Research & Creative Activities

The Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) seeks proposals that advances our understanding of students’ basic needs and identifies effective strategies and programs for addressing them.

The Science Hub is a collaborative effort between UCLA and Amazon with the mission to address humanity’s pressing challenges by cross-pollinating academic and industry research that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence. Since the hub's inception in 2021, the program has funded 45 research projects and 50 doctoral fellowships.

The UCLA Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence solicits research proposals with innovative approaches to a wide range of topics related to artificial intelligence.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the UC National Laboratories (UCNL) jointly invite applications for the Michael R. Anastasio LANL-UC Early Career Faculty Scholar program. This is an opportunity for researchers who want to create innovative solutions that address current and future challenges in computational science. Proposals submitted should align with one or more of the following areas:

The pilot program will provide up to 5 fellowships for recent recipients of doctoral or terminal degrees to complete specific research tasks while in residency at a host UC campus, department, institute or laboratory. The objective of this program are to enhance collaborative ties between the UC and Mexico by advancing the research activities and professional development of young scholars under UC supervision and/or through participation in a UC faculty-directed research project. 

CLASP-BC is part of CBCRP’s Program Initiative strategic priority to disseminate and implement high-impact, population-based prevention approaches by funding large scale, evidence-informed interventions (EIIs), through multi-jurisdictional actions, with the intent to decrease the risk of breast cancer and other chronic diseases (sharing common risk factors), particularly among racial/ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in California.

The aims of CLASP-BC Phase 2 Full Awards are to support Dissemination and Implementation Research Projects that:

The UCLA Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) proudly announces its call for proposals to further its campus-wide, cross-disciplinary efforts to study hate. ISH welcomes research proposals that explore and address both group-based hate and individual hatred. ISH is dedicated to supporting projects across various disciplines. ISH especially encourages projects that focus on political violence and hate, masculinities and hate, or their intersections.

UC researchers can submit a proposal for a research project focused on Latino, Hispanic, or Chicano communities in California and connections to Mexico.

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UC faculty and administrators can apply for Seed Funding to carry out short term mobility programming in Mexico between September 2025 and August 2026.'

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Sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Forward Initiative, the office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is offering funding to support current or previously planned unit-level initiatives. Proposals must reflect initiatives specifically designed to advance faculty diversity at UCLA. All UCLA faculty and professional staff are eligible to submit a proposal for this funding opportunity .

The UC Multicampus-National Lab Collaborative Research and Training Awards fosters collaboration among faculty, lab scientists and students across UC campuses and National Laboratories. The 2026 award focus is: Fusion Research. This opportunity is intended to spur novel collaborations in areas of strategic scientific and national security importance that will position UC as a leader in critical areas of fusion research. Visit the application homepage for more details.