UCLA Library to expand global preservation work thanks to largest grant in its history
$13 million from Arcadia will bolster the Modern Endangered Archives Program.
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UCLA International Institute receives $8 million in federal funding
The Title VI awards will provide students with tuition assistance and living stipends, support teaching of languages, among other things.
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
Their new devices will enable scientists to observe neuronal activity in freely moving animals at even higher resolutions.
UCLA awarded $11.5 million to improve organ, hand and face transplantation
The two grant projects, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, will be led by Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski.
$1.5 million grant will support social justice mission of UCLA institute
The Institute on Inequality and Democracy is among four organizations to receive funding from the Marguerite Casey Foundation.
UCLA provides grants to enhance understanding of Black life and racial disparities
As part of the campus’s ‘Rising to the Challenge’ pledge, nine projects have received funding, with more on the way.
UCLA, Charles R. Drew University receive $11M grant to address inequities in HIV care, prevention
The Center for AIDS Research will form new partnerships with community groups across Los Angeles and in other nations.
UCLA Library awards grants to eight music school projects
Funds to support commissions, performances, recordings, residencies and research for contemporary music.
UCLA, partners win Department of Energy grant to boost diversity in field of nuclear physics
A new pilot program aims to help low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented students pursue graduate studies and research careers.
Grant makes access to a UCLA education easier for underrepresented students
As a partner institution of the CaliforniansForAll College Corps, UCLA will select 150 students for fellowships.
Bunche Center for African American Studies receives $5 million from state of California
The funds will support UCLA students, policy reports and big-data projects such as the Million Dollar Hoods initiative.
Concussions and kids: Project co-led by UCLA gets $10 million grant from NIH
CARE4Kids, a nationwide study by a consortium of academic medical centers, aims to identify biomarkers that predict delayed recovery in children.
$6.2 million NIH grant to support UCLA study of how COVID-19 causes multiple organ failure
“We need to figure out how this is happening in order to develop treatments to stop it,” said UCLA’s Arjun Deb.
STROBE nano-imaging center receives $22.5 million renewal from NSF
The center, co-led by UCLA and headquartered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is developing the microscopes of tomorrow.
UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center receives $5 million CIRM grant for research training program
The five-year award from California’s stem cell agency will help prepare young scientists and physicians to become leaders in the regenerative medicine field.
UCLA receives $13 million contract to expand COVID-19 testing
The tests use SwabSeq, a technology developed in 2020 at UCLA, to deliver results in less than 24 hours.
Four UCLA research centers receive grants from California 100
New statewide initiative focuses on making the state’s next century more innovative, sustainable and equitable.
UCLA-led team awarded more than $5 million for HIV prevention projects
NIH-funded grants will aid interventions that improve antiretroviral medication usage.
UCLA team awarded almost $3 million for safe K-12 return-to-school effort
The NIH-funded project aims to increase COVID-19 testing access and uptake for underserved and vulnerable populations.
Group led by UCLA professor awarded $8.8 million for HIV intervention using mobile app
The NIH-funded project aims to prevent infection among high-risk transgender women who face barriers to in-person interventions.
$1.3 million grant will help UCLA advance workforce equity and empowerment
The Worker Equity Initiative will explore how government agencies and their partners help workers thrive in quality careers.
UCLA to launch new social justice curriculum with $5 million grant from Mellon Foundation
Courses will pair social justice teaching with community engagement and instruction in data literacy, statistics and computational research methods.
UCLA to establish archive on policing and mass incarceration in Los Angeles
The project is supported by a $3.65 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Six UCLA arts projects receive Getty Foundation grants
The financial awards will cover research and planning for “Pacific Standard Time” projects, which will debut in 2024.
UCLA awarded $25 million to advance HIV research for women and children
The grant comes from the National Institutes of Health to the UCLA branch of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network.