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Travis County, Texas, funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $7,917,615,862.10 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Travis

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $778,563,010 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2010 QUARTER 4 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 9/10/2010
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $752,571,069 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2010 QUARTER 3 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 9/01/2010
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $741,895,198 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2010 QUARTER 2 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 5/14/2010
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $727,653,741 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2010 QUARTER 1 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 12/22/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $639,682,635 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2011 QUARTER 1 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 2/16/2011
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $584,422,734 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2009 QUARTER 4 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 9/10/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $577,724,115 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2011 QUARTER 2 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 5/09/2011
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $509,139,578 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2009 QUARTER 2 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 2/24/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $491,839,534 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2009 QUARTER 3 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 7/29/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $483,340,238 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2011 QUARTER 3 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 6/21/2011
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $443,046,843 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2009 QUARTER 1 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 2/24/2009
TX ST OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $214,031,969 Child Support Enforcement 2010 OCSE Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $182,216,710 ARRA -+ Emergency Contingency Fund for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State Program 2010 TANFS Administration for Children and Families 8/24/2010
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $136,223,000 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2012 QUARTER 3 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 4/01/2012
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $134,672,324 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2012 QUARTER 2 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 3/27/2012
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $124,723,531 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2011 QUARTER 4 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 9/29/2011
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $99,273,354 Medical Assistance Program MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR TEXAS - FY 2012 QUARTER 1 - T19 Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 11/30/2011
TX ST OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $79,551,094 Child Support Enforcement 2009 OCSE Administration for Children and Families 7/16/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $60,911,665 ARRA -+ Emergency Contingency Fund for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State Program 2009 TANFS Administration for Children and Families 9/29/2010
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $52,707,774 ARRA -+ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Supplemental Grants 2010 TANFC Administration for Children and Families 7/01/2010
TX DEPART OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERVICES $17,353,939 Foster Care_Title IV-E FY 2010 FOSTER CARE Administration for Children and Families 1/03/2010
TX DEPART OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERVICES $13,593,529 Foster Care_Title IV-E FY 2009 FOSTER CARE Administration for Children and Families 9/09/2009
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, TEXAS $11,287,049 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM: The governance, policy and technical infrastructure supported through this program will enable standards-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) and a high performance health ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $28,810,208 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/15/2010
TX DEPART OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERVICES $10,029,999 Adoption Assistance FY 2010 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE Administration for Children and Families 1/15/2010
TX DEPART OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERVICES $8,433,329 Adoption Assistance FY 2009 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE Administration for Children and Families 7/01/2009
Texas Health Services Authority $7,069,025 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM: The governance, policy and technical infrastructure supported through this program will enable standards-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) and a high performance health ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $28,810,208 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/15/2010
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $5,396,258 ARRA - Immunization Grant funds to implement multiple projects that will result in a greater number of people, both children and adults, protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. Projects propose to increase capacity of the Department of State Health Service's field offic
This spending item is part of a $6,495,738 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/15/2009
TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION $5,336,444 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
Worksource-Greater Austin Area Work Force Board $5,296,593 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
AUSTIN, CITY OF $4,974,373 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,473,150 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $3,841,038 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal requests funds to complete construction of a new home for the Imaging Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. This center is currently located several miles from the main campus, which limits its effectiveness and availability. National Institutes of Health 3/31/2010
STELLARRAY INCORPORATED $2,983,958 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Blood is routinely irradiated in hospitals and blood banks to prevent against the fatal transfusion associated graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in certain at risk patients. A dose of 25 Gy is delivered to the blood bag with no part receiving less than 15 National Institutes of Health 6/01/2010
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $2,606,250 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands Grant funds to carry out statewide evidence-based initiatives that support obesity prevention and nutrition strategies. Initiative includes promotion of optimal nutrition and obesity prevention by facilitiating the development and... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,797,900 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/06/2010
