Gifts & Grants

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 […]

Image of a health care robot being used to treat a patient

UCI to help develop robots to protect healthcare workers, reduce isolation

UC-wide study will improve telehealth to better serve vulnerable communities

Innovative UCI fellowships help fill virus-created void

Grad students facing financial hardships due to COVID-19 get both funding and a chance to learn new skills

UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts.building

Beall Center for Art + Technology awarded Getty Foundation grant for SoCal collaboration

Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x LA to explore intersections of art and science

Roy Eddleman gives $1 million to establish new UCI graduate fellowship

Funds will support student learning and research in quantum science

UCI alum Vincent Steckler speaking to student in a lecture hall.

Alumnus Vincent Steckler ’80 and his wife donate $10.4 million to UCI

Gift will support art history students, create ICS center promoting inclusiveness

UCI celebrates the first prestigious scholarship recipient of the New Year

The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and the Division of Undergraduate Education are pleased to announce the first prestigious scholarship recipient for 2021. Malak Kudaimi, UCI alumna and staff member, has been named a Marshall Scholar for 2021-22. Kudaimi is the third UCI student to receive the award, following Kelly Maglia […]

Grant will fund anthropologist’s innovative study of fire prevention, mitigation methods

To help improve fire prevention policies, Salvador Zarate, UCI assistant professor of anthropology, will use a $12,000 faculty fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to document the practices of Orange County weed abatement crews. “We experienced our worst fire season ever this year, and we can tap into the deep ecological […]

Alumni couple create scholarship endowment at UCI’s Center for Critical Korean Studies

Carol Choi ’85 and Eugene Choi ’86, MBA ’01, have pledged $100,000 to create an endowment at UCI’s Center for Critical Korean Studies. Undergraduate students majoring in Korean studies and other qualified students with demonstrated interest will be provided with scholarships. Through its Brilliant Future Scholarship Match Opportunity, UCI will double the gift, matching endowment […]

UCI joins national manufacturing cybersecurity collaboration

Calit2 to develop wireless platforms to promote sustainable factory processes