Gifts & Grants

UCI team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits child health

Identifying exercise-driven molecular changes could enhance long-term well-being

UCI’s Stanley Grant to lead $1.9 million UC effort to become ‘stormwater-neutral’

Drought-ravaged California misses out on billions of gallons of freshwater each year, as rain washes into storm drains and out to sea. University of California researchers say it’s time for that to change. Led by UCI civil engineer Stanley Grant, they hope to start a revolution in how urban stormwater is collected and managed. Faculty […]

UCI sociologist named William T. Grant Scholar

Kristin Turney, associate professor of sociology, has been named a 2016 William T. Grant Scholar – one of only five researchers selected from a nationwide pool. The recognition includes a five-year, $350,000 award to support her work on the intergenerational consequences of paternal incarceration during childhood and adolescence. She will combine information from in-depth and […]

Lawrence Benveniste ’72 commits to estate gift to support UCI mathematics

A renowned economist and former dean of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, Lawrence Benveniste ’72 and his wife, Marie, have committed to a $5 million estate gift to establish endowed chairs in mathematics at UCI and UC Berkeley. Benveniste earned a bachelor’s in mathematics at UCI in 1972 and a doctorate in mathematics at UC Berkeley in […]

NOAA funds UCI research on sea level rise, storm surge effects on coastal landscapes

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has awarded UCI researchers $1.15 million to study and mitigate sea level rise and storm surge impacts on changing shores. They will develop modeling tools to analyze how sediment management practices affect the stability of communities and wetlands facing the tests of climate change. “Sediment […]

Gavin and Ninetta Herbert pursue vision for improving eye health with $5 million estate gift to spur breakthrough retinal research

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 16, 2016 — Allergan founder Gavin Herbert and his wife, Ninetta, have pledged $5 million to advance retinal research at UC Irvine Health’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the academic eye care center named in his honor. “As longtime champions of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the Herberts have shown that community leaders can […]

UCI prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by state precision medicine initiative

Clinical effort aims to personalize treatment, improve care and outcomes

UCI sociologist receives NIH funding to create database exploring mother/baby health factors

The origins of chronic disease, preconception risk factors for newborn health and generational links to health disparities are a few of the public health issues that UCI assistant professor of sociology Jennifer Kane hopes to tackle using information gleaned from a new database in progress. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the $430,000 project will allow […]

UCI-led bio sci team awarded $3 million by DOE to investigate drought impact on soil microbes

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded a UCI research team $3 million over three years to explore how drought affects microbes in surface soil that are vital to plant life and to the exchange of carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – among the Earth’s oceans, plants, soil and air. Steven Allison, associate professor of […]

The Irvine Museum’s collection of California impressionism comes to UCI

World-class exhibit space planned on campus to house the $17 million collection