Among the 18 collaborative proposals that were selected to receive UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives awards are four projects to be led by UCLA that will share in more than $23 million over four years, UC announced Monday.
The awards support UC research collaborations that involve at least three campuses in the system and strengthen the UC research enterprise. Funding will go to a diverse array of projects, from developing an implantable device that could correct memory impairment to an effort to help California better manage its water resources.
Among the UCLA principal investigators receiving grants for these collaborative research projects are professor Andrew Fuligni of psychiatry and biobehavioral science, for “The Developmental Science of Adolescence;” professor Steven Furlanetto of physics and astronomy, for the UC Cosmic Dawn Initiative; history professor Robin Kelley, the Gary B. Nash Chair in United States History, for the Consortium for Black Studies in California; and associate professor Theodore Robles of psychology, for the Intercampus Consortium on Health Psychology.
The 2014 request for proposals garnered 186 eligible entries in the arts, humanities, social, biological, environmental and physical sciences, and engineering. They were reviewed and ranked by experts from both inside and outside the University of California. The selected proposals involve researchers from all 10 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
"There were so many worthy applicants for this highly competitive awards program," said Kathleen Erwin, director of UC Research Initiatives, which oversees MRPI. "The proposals that were selected advance research in areas that are critical to California, and which provide important collaborative opportunities for UC faculty and students across the university."
The complete list of projects to be funded is available here.