TMF HEALTH QUALITY INSTITUTE $2,095,500 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program This program provides grants for the establishment of Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers that will offer technical assistance, guidance, and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care providers? effo... Show more
This spending item is part of a $9,418,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 4/06/2010
TMF HEALTH QUALITY INSTITUTE $1,929,679 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program Texas Gulf Coast HITECH Extension Center--This program provides grants for the establishment of Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers that will offer technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support a... Show more
This spending item is part of a $13,234,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/31/2010
TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT $1,882,855 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] ARRA Capital Improvement Program: Renovation of East Austin and South Austin CommUnityCare clinic sites. Renovating these two clinics is designed to address pressing capital improvement needs at two of our oldest health centers, includ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $1,742,866 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Alcohol and nicotine are the most commonly abused legal drugs in the United States. There is a high incidence of nicotine dependence in alcoholdependent individuals, and there is also high rate of problem drinking in habitual smokers. There is considerabl National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $1,691,346 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This three-year funding proposal for a P20 Center provides a new paradigm for medication development for the treatment of alcoholism by bringing experienced alcohol researchers together with experts in chemistry, proteomics, gene delivery and Drosophila g National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
CHILD INC. $1,623,332 ARRA - Early Head Start THIS EARLY HEAD START (ARRA) EXPANSION AWARD SERVED 96 ADDITIONAL CHILDREN USING A YEAR-ROUND LOCALLY DESIGNED OPTION (LDO) VISITING TEACHER MODEL THAT WAS PART OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SUPPLEMENTED BY A PARENTING PARTNER/EMERGENCY ASSISTANT, A EH Administration for Children and Families 11/18/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $1,601,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands Grant funds to establish or improve initiatives in communities and schools throughout the state. State efforts will promote evidence based interventions at the state and local levels to establish healthy social norms, provide heal... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,200,000 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/06/2010
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $1,524,471 The purpose of this award is to conduct activities to establish Specialized Cancer Registries by enhancing data collected through a subset of NPCR central cancer registries for comparative effectiveness research. Activities include additional data collect
This spending item is part of a $20,000,000 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5/03/2010
AUSTIN, CITY OF $1,430,692 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The CSBG ARRA award is Recovery Act funding for the Community Services Block Grant. The purpose of the program is to provide supplemental funds for job preservation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed a
This spending item is part of a $48,148,071 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $1,349,654 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Center for Learning and Memory (CLM) at The University of Texas at Austin engages in a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the neurobiology of learning and memory. The CLM facilitates the exchange of ideas and expertise across different discipl National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
Worksource-Greater Austin Area Work Force Board $1,307,169 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $1,294,059 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands Grant funds to carry out initiative that includes tobacco cessation through quitline and media services, including access to cessation services for state employees, retirees, and their dependents.
This spending item is part of a $2,194,059 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/09/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $1,199,799 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In the United States alone, approximately 500,000 deaths will result from rupture of plaques considered 'insignificant' on an angiographic evaluation. Available screening and diagnostic methods are insufficient to identify possible victims before the even
This spending item is part of a $1,429,601 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/15/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $1,039,279 ARRA ?Health Information Technology and Public Health The funds will be used to enhance the interoperability of ImmTrac, the statewide immunization information system, with electronic health record systems used by major Texas health care providers, as well as with those vendors whose electronic healt... Show more Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/01/2010
Indigent Care Collaboration $1,035,315 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM: The governance, policy and technical infrastructure supported through this program will enable standards-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) and a high performance health ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $28,810,208 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/15/2010
CHILD INC. $1,006,926 ARRA - Head Start THIS HEAD START QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND COLA (ARRA) PROJECT WAS AWARDED FOR THE BUDGET PERIOD 07/01/2009 THRU 09/30/2010, AND WAS MADE UP OF TWO MAIN ELEMENTS. THE FIRST ELEMENT WAS A NON-PERMANENT 1.84% COLA WHICH WHICH BENEFITED THE CURRENT APPROVED MA Administration for Children and Families 6/24/2009
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC $982,587 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The proposed Centalized Data Repository, personal health record portal for patients and a robust data set will provide participating health centers with the tools necessary to provide optimized clinical care in terms of efficiency, eff... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/01/2010
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $967,707 ARRA - Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections Grant funds to carry out activities to implement healthcare associated infections reduction strategies, to include: coordinating development of a state prevention plan, enhancing surveillance and reporting from medical facilities, and supporting prev... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,233,977 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 8/28/2009
TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT $967,315 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Increased Demand for Services grant allows funding to increase the numbers of total patients and uninsured patients served. Strategies to expand services may include, but are not limited to, adding new providers, expanding hours o... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
Texas Health Services Authority $954,500 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM: The governance, policy and technical infrastructure supported through this program will enable standards-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) and a high performance health ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $28,810,208 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/15/2010
