Gifts & Grants

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

Alum helps create endowment for Pharm.D. students to train at Ralphs

Funds will enhance classroom instruction with practical experience

Man with glasses looking at camera.

School of Medicine receives prestigious grant from Research to Prevent Blindness

Funding will support eye research conducted by the Department of Ophthalmology

Stacey Nicholas, UCI trustee.

Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UC Irvine to further boost diversity in STEM

Gift from UCI Foundation trustee will create Women and Engineering Program

Group of five researchers funded by NSF to examine wildfire management while incorporating voices from Indigenous communities.

NSF funds UCI-led team connecting Indigenous communities with key decision-makers in wildfire management

Project will bring diverse voices to forefront of mitigation and research

NASA funds UC Irvine-led mission to record changes in Antarctica’s ice sheet

Researchers will use data from upcoming and existing international satellite missions