South Texas Technology Management

South Texas Technology Management
3463 Magic Drive, Suite 350
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Office: (210) 567-0084
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UTHSCSA | UTSA
UT Pan American | UT Brownsville

Getting Started

Great research starts with “What if?” and often leads to fantastic ideas that can change lives for the better. STTM is here to help guide the process of invention, from idea through licensing and commercialization. Learn More
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South Texas Technology Management

South Texas Technology Management (STTM) is a regional technology transfer office affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, (UTHSCSA), and allied with the research departments of the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), the University of Texas Pan American (UTPA), and the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB). STTM replaces the former UTHSCSA department, Office of Technology Ventures.

STTM's mission is to provide comprehensive and integrated technology development services for our affiliates using the most effective protection and commercialization strategies to stimulate and capitalize on each University´s intellectual property portfolio, thereby achieving maximum economic and humanitarian value for the Institutions, their staff, and their communities.

Grants and Funding Opportunities

Proof of Concept short proposals to accelerate research commercialization (POCsparc)

Funding is sponsored by STTM. The deadline for then next round of POCsparc grants is Spring 2010.
[ Learn more about POCsparc ]

Texas Ignition Fund (TIF)

The Texas Ignition Fund granted a total of $465,000 to 14 inventions that have the potential to become commercialized.
[ Learn more about TIF ]

featured News

San Antonio-based medical innovations company licenses technology developed at UT Health Science Center

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 17, 2009) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio today announced a license agreement with MCD Life Sciences LLC to commercialize a novel organ preservation technology. The technology, developed through more than a decade of scientific investigations in the School of Medicine, is expected to significantly increase the time that can elapse between removal of donor organs and their transplant into waiting recipients. The current four- to six-hour window could be expanded to as long as a day, the inventors said.
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STTM Participates in Seminar for Translational Research and Collaborative Funding

SAN ANTONIO (September 16, 2009) – STTM participated in the inaugural seminar series for Translational Research and Collaborative Funding Opportunities.

The Seminars in Translational Research (STRECH) is a collaborative project between the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UTHSCSA) Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS) / Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies and the University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI).

Seminars will be held the third Wednesday of each month from 4:00-5:00 PM, alternating between the UTSA and UTHSCSA campuses.
[ Read More about STRECH ]

South Texas Announces RFP for Fall 2009 POCsparc Grants

On September 2, 2009, STTM announced that it is seeking proposals for its Fall 2009 Proof of Concept: Short Proposals to Accelerate Research Commercialization (POCsparc) Grant Program.
Fall 2009 Deadline: October 16, 2009.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

October 2, 2009: UTSA TO HOST TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOT CAMP

To help solo entrepreneurs and established companies commercialize new technologies, UTSA’s Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship will host the Jackson Walker Technology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 2 in Business Building Room 2.06.04 on the 1604 Main Campus.
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October 18-22, 2009: LES 209 Annual Meeting - Embrace the Education & Diversity

The LES Annual Meeting is the premier event for licensing education and networking. LES continues to provide licensing professionals with the synergy of technology, business, and entrepreneurship. The diversity of ideas presented at the LES (USA & Canada) Annual Meeting is invaluable to anyone in the ever-changing field of licensing.
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