MYRIAD RBM, INC. $944,185 Phase I/II Clinical Trials and Pharmacodynamics NCIG??s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), under the umbrella of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), is requesting support for several new and expanded initiatives. The
This spending item is part of a $10,200,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 2/04/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $837,538 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (15): Translational Science and specific Challenge Topic, 15- ES-101*: Effects of Environmental Exposures on Phenotypic Outcomes Using Non-human Models. The overall goal of this research proposal is to study National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $796,704 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Texas is one of 33 states, territories and District of Columbia participating in the Communities Putting Prevention to Work with financial assistance and technical support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for tw... Show more Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 8/06/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $774,348 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We introduce the second generation theranostic devices that integrate multiple targeting moieties (e.g., antibody- or aptamer-based) with two additional molecular components: (1) molecular computing in order to analyze obtained disease signatures; and (2)
This spending item is part of a $1,814,520 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $747,178 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a proposal from 5 investigators in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin requesting purchase of a confocal/two-photon microscope. These investigators, the Major Users, will use this state-of-the-art microscope to f National Institutes of Health 4/22/2010
SETON HEALTHCARE $691,299 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Advances in basic science research over the past 20 years have created new opportunities for targeted therapies for TBI, but such advances have failed to translate into successful clinical trials or treatments. Improving the quality of healthcare delivery
This spending item is part of a $4,131,403 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
CHILD INC. $678,300 ARRA - Head Start HEAD START EXPANSION (ARRA) AWARD SERVING FORTY (40) ADDITIONAL CHILDREN USING A YEAR-ROUND LOCALLY DESIGNED OPTION (LDO) VISITING TEACHER MODEL THAT IS SUPPLEMENTED BY EMERGENCY CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS, A FAMILY SERVICE WORKER, AND A CLERICAL SUPPORT PERSON Administration for Children and Families 9/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $658,836 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-range goals of this project are to use polypyrrolebased anion receptors to understand the fundamental factors that regulate anion recognition and transport processes in biology and to develop synthetic systems that are useful in the diagnosis and National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $647,749 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DExD/H-box proteins are required for virtually every process carried out by structured RNAs, from premRNA splicing and translation to intracellular trafficking of proteins and RNAs. These proteins are thought to use energy from ATP to facilitate RNA confo National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $627,280 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this proposal is to identify the enzymes involved in mammalian mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism and to determine how these enzymes function together to support mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism. Folic acid metabolism is essential in all c National Institutes of Health 8/07/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $571,232 ARRA - Survey and Certification Ambulatory Surgical Center Healthcare-Associated Infection (ASC-HAI) Prevention Initiative Grant funds to support state survey agency inspection capability and improve the survey process for Medicare-participating Ambulatory Surgical Centers. This initiative will signi... Show more Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 11/06/2009
SETON HEALTHCARE $547,138 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,473,150 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $529,284 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A long-term goal of our lab is to understand the molecular basis of cell polarity and tissue morphogenesis in vertebrate embryos. Our focus here is on the Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling cascade, a molecular mechanism that governs both the formation National Institutes of Health 6/19/2009
HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $481,481 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The CSBG ARRA award is Recovery Act funding for the Community Services Block Grant. The purpose of the program is to provide supplemental funds for job preservation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed a
This spending item is part of a $48,148,071 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $480,070 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this application is to provide the investigators from the University of Texas at Austin with a small animal imaging system that will provide the necessary means and resources to further their multi- disciplinary research. The instrument, a hig National Institutes of Health 6/10/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $478,922 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Surface Enhanced Transmission Mode Desorption Electrospray Ionization for Metabolite Profiling from Dried Blood Spots This application addresses broad Challenge Area (03) Biomarker Discovery and Validation, and specific Challenge Topics, 03-AG-101: Novel
This spending item is part of a $734,068 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $465,095 ARRA- State Primary Care Offices Grant funds allow State Primary Care Offices to assist in the coordination of activities for the delivery of Primary Care services, recruitment and retention of critical health care providers, and strengthening the primary care workforce administered thro Health Resources and Services Administration 9/10/2009
AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER $459,484 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,473,150 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $446,311 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The primary goal of the research proposed in this competitive renewal application is to understand the role of Akt downstream signaling pathways in epithelial carcinogenesis. During the previous funding period, we discovered that Akt activation is an impo National Institutes of Health 5/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $418,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support How variant signaling strength of the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) complex is transformed into biochemical signals is not well understood. A growing body of evidence indicates that lipid rafts function as platforms for signalling through the BCR. Bright National Institutes of Health 5/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $417,955 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Poor maternal dietary quality in the 1st trimester of pregnancy can alter the intrauterine nutritional environment and adversely affect placental development and subsequent fetal development and growth. The early months of pregnancy, when the placenta und National Institutes of Health 5/08/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $410,720 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Vibrio species are