The information below is from the 2021 request for proposals. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
UPDATE: This program is being reopened for additional nominations. Nominations for this program were initially solicited in Spring 2020 as part of UCLA’s Centennial Celebration. Due to the pandemic, the program was put on hold temporarily and awardees were not selected. In light of the pandemic and the pressing conversations around racial and social justice, it is likely that, since the initial nominations were solicited, there is vital work that has taken place that is worthy of recognition. Thus, the program is being reopened for additional nominations.
NOTE: The application portal for new submissions is under construction. A link to the portal will be posted on the PIR website. In the meantime, applicants can use the guidelines posted on the PIR website to prepare the required materials for submission.
In honor of UCLA's Centennial Celebration, 2019-2020, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, in collaboration with the Academic Senate's Council on Research and UCLA's Centennial Celebration Steering Committee, establishes a new award to recgonize Senate faculty whose research or other creative work has had a significant beneficial public impact, where such benefit has been achieved in part through the efforts of those same faculty to bring their creative activity into the public arena. For this purpose, the term "public impact" is defined broadly to include scientific, social, cultural, artisitc, political and other forms of public benefit that may be local, national, or global.
These awards are intended to demonstrate that the university recognizes and values the extra effort required to translate or transfer specific research findings into public benefit. The awards provide a platform for UCLA to highlight and publicize the ways in which our local, state, national, and global communities are benefitting from UCLA research.
Award Amount and Details
Four awards annually in the amount of $10,000 each.
- TWO awards for faculty from North Campus
- TWO awards for faculty from South Campus
Deadlines and Date Information
The due dates listed below are the most recent due dates our office is aware of. Please see the opportunity home page for information about potential upcoming deadlines or other opportunities.
Updated Due Date
- Additional nominations, as well as updates to previously submitted nominations, are due by April 30, 2021.
Initial Timeline
- Announcement: December 2019
- Initial application deadline for nominations: February 10, 2020 by 8:00am
- Reviews by COR: February/March 2020
- Decision: May 2020
Eligibility Information
- All members of the Academic Senate of any rank are eligible.
- Nominations may be for individuals or teams.
- A nomination may be made by any member of the campus community.
