UCLA Library funds 26 international cultural preservation projects
The grant winners include digitization efforts representing eastern Ukraine, the Ivory Coast and Latin America.
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UCLA receives $5 million grant to align neuroscience and societal needs
The funding will help create a multidisciplinary research center that aims to maximize the potential of neuroscience for public good.
UCLA Library awards grants to nine faculty and student music projects
Funds will support new work, performances and research advancing contemporary music.
The power of more inclusive preservation
The Mellon Foundation invests $1 million in a UCLA cultural conservation program that’s helped increase diversity in the field.
UCLA Samueli to lead $4 million cell research project funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The collaboration among researchers at UCLA, USC and Caltech will advance cell and tissue engineering technology.
UCLA College Corps receives second grant from governor’s office
The announcement comes as AmeriCorps leaders, state legislators look to campus program to inform national service campaign.
Can cannabis-based meds help people manage oral cancer pain?
A UCLA Dentistry–led team has received a $5 million federal grant to develop an effective, non-addictive synthetic cannabinoid.
UCLA Library funds 30 international cultural preservation projects
Materials will be digitized and made available online to researchers around the world.
UCLA-led climate projects receive $7.5 million in state-funded grants from UC
Efforts will aim to boost EV use, energy storage, firefighter safety and the well-being of migrant workers.
David Leibrandt receives Moore Foundation award to push the boundaries of particle physics
The five-year, $1.25 million grant will fund research that could help solve a longstanding problem called the symmetry violation.
UCLA receives $1 million NSF grant to develop quantum sensors
The funds will support research on technologies to precisely measure the previously unmeasurable.
$9.5 million in state grants to fund wide-ranging research on cannabis
The two-year grants are meant to further scientific understanding of cannabis and inform efforts to shape public policy.
UCLA Nursing receives UC grant to diversify pool of nursing doctoral candidates
The school intends to recruit more students from Hispanic-serving institutions to its doctoral programs and, ultimately, its faculty.
CIRM grant will help expand patients’ access to UCLA clinical trials for stem cell, gene therapies
The funds will also support education programs and workforce development through the UCLA Alpha Stem Cell Clinic.
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.
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.