predominantly aquatic bacteria. While many of them are nonpathogenic, some vibrios are associated with severe disease in humans. Vibrio cholerae, in particular, has a long history of causing epidemic and pandemic cholera. Cholera result National Institutes of Health 6/04/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $408,531 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support After injury, unlike the axons of the central nervous system where the regeneration process is poor or absent, axons of the peripheral nervous system are able to regenerate, though inefficiently. Uncovering the molecular mechanisms behind axon regeneratio National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $401,955 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Virtually all Western marriages are preceded by a series of relationship transitions, beginning with movement into new romances (i.e., falling in love) and followed by a series of changes in the depth of association (e.g., increasing commitment versus bre National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $401,360 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Men and women respond differently to cocaine. Although epidemiological data show that more men than women abuse cocaine, there is preclinical and clinical evidence indicating that females are more vulnerable to its psychostimulant effects. Evidence also i National Institutes of Health 6/19/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $379,099 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Adaptive brain plasticity after stroke is critically dependent upon behavioral experience. Manipulations of experience, including rehabilitative training, are emerging as a core strategy for driving functionally appropriate brain reorganization after brai
This spending item is part of a $416,786 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/15/2009
CYCORP, INC. $377,967 Conduct research feasibility studies that will: 1) develop and test computational approaches to one or more significant cognitive problems as commonly encountered by clinicians, clinical researchers, biologists, or patients; and b) bring improvement in me National Institutes of Health 9/20/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $370,999 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Vibrio cholerae, a major human pathogen responsible for both endemic and epidemic cholera, has an absolute requirement for iron.Because V.cholerae must be able to obtain iron in a variety of different environments in and outside of host organisms,it has e National Institutes of Health 5/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $370,601 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The primary goal of the research in this competitive renewal application is to understand the role of signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stats), particularly Stat3, in epithelial carcinogenesis. During the previous funding period, through National Institutes of Health 5/18/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $367,430 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goals of this proposal are (i) to establish a technology platform for generating high-quality, well- validated synthetic antibodies and (ii) to produce the initial set of synthetic antibodies to high-value antigens useful for epigenetic research. Synt
This spending item is part of a $1,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
Worksource-Greater Austin Area Work Force Board $367,013 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $360,116 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Obesity has increased dramatically over the past 30 years in the USA and has been associated with pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, as well as other cancers. A potential mechanistic link between obesity and cancer susceptibility is insulin-like growth f
This spending item is part of a $693,163 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/07/2009
Indigent Care Collaboration $345,105 ARRA - State Grants to Promote Health Information Technology STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM: The governance, policy and technical infrastructure supported through this program will enable standards-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) and a high performance health ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $28,810,208 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/15/2010
TMF HEALTH QUALITY INSTITUTE $329,247 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program The mission of the West Texas Healt Information Technology Regional Extension Center (WT-HITREC) is to build upon established partnerships and collaborative networks within the 108-county West Texas region to focus on helping primary care provide... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,799,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/30/2010
Texas Medical Association Foundation $308,709 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program Texas Gulf Coast HITECH Extension Center--This program provides grants for the establishment of Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers that will offer technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support a... Show more
This spending item is part of a $13,234,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 3/31/2010
TEXAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION $266,270 ARRA - Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections Grant funds to carry out activities to implement healthcare associated infections reduction strategies, to include: coordinating development of a state prevention plan, enhancing surveillance and reporting from medical facilities, and supporting prev... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,233,977 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 8/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $258,888 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Many natural products contain cyclopropane, oxirane, or aziridine groups as key structural elements. These three-membered ring moieties are generally stable despite their considerable ring strain. However, the inherent reactivities of these small rings ca National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
ONESTAR FOUNDATION, THE $250,000 ARRA Strengthening Communities Fund ARRA Strengthening Communities Fund State, Local, and Tribal Government Capacity Building Program: This award is made to State, city, county, and Indian/Native American Tribal governments (or organizations designated by such governments) in order to build Administration for Children and Families 9/20/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $242,480 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Influenza A virus causes annual epidemics and is potential threat for widespread pandemics. The genome of influenza A virus consists of eight segments of (-)RNA that are encapsidated in distinct double-helical structures called the ribonucleoprotein (RNP)
This spending item is part of a $766,481 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
CHILD INC. $225,000 ARRA - Early Head Start THIS EARLY LEARNING MENTOR COACHES (ARRA) GRANT SUPPORTED EARLY LEARNING MENTOR/COACHES WHO PROVIDED ON-THE-JOB GUIDANCE, COACHING, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CLASSROOM TEACHING STAFF, HOME VISITORS AND FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS (TEACHING STA Administration for Children and Families 9/17/2010
CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS $208,901 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Congregate Nutrition Services. Established in 1972 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to older Americans in congregate facilities such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith-based settings.
