University of California Grant Programs
UC Programs
Program | Deadline | Program Synopsis |
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Alzheimer’s Disease Center Pilot Grants | varies | Pilot grants support research in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. |
Berkeley-Austria Research Fellowships | February | Offers a Pre-Dissertation and Dissertation Research Grant for graduate students in the Social Sciences (Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Law, History, Music and Sociology) and all areas in the Humanities at all UC campuses. |
California Breast Cancer Research Program | varies | The mission of the CBCRP is to eliminate breast cancer by leading innovation in research, communication, and collaboration in the California scientific and lay communities. |
California HIV/AIDS Research Program | varies | The CHRP supports research that is attentive to the needs of California and that accelerates progress towards prevention and a cure for HIV/AIDS. |
California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) | varies | PATH’s mission is to develop solutions that address the challenges of California’s surface transportation systems through advanced ideas and technologies and with a focus on greater deployment of those solutions throughout California. |
California Sea Grant College Program | varies | Supports research on ocean and coastal resources. |
UC California Studies Consortium | March | UCCSC supports collaborative research by UC faculty, graduate students, and their colleagues at other institutions as part of a University-wide initiative for the humanities, arts and social sciences. |
Cancer Research Coordinating Committee | January for letter of intent | The UC CRCC is a systemwide, faculty-directed cancer research program that provides competitive intramural research awards for topics in any discipline that address any aspect of cancer. |
CARE-UC Innovation Fellowship | February | UC graduate students partner with CARE, whose humanitarian mission and global footprint provide opportunities to explore applications of research and innovation in real-world settings. |
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies Fellowship Programs | varies | The California Immigration Research Initiative is offering four graduate student fellowships of $9,000 each for doctoral students at any University of California campus researching immigration in California. |
Center for Health and Nutrition Research | March | CHNR supports research projects that propose innovative, 21st century biology based approaches to the investigation of how nutrients, and combinations of nutrients in whole foods, can act to reduce the risk for chronic diseases. |
UC Center for New Racial Studies | varies | The mission of UCCNRS is to support innovation in UC-based race/racism research and teaching and to encourage interdisciplinary and collaborative work focused on advancing social/racial justice in an era of changing racial dynamics and persistent racial/ethnic conflict and inequality. |
Center for Space and Earth Science; LANL | varies | CSES solicits proposals in the disciplines of geoscience, climate, planetary physics and astrophysics, with an emphasis on the science of signatures. |
Center for US-Mexican Studies Fellows Program | varies | USMEX has one of the largest residential fellowship programs in the U.S. for research on Mexico, and each year brings together fellows from the social sciences and related fields to engage with the community of students, faculty and the San Diego community. |
UC Center on Economic Competitiveness in Transportation | varies | UCCONNECT supports research that promotes economic competitiveness by enhancing transportation within the state and the region. |
CITRIS Core Seed Funding | varies | Invites UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz PIs to apply for seed funding that furthers CITRIS and the Banatao Institute research initiatives, strengthens connections among UC campuses, and catalyzes early-stage research that can lead to external funding. |
Critical Mission Studies | varies | Supports Indigenous perspectives on the California colonial missions and their aftermath. |
UC Global Health Institute | varies | UCGHI provides training opportunities and project funding support for students and faculty to develop their skills in global health research, education and leadership. |
UC-HBCU Initiative | March | UC faculty grants support Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) students conducting summer research with UC faculty at a UC campus, and support departmental efforts to facilitate increased applications from HBCU scholars to UC PhD programs. |
Health Initiative of the Americas | varies | HIA draws upon the multidisciplinary scholarship and the moral calling of UC Berkeley faculty and students to produce new knowledge through action-oriented research; teaching and mentoring; and service and community engagement programs to reduce the health disparities of the less advantaged Latino population in the United States. |
UC Humanities Research Institute | varies | UCHRI supports fellows, working groups, seminars, conferences, workshops and other research formations, on topics traditional to the humanities in disciplines such as literature, philosophy, classics, languages, and history, as well as the pressing human dimensions that arise in the social and natural sciences, technology, art, medicine, and the professions. |
Institute of American Cultures, UCLA | varies | The IAC offers Visiting Research Scholar Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies awards to to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. |
Institute of European Studies, UCB | varies | Faculty Grants are awarded for research, curriculum development, and travel for foreign language instructors. Other grants and fellowships are offered for students. |
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation | varies | IGCC addresses global challenges to peace and prosperity through research, training, and outreach on international security, economic development, and the environment. |
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB | varies | KITP has several special fellowship initiatives targeted to special groups, including Simons Distinguished Visiting Scholars, KITP Scholars, postdocs, and graduate students. |
Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center | varies | KARE is a world-class research operation in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley from which flows a steady stream of practical ideas and solutions ready for implementation by the region’s farmers. |
