Welcome! The UCLA Internal Funding Opportunities site offers a searchable listing of funding opportunities sponsored by UCLA and/or other University of California units. This service for the UCLA community is managed by the Research Enhancement Office within the Office for Research and Creative Activities. If you have an opportunity to include in the listing, please use the Submit an Opportunity form to provide the requested information.
Educational Innovation Grants are designed to elevate teaching by equipping instructors of record with resources and support to enhance their teaching practices and advance innovative, engaging, and equitable instructional approaches. Visit the application homepage for more information about each grant:
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 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.
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 information below is from the 2024-2025 call for nominations. Please see the application homepage for updated information.
The Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
The California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) Pilot Program invites Letters of Intent for pilot project proposals to support basic and translational research using nonhuman primates (rhesus macaque and titi monkeys) for the 2025-2026 funding period.
Alianza MX provides up to two years of seed funding for strategic research projects that deepen the understanding of common challenges shared by the US and Mexico and propose innovative solutions. This action research model leverages the research capabilities of the UC and the networking capabilities of Alianza MX to engage a wide range of non academic stakeholders with key academic insights and discover knowledge gaps that guide future research.
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.
The information below is from the 2024-2026 request for proposals. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
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:
CHRP's mission is to support scientists in California to develop, evaluate, and disseminate innovative research focused on (a) eliminating new HIV infections, (b) optimizing treatment uptake and outcomes for all persons living with HIV, and (c) addressing the comorbidities and social determinants that threaten the health and well-being of persons at risk for or living with HIV.
The Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) is pleased to issue a request for proposals for the 2025-26 Faculty Seed Grants. The CRCC is a systemwide, faculty-directed cancer research program that provides one-year seed grants for topics in any discipline that address any aspect of cancer, including its origins, prevention and cure. CRCC funds support meritorious research spanning all areas from basic research to applied clinical and community-based research in any field relevant to cancer.
The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of California (TRDRP) administers the portion of state retail taxes on tobacco products that are designated for research within California. This unique source of funding supports investigators at eligible California institutions whose research contributes directly to the elimination of smoking and tobacco use and mitigates its human and economic costs in California.
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 faculty and administrators can apply for Seed Funding to carry out short term mobility programming in Mexico between September 2025 and August 2026.'
UC researchers can submit a proposal for a research project focused on Latino, Hispanic, or Chicano communities in California and connections to Mexico.
Alianza MX provides funding for UC researchers to present at conferences in Mexico or to host events at a UC campus. The objective of this support is to establish a foundation for longer-term collaboration, which may include applications for additional funding support from extramural sources or in response to calls organized by Alianza MX.
The UC Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) receives funding from the State of California through
the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB 1) to support research, education, and outreach
activities that address and inform transportation policy, planning, and engineering issues in California.
This Request for Proposals (RFP) will award approximately $2.7 million from the UC ITS SB 1 allocation to
support research across UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, and UCLA.
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 information below is from the 2025 request for proposals. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
The information below is from the request for proposals for award year 2024. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
The UCLA Center for Community Engagement is pleased to announce grants for Building Departmental Capacity for Community-Engaged Teaching. This opportunity will enable academic departments to support and sustain community partnerships for impactful community-engaged teaching/learning. The Center seeks to enhance departmental capacity to support faculty and instructors to create meaningful and impactful community engagement in the curriculum. Departments that currently offer at least one community-engaged course are encouraged to apply.
To achieve the UCLA Strategic Plan’s goal to deepen UCLA’s engagement with Los Angeles and enhance its research and creative activities, the UCLA Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) and the UCLA Center for Community Engagement are pleased to announce the availability of funding to support Social Impact Collaboratives—new mechanisms for supporting interdisciplinary community-engaged research and creative activities with a focus
This is a call for nominations for the 2023–2024 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award and the Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service :
The Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
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