This spending item is part of a $4,012,217 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
Youth Interactive Inc $207,210 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,473,150 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY $204,039 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
AMBION DIAGNOSTICS, INC $199,766 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project is an Administrative Supplement for Workforce Enhancement of an existing phase II SBIR. In research completed for the parent grant, we developed techniques for microarray-based analysis of RNA from formalin?fixed, paraffin embedded ??FFPE?? t National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
AUSTIN, CITY OF $196,212 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $185,440 ARRA - Head Start The Texas State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care (hereafter referred to as State Advisory Councilor Council) requested this funding to help lead the development of a parent and child focused, high quality, integrated system of early
This spending item is part of a $11,274,474 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 9/14/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $179,639 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Mutations in voltage-dependent sodium channel genes cause neurological, muscular, and cardiac diseases. Although much is known about sodium channel function, there is still much to learn. The sodium channel is a large molecule and understanding which of i
This spending item is part of a $271,398 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $173,410 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support NTDs are a group of common, structural malformation that is associated with excess morbidity and mortality. A specific etiologic agent(s) cannot be identified in the majority of individuals with NTDs, and in this group of patients the condition is believe National Institutes of Health 9/13/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $171,274 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We are requesting funds to purchase an instrument (KinExA) with the ability to sensitively and precisely measure binding kinetics from the millimolar to picomolar ranges and to quantify femptomolar concentrations of molecules of interest in complex soluti National Institutes of Health 5/20/2010
TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT $162,649 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $160,104 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Tumor metastasis, a process by which tumor cells migrate from the primary tumor to distant locations in the body, is the main cause of cancer related deaths. Through a combination of computer models and high resolution microscopy the project carried out u
This spending item is part of a $310,687 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/01/2010
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES, INC. $160,000 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant 1 - In Texas, coordinate Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) ARRA projects statewide, inform communities of services and projects, document results of CSBG ARRA, and sustain the impact of CSBG ARRA projects. 2 - Provide training and technical assistan Administration for Children and Families 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $156,198 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project will archive and disseminate the Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement data set, which promises to be widely used. These are unique data, linking together information on students grades, specific courses taken, attitudes towards schooli National Institutes of Health 9/27/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $155,703 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Flp ('flip') site-specific recombinase is coded for by the 2 micron circle yeast plasmid. Two key pre- chemical steps in combination are: (1) recognition of the target DNA site by Flp and (2) establishing a functional dimer interface between Flp neigh National Institutes of Health 6/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $152,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Smoking research and intervention efforts have substantially neglected middleaged and older adults, with older women who smoke particularly underserved. Yet, cigarette smoking is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among women in midlife and ag National Institutes of Health 5/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $151,276 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term goal of our research is to elucidate the mechanistic basis of ocular morphogenesis in vertebrates. During ocular morphogenesis, the optic primordia undergo a complex series of morphogenetic movements that ultimately result in a bilayered opt National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY $147,635 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $147,320 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a competing revision (NOT-OD-09-058, Notice title: NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications) for grant 1 R01 GM076536-01, Cell chips for genome-wide protein and RNA localization in single cells. Pr National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $145,827 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Excellent longitudinal data are available on the development of alcohol use and abuse across the college years but little is known about the behavioral risks (e.g. risky sex, aggression, academic failure) that have been associated with collegiate drinking National Institutes of Health 8/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $145,786 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The yeast plasmid 2 micron circle provides a simple model for a 'benign parasite genome'. The genetic organization of the plasmid has been evolutionarily optimized for its high-copy propagation without compromising the fitness of the host cells. The centr National Institutes of Health 8/27/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $145,475 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support There is an urgent need to develop more effective vaccines and antibiotic regimens against many of the Select Agent bacteria that cause lethal infection in humans. This is particularly true for the candidate bioterrorism agents, Burkholderia. pseudomallei
This spending item is part of a $1,006,212 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/05/2011
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $145,316 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Genome duplication is an important speciation mechanism for all eukaryotes, especially animals and plants. On one hand, genome duplication provides additional genetic material for adaptive evolution and natural variation; on the other, genome duplication National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $136,679 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Our research is motivated by recent advances in highthroughput technologies, such as DNA microarrays, which make it possible to record the complete genomic signals that guide the progression of cellular processes. Future predictive power and discovery in