Lawrence Fellowship, LLNL | October | The fellowship is a highly competitive three-year postdoctoral position at LLNL that is open to all technical disciplines. |
Librarians Association of the University of California | varies | LAUC research funds allow UC librarians a unique opportunity to engage in scholarly research and creative activity. |
Medical Investigation of Neurological Disorders Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowships | varies | The UC Davis MIND Institute offers a postdoctoral training program to prepare Ph.D. and M.D. fellows for careers in autism research. |
UC MEXUS - UC Institute for Mexico and the United States | varies | UC MEXUS promotes education, research, public service, and other scholarly activities in five principle areas: Mexican studies, U.S.-Mexico relations, Latino studies, critical issues, and UC-Mexico collaboration. |
Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, UCB | varies | Fellowships, Professorships, Visiting Professorships, and Senior Fellowships are available for research in the basic sciences on the Berkeley campus. |
UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives | varies | MRPI funding supports innovative multicampus research collaborations that strengthen UC’s position as a leading public research university. |
UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program | varies | The program enhances partnerships between UC researchers and laboratory scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The program includes Collaborative Research and Training Awards and In-Residence Graduate Fellowships. |
Natural Reserve System, Graduate Research Funding | varies | The UC NRS supports graduate student research with several grant programs. |
Philip R. Lee Health Policy Fellowship Program, UCSF | December | The program enables the Institute to train a new generation of health policy and health services research leaders from diverse backgrounds. |
PIMSA Research Program on Migration and Health | February | PIMSA, a collaborative research program between Mexico and the U.S., provides opportunities for research that contributes to the development of evidence-based policies affecting migrants and their health. |
President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | November | The program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at UC. |
President’s Faculty Research Fellowships in the Humanities | varies | The program provides UC faculty with fellowship support to carry out an extended research project. |
President’s Research Catalyst Awards | varies | Research proposals must involve a minimum of three UC campuses and address topics that have the potential to improve human lives, society, the environment, or the economy, enhance culture and community, or provide other public benefit. |
Proof of Concept Program: Commercialization Gap Grants | varies | The PoC Program funds innovations and discoveries at the cusp of commercialization that require a final demonstration of their commercial viability. |
Renewable Resources Extension Act | August | RREA solicits proposals to support Cooperative Extension projects addressing the educational and extension needs in the management of California’s valuable renewable resources on forest and rangeland. |
Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center | varies | The Center fosters and supports research, education and outreach programs focused on key agricultural and natural resource themes relevant to the Sierra foothills. |
SIREN Innovation Grants, UCSF | varies | The Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN) was created to catalyze and disseminate research on how to address patients’ basic resource needs as part of high quality clinical care. |
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program | varies | TRDRP 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.. |
Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, UCD | varies | WCAHS conducts transferrable research on the causes and prevention of agriculture-related illness and injuries. |
Western Integrated Pest Management Center | varies | The Center works to reduce the risks pests and pest-management practices pose to people, the environment and the economy of the West by supporting the development and adoption of integrated pest management. |
White Mountain Research Center Student Opportunities | varies | The WMRC minigrant program funds about 10 thesis-related graduate student research projects each year, including both UC and non-UC students. |
UC Berkeley Campus Funding Programs
(Most programs are not administered through SPO.)
American Cultures Center Faculty Grants
Arts Research Center ARC Fellows Program for UC Berkeley Graduate Students and Faculty
Berkeley Discovery Department Innovation Grants
BRII – Berkeley Research Impact Initiative
Big C (Big Community) Fee Referendum
Center for British Studies Program Grants
Center for Latin American Studies
- UC Berkeley-Chile Seed Funds
- Summer Field Research Grants
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Teaching and Learning
- Distinguished Teaching Award
- Presidential Chair Fellows - Curriculum Enrichment Grant
- Teaching Excellence Colloquium
- Lecturer Teaching Fellows
- Graduate Student Assessment Fellows Program
- Transforming STEM Teaching Faculty Learning Program
- CTL Digital Pedagogy Fellows
S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy
Development Impact Lab (DIL) Grant Opportunities
Diversity, Division of Equity and Inclusion
- Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence
- Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Innovation Grants
Graduate Division: Graduate Fellowships and Awards
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
Humanities Research Fellowship and Mellon Project Grant
Human Rights Center Student Fellowships
Portuguese Studies Program Grants
Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
Tri-Institutional Partnership - BRAIN R&D Initiative
Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
- Bakar Fellows Program
- Berkeley Collaborative Research Opportunities Proposals
- Chau Hoi Shuen Foundation Women in Science Program
- Energy and Climate Research Innovation Seed Fund
- Philomathia Forum on Energy and Environment
- Rose Hills Innovator Program
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center UCB-UCSF Sackler Faculty Collaboration Program
- Signatures Innovation Fellows Program