grants and gifts

Researchers will look to identify genetic and environmental factors that determine how fast an individual’s Parkinson’s disease progresses.

The Ballmer Group investment will support academic and clinical training that will bring more Bruin practitioners into local communities.

The latest grants support creative research spanning migration histories, digital performance, environmental justice and community storytelling.

The year that was, while a year of marked by uncertainty and tragedy, was also a year filled with tremendous accomplishments by our faculty, students, alumni and staff, but it was also

Generous benefactors fueled discovery, expanded access to education and created new pathways for impact. 

The endowment, established by a gift from Burnett, will support musical theater students.

The commitment will enable the Luskin School of Public Affairs to endow a new program for students pursuing affordable housing careers.

Several faculty members from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been appointed to new positions.

The scholarship aims to support high-potential students studying in the school’s music industry program.

UCLA investigators will identify the diversity of viruses that naturally inhabit the human body along the oral-gut-brain axis.

As we head into the holidays and prepare to usher in 2025, Newsroom takes a look back at the accomplishments of the Bruin community and the highlights of 2024.

The grant from The Marcus Foundation will support research on restoring sensory function and feeling.

It’s that time again — an opportunity to take stock of a year filled with awe-inspiring achievements and more than a few surprises, and to celebrate the accomplishments of our entire Bruin community.

The funding will support student research, faculty development and bolster activities that promote a sense of community.

“By blending science and transformative awareness-raising, this collaboration is helping to save lives,” said life sciences dean Tracy Johnson.

The center will study the impacts of automated vehicles and new mobility technologies on the nation’s evolving transportation system.

The Academy Award–winning actor is an alumnus of the school.

The funds will support undergraduate, graduate and faculty activities.

The new space “will enable the development of a new generation of cellular therapies,” said Dr. Antoni Ribas.

The seven grants from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control will support research on health, policy and labor issues.

The gift from Hellman Fellows Fund will permanently endow the campus’s program, which supports research by junior faculty.

Stein, director of UCLA's Leve Center for Jewish Studies, is well known for her scholarship, writing and teaching in the field.

Supported by a grant from the NEH, curators will draw from multiple collections that help tell the story of Mexican-American lives from 1940 through the present day.

The interdisciplinary institute is the first initiative of its size and scope. It is being created with a $20 million gift from the estate of philanthropist and entrepreneur Kirk Kerkorian.

National Science Foundation grant supports the Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey in bringing together young scholars from across the country.