This spending item is part of a $244,339 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $135,087 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Major activity this quarter has been directed toward development of algorithms in SAS that will permit calculation of network characteristics with interaction with other network analytic programs (such as Pajek, Ucinet). These programs, now almost finish
This spending item is part of a $345,277 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $129,396 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The ribosome is responsible for protein synthesis and is essential in all cells. Its faithful translation of the genetic code and the proper regulation of its activity are necessary for normal cell growth and development. Ribosome assembly is a complex an National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $125,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Nitric oxide (NO) is a small reactive radical that plays a significant role in cancer biology. Aberrant production of NO and other oxidants is found in various types of tumors, including breast cancer, and also at sites of chronic inflammation, which have National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
TRAVIS, COUNTY OF $123,946 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $121,393 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The estimated risk for language impairment (LI)in monolingual English speaking children is about 7%. A model for identifying language impairment, referred to as the EpiSLI system (Tomblin, Records, & Zhang, 1996), yields relatively high levels of specific
This spending item is part of a $216,155 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $119,267 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposed study will initiate a new collaboration and advance the theme of our current studies on genetic instability in translocation-related human cancers. There are unstable regions of the human genome that are 'hotspots' for deletions and transloca
This spending item is part of a $178,772 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/19/2011
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $116,679 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The parent grant is 1 R01 DK070618-01A2, Control of Dynamically Coupled Cavitation Bubbles in Shock- Wave Lithotripsy (SWL), the start date for which was 15 April 2008 and the duration of which is 4 years. In that grant there are three Specific Aims: (1) National Institutes of Health 11/19/2009
AUSTIN, CITY OF $114,113 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $107,212 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project investigates the degree to which higher rates of health problems among race/ethnic minority children of all economic strata and among poor children from all race/ethnic populations prior to the start of elementary school put them at an academ National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $105,520 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The biochemistry employed by bacteria differs markedly in many ways from that employed by humans. The enzyme Desll is an example that catalyzes an apparently radical-mediated deamination of TDP-4-amino- 4,6-dideoxy-glucose. Desll employs S-adenosylmethion National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $104,002 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this work is to produce a platform for studying bacterial group behavior under controlled environmental conditions, allowing fundamental questions to be investigated regarding the onset and maintenance of states corresponding to virulence and National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS $102,843 Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Home-Delivered Nutrition Services. Established in 1978 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to seniors who are homebound.
This spending item is part of a $1,975,245 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $100,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Bioreductive aziridinylbenzoquinones, one of the most potent classes of chemotherapeutic drugs, are alkylating agents that bind covalently to DNA. It is recognized that the basis for the activity of many anti-cancer agents is related to their ability to m National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $100,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Obesity has reached epidemic levels in the U.S., with 66% of adults overweight and 32% of adults obese. The research uses the new technique of three-dimensional (3 D) photonic scanning to create and validate an instrument that rapidly assesses obesity in National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $99,999 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death due to cancer among women in the United States. In 2007, approximately 213,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and about 41,000 of those will die from the disease this year. Obesity increases National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $99,534 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the US. Chemotherapy remains an important cancer treatment modality. Traditionally, cytotoxic molecules that activate only a single tumorkilling mechanism are used. Combination chemotherapy is now a common p National Institutes of Health 6/28/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $94,387 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposed research is a continued study of the involvement of proteins in splicing group I and II introns. These introns use RNA-catalyzed splicing mechanisms, but require proteins to help fold the intrpn RNA into the catalyti- cally active structure. National Institutes of Health 8/03/2009
CENTEX SYSTEMS SUPPORT SERVICES $90,000 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program CentrEast REC proposes to serve central and east Texas comprising of 46 counties with a population of approximately 3.1 million, and 3,362 priority primary care and primary care providers. The REC is made up of the Rural and Community Health Ins... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,198,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 4/06/2010
AGING & DISABILITY SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $88,883 ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Manage In collaboration with the Recovery Act - funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, this funding will support the deployment of evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs that empower older peop... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,000,000 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/31/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $85,576 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Influenza A and B viruses cause a highly contagious respiratory disease in humans. Influenza B viruses infect only humans, whereas influenza A viruses infect many avian and mammalian species. Influenza A viruses are responsible for the periodic wide-sprea National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
