On December 14, 2021, Marco Iacoboni (chair of the Academic Senate Council on Research) shared a BruinPost about grant opportunities for UCLA Senate faculty, with funding available during 2022-2023. Members of the Academic Senate may apply for one of two grants sponsored by the Council on Research (COR):
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On November 5, 2021, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announced specific actions required under the University of
On October 22, 2021, Amir Naiberg, Associate Vice Chancellor and CEO and President of the UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG), announced an open call for UCLA’s fourth cohort of UCLA's Innovation Fellows (previously known as UCLA’s Faculty Innovation Fellows). The campus-wide Innovation Fellows program is aimed at advancing entrepreneurial excellence and startup culture among faculty and postdocs across campus. Open to all UCLA faculty and postdoctoral researchers, 8-10 teams will be invited to participate in dedicated mentoring with Startup UCLA.
On October 21, 2021, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto and UCLA Health announced via a BruinPost a 30-day public review and comment period for two new policies:
On October 18, 2021, Michael S. Levine, the UCLA Emeriti Association Award Selection Committee Chair and Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel, shared a call for nominations for the 2021 – 2022 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award and the Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award.
The Dickson Award honors outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and/or educational service (e.g. service in professional, University,
Academic Senate, emeriti, departmental or editorial posts, or committees) performed by an emeritus/emerita professor since retirement.
The UCLA Library and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) share a commitment to helping researchers preserve, share, discover, and receive credit for their research data and software. UCLA Library and AGU offer services, guidance, and coordinate improvements throughout the research lifecycle to guide researchers to organize, describe, and curate their data and software with the goal of transparency and reproducibility.
On October 5, 2021, Virginia Steel, UCLA's university librarian, announced the Fall Digital Technologies Workshops presented in collaboration with the
The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences (URC-Sciences) will be accepting applications for the 2021-2023 Integrated and Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (i2URP), a two year program for students to develop science communication and presentation skills, become practiced in analyzing scientific literature, and develop a deeper understanding of the research process. Participants work with program faculty during weekly Journal Club and Research Presentation meetings, which explor
On August 26, 2021, Virginia Steel, UCLA's university librarian, announced the Library's plans to steadily resume onsite services at most Library locations on Monday, September 13, 2021.
Please see BruinPost for details about service updates and Library hours regarding the following Library services and more:
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On August 17, 2021 The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA announced via a press release the first set of awards established from the philanthropic commitment of the Noble Family Innovation Fund.
On August 9, 2021, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto introduced the inaugural issue of the ORCA Updates newsletter from the UCLA Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA). This quarterly newsletter is intended to highlight current ORCA initiatives and news.
On July 29, 2021, Virginia Steel, UCLA's university librarian, announced access to the new UC Library Search tool available to all members of the UC community. UC Library Search allows users to conduct systemwide searches for materials across all UC campus libraries.
UC Library Search replaces the UCLA Library Catalog and Melvyl and allows users to:
On July 7, 2021 Chancellor Gene D. Block announced via a BruinPost the appointment of Thomas Rando as director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, effective October 1, 2021.
On July 1, 2021, Virginia Steel, UCLA's university librarian, shared information about a series of summer session virtual research and digital technologies workshops offered by the UCLA Library. In collaboration with the Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC), the workshops are designed to support all levels of research and scholarly endeavors in order to build a community of practice around digital research expertise, tools/methods, and collections/content.
On June 22, 2021 Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger M.
On June 21, 2021, Virginia Steel, UCLA's university librarian, shared important information via a BruinPost about the temporarily closure of the Ahmanson-Murphy Reading Room at the UCLA Library Special Collections. Beginning on July 1, the Ahmanson-Murphy Reading Room must temporarily vacate and close to accommodate critical infrastructure work will clear the way for the installation of a new energy efficient humidity control system on the A Level of the Young Research Library.
On June 4, 2021, Michael S. Levine, Chair of the Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award Selection Committee and Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel, shared a BruinPost naming the 2020-2021 Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award Recipients.
The following two UCLA emeriti professors have been selected to receive the award, which includes a prize of $1,000:
On June 4, 2021, Michael S. Levine, Chair of the UCLA Emeriti Association Award Selection Committee and Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel, shared a BruinPost naming the 2020-2021 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award Recipients.
The following three UCLA emeriti professors have been selected to receive the award, which includes a prize of $5,000:
On June 2, 2021, Virginia Steel, UCLA's university librarian, shared important information for the replacement of Melvyl and the UCLA Library Catalog with the new UC Library Search. Virginia shares UC Library Search FAQs via a BruinPost highlighting things like learning to use UC Library Search and what to do to keep you personal saved lists in Melvyl and in the UCLA Library Catalog. Please see BruinPost for more details on the FAQs.
