

Amount:          $50,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   Retina Foundation of the Southwest

Description:     A grant to support Macular Degeneration Research

Amount:          $75,000

Location of Grantee:   Dallas, Texas

 

Organization:   Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Description:     A grant to support Recruitment for Cancer Research Specialists

Amount:          $350,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   UT Health San Antonio

Description:     A grant to fund the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy

Amount:          $286,640

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   UT Health, San Antonio

Description:     A pilot grant to support Dr. Lu Wang, Ph.D.

Project Title:  Functions of Small Maf Proteins in Therapy-Induced Senescence

Amount:          $100,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   University of Texas, San Antonio

Description:     A grant to support the Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Amount:          $150,000 in 2024 and $450,000 over 3 Years

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   University of Texas, San Antonio

Description:     A pilot grant to support Dr. Maria Gonzalez Porras, Ph.D.

Project Title:  Therapeutic Nanoparticle to Treat Adipose tissue Loss During Cancer Cachexia 

Amount:          $100,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

Organization:   University of Texas, San Antonio

Description:     A QE grant to support Dr. Syed Muhammad Usama, Ph.D.

Project Title:  Developing Fluorescent CDK 4/6 Inhibitors to Guide Triple Negative Breast Cancer Surgery 

Amount:          $100,000

Location of Grantee:   San Antonio, Texas

 

2024 Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Awards

 

Dr. Lacy J. Barton, Ph.D.

University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

Uncovering mechanisms and risk factors for germ cell tumor formation

 

Dr. Kevin Koronowski, Ph.D.

University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas

Molecular Mechanisms Linking Circadian Disruption with Breast Cancer

 

Dr. Shagang Zhao, Ph.D.

Cardiovascular Benefits of Leptin Lowering utilizing SGL T2 Inhibition and a Novel Leptin Antibody in Heart Disease

University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas