Grants

Campus will launch micronetwork focused on expanding stem cell clinical trial access

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 12, 2022 – The National Science Foundation has awarded $750,000 to a multidisciplinary team from the University of California, Irvine’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute, its Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and BlackBerry to address the challenges around secure communications on public 5G networks. The funds are being allocated […]

High-Risk, High-Reward grants will support biomedical research projects

NSF funding will support diversification, community engagement in Earth system science

Gina Lee, UCI assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, is one of 10 researchers to receive a $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation for their innovative work in seeking cures for cancers affecting women. Lee’s team studies lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare tumor syndrome causing uncontrolled cell growth in the kidneys and lungs that […]

Findings will increase understanding of vaccine immune responses and side effects

Campus to receive $10 million over five years for role in Cell Atlas Network

California water districts and ratepayers will serve as test subjects

Brian Cummings, UCI professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation and founding member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a training program that supports first-generation and underserved students pursuing careers in public health and regenerative medicine. […]

Researchers will explore new technologies for energy conversion, carbon capture and nuclear power