South Texas Technology Management

South Texas Technology Management
3463 Magic Drive, Suite 350, MSC 7746
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Office: (210) 567-9208
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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)

The POCsparc Grant Program provides awards of up to $25,000 to faculty of the four STTM-served institutions to advance UT inventions towards successful commercialization. The STTM Proof of Concept grants are intended to support short-term, tightly focused projects to help bridge the gap between promising invention and market-ready innovations.

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

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

STTM Awards $50,000 to UT Researchers for Proof of Concept Grants

SAN ANTONIO (February 5, 2010) — South Texas Technology Management (STTM), the regional technology transfer office that serves four University of Texas institutions — UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), UT San Antonio (UTSA), UT Brownsville (UTB), and UT Pan American (UTPA), — today announced two new award recipients of the Proof of Concept: Short Proposals to Accelerate Research Commercialization (POCsparc) Grant Program.
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STTM Tech Forum Presentations Available for Download

A PDF version of the Powerpoint presentations delivered by the featured panelists during the STTM 2010 Annual Tech Forum are now available for download.
[ Tech Forum Presentations ]

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 3, 2010: InnoTech Special Event: The EMT Symposium

The Emerging Medical Technology Symposium at InnoTech San Antonio is a half-day event focusing on the challenges of conceiving, developing, and bringing medical products to market by providing education, networking opportunities, and access to investor resources.
[ Event Details ]

March 24, 2010: An Example of the Essential Interplay Between Basic and Translational Scientists in T1/T2 Research: Observations from T Cell Lines Help Define an Unexpected Family of Mutations in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphomas.

David Center, M.D., Assistant Provost for Translational Research; Gordon and Ruth Snider Professor of Pulmonary Medicine; Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Center is the scientific co-founder of Abkine Pharmaceuticals, Inc and the inventor of 11 patents owned by Boston University on products and uses derived from the secreted cytokine Interleukin 16.
[ Event Details ]