STEPWISE SYSTEMS $81,175 Development, Maintenance and Support of Hospital Clinical Quality Measures for ARRA HITECH - Over the three-year project, Abt will create quality measures. The firm will aslo test and validate the measures. In addition, Abt will perform environmental scan
This spending item is part of a $4,899,123 allocation. See details
Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 7/18/2011
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $76,750 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Recent research points to the complexity of immigrant generations. Immigrants arriving as children rather than as adults, interethnic marriage, and marriage between co-ethnics of different generations create a wide variety of marital unions, and the part National Institutes of Health 8/18/2010
Texas Medical Association Foundation $72,500 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program CentrEast REC proposes to serve central and east Texas comprising of 46 counties with a population of approximately 3.1 million, and 3,362 priority primary care and primary care providers. The REC is made up of the Rural and Community Health Ins... Show more
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Health and Human Services, Department of 4/06/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $72,290 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Oral contraceptives (OCs) are one of the most effective, safe and widely-used contraceptive methods available to women worldwide. The US differs from many other countries in that women still need a healthcare provider's prescription, often requiring an ex
This spending item is part of a $164,158 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $68,096 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall goal of the proposed research is to provide quantitative understanding of the relationship between neural activity in the primate visual cortex (V1) and behavioral performance in pattern detection tasks. To achieve this goal, monkeys will be t National Institutes of Health 1/29/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $68,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Hispanic population, the fastest growing ethnic minority in the US, has a high fertility rate and the potential for a high rate of preterm births (PTB). If the PTB rate continues to rise, it will have devastating effects on children and increase medic National Institutes of Health 2/11/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $66,185 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application proposes to study a large cohort of children with autism using a multidisciplinary analytic approach in order to identify biological signatures that define distinct phenotypes of autism. We propose that subtypes will be identifiable on th
This spending item is part of a $2,828,090 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/23/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $64,060 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposed work represents an entirely unique area of kidney research that has not been previously interrogated in either the laboratory or the clinic. By investigating a novel SERM of which level rise progressively with age, this proposed project has
This spending item is part of a $276,813 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/12/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $60,521 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of the proposed project is to investigate how the aged brain responds to skilled motor training, both before and after stroke-like brain injury. This will be accomplished by first determining differences in behavior and neural plasticity in intac National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $58,976 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Swarming is a widespread mode of surface colonization by flagellated bacteria. It shares features with other surface phenomenon such as biofilm formation and host invasion, and is therefore a particularly relevant model for uncovering and understanding ba National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $57,380 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This overall research endeavor has the broad goal to develop placement methods for in-situ sediment remediation amendments. The parent grant is In-Situ Sediment Remediation Using Benthic Waterjet Amendment Placement (NIH# 5R01ES016158 ). The supplement sp
This spending item is part of a $260,669 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $56,559 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The specific aims of the study are: 1. Develop inference methodology, including computational algorithms, for logistic and probit regression for binary outcomes, using the Bayesian nonparametric approach for instrumental variables. 2. Develop inference
This spending item is part of a $1,169,177 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/27/2010
AUSTIN RECOVERY, INC. $49,990 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,473,150 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND BOYS HARVEST FOUNDATION, INC. $49,929 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
The ARC of The Capital Area $45,995 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $42,742 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Spinal cord injuries with consequent paralysis affect more than 250,000 people in the US and several million worldwide. The biological causes that prevent axonal regeneration to occur in the central nervous system (CMS) are still elusive. The lack of expe National Institutes of Health 7/27/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $36,688 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Retinoic acid (RA) has several established functions during cardiac development, including actions in the fetal epicardium required for myocardial growth. An open question is if retinoid effects are limited to growth factor stimulation pathway(s) or if ad National Institutes of Health 1/24/2011
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $35,878 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Learned associations between stimuli and natural rewards are enhanced when discrepancies between anticipated and received reinforcement are encountered (e.g., prediction errors). For instance, during associative conditioning, operant behaviors and mesolim National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $35,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $34,896 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract: Facultative intracellular Brucella species cause brucellosis in animals and humans and have been classified as NIAID category B priority pathogens. Brucella infects the body via the respiratory tract, the ski
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National Institutes of Health 7/21/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $28,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support PhotoSensitizer Nanoparticle Aptamer Conjugate Therapy (SNACT) is an application of targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) involving the administration of a photosensitizer (PS) encapsulated in aptamer-bound nanoparticles (NP), followed by light activation o
