Research
UT Southwestern's Office of the Provost provides resources and funding to facilitate collaboration and empower research throughout our institution. Our commitment makes it easier for researchers to achieve their goals and helps push science forward.
Researchers at UT Southwestern can access multiple research support teams to assist them in their work.
The services, offices, and initiatives available for researchers include:
- Research Development and Shared Services helps faculty make connections and find resources they need to push science forward.
- The Sponsored Programs Administration guides our investigators throughout the award life cycle process and connects them with research resources.
- Various Scholar Programs are designed to secure financial resources, research training, and protected time to allow promising faculty to focus on research.
- The Special Grant Incentive and the Collaborative Research Grant Incentive award faculty who are successful in obtaining federal grants that meet the program’s criteria.
Recognized as one of the world's foremost research institutions, UT Southwestern houses about 500 research labs and over 40 core facilities. Our basic science research has led to some of the most important discoveries of our generation, and our clinical and translational research improves the lives of patients and communities.
Discovery at UT Southwestern is enhanced by our culture of collaboration that enables investigators to work diligently across the spectrum of biomedical research and clinical care to unravel the complexities of human biology.