Kay Family Foundation gives $1.3 million to UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences
Funding will support health coaching, research and educational programs
April 21, 2021
Gifts & Grants
NIH grant will fund study of novel approach to repairing permanently damaged retinas
Magdalene Seiler, Ph.D., UCI associate professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a five-year, $3,823,950 grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a preclinical study on rodent models of an innovative co-graft approach to repair permanently damaged retinas. Cell transplantation offers a potential therapy for those who have already lost their […]
April 18, 2021
Linda and Mike Mussallem donate $5 million to Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
Gift will support integrative cardiology research, education and health coaching
April 13, 2021
Pharmaceutical sciences researcher gets NIH award for drug discovery tech development
The National Institutes of Health has granted $2 million to researchers in UCI’s School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. The new Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award will fund drug discovery technology development in the laboratory of Brian Paegel, UCI professor of pharmaceutical sciences. “The NIH has generously supported my laboratory over the years in reaction miniaturization […]
April 09, 2021
UCI’s Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe is named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Renowned biologist is among 184 diverse recipients of prestigious award this year
April 09, 2021
UCI advances to national cyber defense competition following “historic” regionals win
A team of undergraduate students from the cybersecurity club in UCI’s Department of Computer Science is moving on to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition following their recent first-place finish in the Western Regionals against several formidable opponents. Only the winners out of the nine regionals across the nation can directly advance to the national […]
April 06, 2021
UCI-led team awarded $2.3 million as part of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine
Funding will be used to employ precision medicine to study the impacts of adverse and unpredictable experiences on children’s neurodevelopment
April 01, 2021
$50,000 grant will fund continued study of undocumented college student experiences
Laura Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies, has received a $50,000 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to continue her UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity project. The 18-campus UC and CSU study, which began in 2019, provides comprehensive insights into the ways in which students’ undocumented status disrupts their educational experiences […]
March 31, 2021
Grant establishes endowment for doctoral fellowships in Iranian studies
Support further distinguishes UCI as destination for scholars of ancient and modern Iran
March 17, 2021
School of Education is awarded $1.25 million to introduce novel math game in K-12 district
The UCI School of Education has received a three-year, $1.25 million research award from the NewSchools Venture Fund’s EF+Math Program to introduce Fraction Ball in the Santa Ana Unified School District. With the innovative mathematics game, arcs and colors are added to the design of a basketball court, helping children visualize equivalencies between fractions and […]
February 23, 2021