This spending item is part of a $156,413 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $27,899 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Walking is important to persons who have had a stroke and better rehabilitation methods are needed to restore or improve their walking. This project will find new and better ways to measure walking performance that are explicitly linked to specific underl
This spending item is part of a $363,805 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/07/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $25,361 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of the current application is to provide Dr. Igor Ponomarev with career development opportunities under the mentorship of Dr. R. Adron Harris. The excellent research environment, faculty and facilities at the University of Texas at Austin will al National Institutes of Health 2/10/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $23,061 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award is for technique development. The technique in this case represents a combination of neuronal manipulations of pairbonding prairie voles, and observations of resulting behavior in semi-natural enclosures. We propose that this combination of met
This spending item is part of a $383,214 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/01/2009
SETON HEALTHCARE $21,344 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA) is an effective therapy for acute ischemic stroke but has substantial limitations when used alone to open occluded major extracranial and intracranial arteries. The EMS and IMS I Pilot Studie
This spending item is part of a $335,100 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/07/2009
MYRIAD RBM, INC. $17,770 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award provides funding for establishment of a consortium with the University of Illinois-Chicago, Texas Children's Hospital, & Baylor College of Medicine to obtain samples necessary to complete Phase II validation of novel biomarker profiles in the b
This spending item is part of a $92,740 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT $16,997 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--Communities Putting Prevention to Work Austin /Travis County will prevent and reduce tobacco use by working with community partners in schools, worksites, health care settings, faith-based organizations, retail settings, and the media. Key activities include assisting ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,473,150 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3/19/2010
TRADEWINDS TRADING COMPANY, INC. $15,530 VetScan VS2 Blood Analyzer, Abazis 2qty, Delivered To: 3E19A3 10/29/10. Product/Servic Code:6640 Health and Human Services, Department of 9/15/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $10,828 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The neurochemical and cellular mechanisms that contribute to the control of ethanol drinking behavior are not fully understood, but the involvement of dopamine in the mesolimbic system has been hypothesized for some time. Many neurochemical systems are kn National Institutes of Health 6/08/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $10,640 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Notch signaling is required universally for development in every tissue in all metazoans, and defects in the mechanism are associated with many human developmental diseases and cancer. A peculiar feature of the Notch pathway is the extent to which its act National Institutes of Health 7/10/2009
AUSTIN, CITY OF $10,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands Grant funds to carry out statewide evidence-based initiatives that support obesity prevention and nutrition strategies. Initiative includes promotion of optimal nutrition and obesity prevention by facilitiating the development and... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,797,900 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/06/2010
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON $6,883 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is funding building on a recently completed longitudinal study of smoking patterns in a popluation-based sample of Mexican origin adolescents (the MATCH study). This funding will further explore the genetic/non-genetic underpinnings of smoking and e
This spending item is part of a $47,925 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 3/31/2011
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $4,818 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term goal of our research is to elucidate the mechanistic basis of ocular morphogenesis in vertebrates. During ocular morphogenesis, the optic primordia undergo a complex series of morphogenetic movements that ultimately result in a bilayered opt National Institutes of Health 7/14/2009
STATE HEALTH SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $4,052 ARRA - Immunization Grant funds will provide for active surveillance of acute gastroenteritis in young children who are admitted or seen in the emergency department during the rotavirus season at Texas Children's Hospital. The Department of State Health Services and the hosp
This spending item is part of a $493,255 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/02/2009
TX DEPART OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERVICES $404 Guardianship Assistance FY 2011 GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE Administration for Children and Families 6/30/2011
AGING & DISABILITY SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $0 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Congregate Nutrition Services. Established in 1972 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to older Americans in congregate facilities such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith-based settings.
This spending item is part of a $4,012,217 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
AGING & DISABILITY SERVICES, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF $0 Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Home-Delivered Nutrition Services. Established in 1978 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to seniors who are homebound.
This spending item is part of a $1,975,245 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $0 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of our studies is to develop a quantitative understanding of tumor metastasis. As cell migration is the central part of metastasis, we are developing quantitative experimental and computational methods to study migration in three dimensional matr National Institutes of Health 9/01/2009
TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $0 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 2010 TANF Administration for Children and Families 1/01/2010
TX ST OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL -$48,899,860 Child Support Enforcement 2011 OCSE Administration for Children and Families 1/24/2011