![]() This critical funding was renewed by the legislature, and will result in approximately $10.4 million coming to UTSA to support faculty development, research equipment acquisition, laboratory upgrades, student fellowships and proposal development. House Bill 1 included an increase of $80 million in statewide funds for these grants, which will allow us to provide additional financial support to our students, some 68 percent of whom rely on financial aid.Ĭore Research Support Fund HB 1 included the continuation for Core Research Support (CRS) funds, which support research activities at Texas’s eight emerging research universities. Texas Grants The Texas Grants program has a clear impact on the retention and graduation rates of our Roadrunners. Our share includes a $26.1 million increase, a 13.6 percent rise over the last biennium and the second highest funding increase across all 37 Texas public institutions! Our efforts to grow weighted semester credit hours during the counting year was instrumental in this dramatic increase. Thanks to the hard work of many of our elected leaders, this session brought numerous positive outcomes for UTSA, bolstering our trajectory as a model for student success and a great public research university:įormula Funding UTSA saw a significant bump over last session’s higher education formula funding process. That is one of the reasons UTSA fared so favorably in the recent legislative session, and I wanted to take a moment to recognize their incredible support for our university and the entire higher education community in Texas. Just as in 1969, legislators today firmly believe in the ability of UTSA to make a difference in our community and the world. This Wednesday we celebrate the 50 th anniversary of UTSA’s creation by the Texas Legislature.
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