grants and gifts

The initiative, launched in 2013, is dedicated to studying contemporary issues in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai and Mexico City.

The endowed chair supports an outstanding scholar in electrical engineering. Iyer is known for his pioneering work in semiconductors.

A UCLA bioengineer's research project to develop a paper-based diagnostic device that can rapidly determine if women are at risk for cervical cancer has won a $100,000 grant.

The chairs will support gifted and creative investigators in UCLA's neuroscience research and training programs.

The grant will expand activities of the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities, a collaboration of UCLA and Waseda University in Tokyo.

A member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lo has been awarded $900,000 by the Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation.

The DOE program provides support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years, when many scientists do their most formative work.

David Wacker and his siblings Gerry, Beverly and Michael — all UCLA alumni — have donated 46 acres of land in Kern County to the UCLA Meteorite Collection.

The assistant professor of dentistry was awarded for research that advances scientific knowledge in implant dentistry and tissue engineering.

A UCLA engineer is on an international team of engineers and biologists attempting to get unprecedented insights into how birds fly so efficiently in order to design unmanned aircraft with shapeshifting wings.

Over the years, the Hellman Fellows Fund has supported more than 850 junior faculty members who are now chairs and heads of departments, MacArthur fellows and tenured faculty with long successful track records.

The $2.8 million NSF grant will support Sandoval's UCLA research team working in collaboration with teachers in the Montebello Unified School District.

The gift from Julia Gouw, a respected Los Angeles businesswoman and native of Indonesia, will support research, conferences and more.

Chen is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies program would help reconcile a national shortage of specialists in museums, libraries, archives and special collections.

Alexandrova will conduct research on computational catalysis in the chemistry laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France.

The first muralist to be so honored by the organization, Baca is the creator of 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles."

The donation from LINE-X Protective Coatings represents the company's longtime commitment to U.S. military veterans.

A three-year, $2 million-plus grant, awarded to Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, will be used to develop therapies to halt or alleviate the disabilities associated with multiple sclerosis.

An Art Works award of $20,000 will go to the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA to present Phantom Limb’s "Memory Rings."

The funding supports a multi-university initiative to increase the numbers of women and underrepresented minorities majoring in computer science.

UCLA, Stanford University and international partners have received $13.5 million to turn an innovative particle accelerator design dubbed the 'accelerator-on-a-chip' into a fully functional and scalable working prototype.

American Academy of Pediatrics gives $4.1 million to help more families nationwide manage their health needs.

The UCLA Earth scientist and collaborators will create a complex west-coast model to explore solutions for this growing threat to marine life.

The assistant professor of social welfare studies LGBT social networks, which can contribute to health outcomes.