Gifts & Grants

Getting to the root of the problem: does tobacco product exposure where Black and Latiné youth live, work, and play increase their risk of tobacco-related health disparities? 

UCI researcher receives $1.3 million dollar grant from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program

Shahrdad Lotfipour

UC Irvine to lead study of how DNA genetic variations might influence nicotine addiction

Findings may improve prevention and treatment strategies for smoking, vaping habits

Wang Feng and Gene Tsudik are named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

UC Irvine scholars are among 188 recipients of prestigious award this year

David Kisailus

Air Force grants $1.5 million to UCI researchers for purchase of new instruments

Tools enable testing of biological and synthetic materials under extreme conditions

Air Force awards $4 million research grant to UC Irvine materials scientists

New project explores use of microbes as mineral extractors in extreme environments

UC Irvine engineers win Air Force grant to study exoskeletons of special beetles

Insect ‘blueprints’ to guide development of new defense and aerospace technologies

Austen Parrish

UCI Law and Point Foundation announce new scholarship initiative

Qualified recipients will receive a $30,000 scholarship each year

Monica Daley

UC Irvine receives $15 million NSF grant for integrative movement research

Monica Daley to lead multidisciplinary effort to explore muscle dynamics

Craig Walsh, UCI professor of molecular biology and biochemistry

UC Irvine advances stem cell research with $4 million CIRM grant for shared resources lab

Funding will enable upgraded equipment, new services and user training in 4 critical areas

UC Irvine researchers awarded grants by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Funding supports research into advanced biological tissue imaging technologies