2023-24 Awards AWARDEE(S) PROJECT TITLE Zhongping Chen, Biomedical Engineering Miniaturized multi-modal in vivo functional brain imaging in health and disease Stacy Copp, Materials Science & Engineering Block copolymer-directed nanoparticle architectures for complex, tunable photonic materials Xing Dai, Biological Chemistry Integrating genomics, organoid, and imaging approaches to study human vulvar skin and disease Howard Lee, Physics…

2022-23 Awards AWARDEE(S) PROJECT TITLE Mark Fisher, Neurology Erythrocyte-Dependent Mechanisms in Cerebral Microvascular Disease   Anya Grosberg, Biomedical Engineering Center for Inclusive & Synergistic Investigation of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Mei Kong, Molecular Biology Systemic Study of lipid metabolism & cytokine signaling in Cancer Cachexia Adam Martiny, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Bio-GO-SHIP: NSF…

2021-22 Awards Investing to Develop Center-Scale Multidisciplinary Convergence Research Programs AWARDEE(S) PROJECT TITLE Brian Wong Yama Akbari Franco De Flaviis Daryl Preece Shawn Xiang Munjal Acharya Robert Wilson Timothy Kern Thomas Milner Michael Berns Bernard Choi Sabee Molloi Zhongping Chen, Biomedical Engineering Fan Gang Zeng Robert Wilson Michael Yassa Robert Brown William Tang Vasan Venugopalan…

2019-20 Awards Investing to Develop Center-Scale Multidisciplinary Convergence Research Programs AWARDEE(S) PROJECT TITLE Ilhem Messaoudi Bert Semler Roberto Tinoco Melissa Lodoen Donald Forthal Weining Shen Michael Buchmeier The Impact of Maternal Infection on Immunity in the Offspring Michelle Khine Shaista Malik Kalpna Gupta Peter Tseng Bernard Choi Weian Zhao Michael Yassa Sean Young Yama Akbari…

2015-16 Awards 2015-16 was the inaugural year for the Research Seed Funding Program.  In that year we held two separate competitions, one in fall and one in spring, in the following categories (click on each to scroll quickly to those sections): Single and Multi-investigator Research Projects (Spring 2016) Single and Multi-investigator Research Projects (Fall 2015)…

2016-17 Awards Investing to Develop Center-Scale Multidisciplinary Convergence Research Programs AWARDEE(S) PROJECT TITLE Ruth Benca Michael Yassa Development of a UCI Center for Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience (UCISCN) Carol Connor Andrew Penner Young Suk Kim Paul Hanselman Creating Opportunities for Students Living in Poverty through Effective Educational Interventions Dan Cooper Aizik Shlomit Christopher Hughes Physical…

2018-19 Awards Investing to Develop Center-Scale Multidisciplinary Convergence Research Programs AWARDES(S) PROJECT TITLE Adam Martiny Jennifer Martiny Steven Allison Kathleen Treseder Padhraic Smyth Keith Moore Katherine Mackey Jennifer Long Eoin Brodie Center for Microbiomes and Global Change Andrej Luptak Jennifer Prescher Elizabeth Bess Richard Chamberlin John Chaput Melanie Cocco Chang Liu Rachel Martin James Nowick…

Past Awardees by Year 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2019-20 2018-19 2016-17 2015-16 The application window is OPEN! Submission Deadline: Jan 14, 2025 The 2024-25 UCI Center-Scale Multi-Investigator Research Seed Funding Program is aimed at investing in promising convergent research directions where internal seed level investment can lead to externally funded “center-scale” research programs. The UCI strategic…

Bridge Funding Applications are considered four times per year.  They must be received by 5:00pm on the first of November, February, April, and August.  If the 1st falls on a weekend or holiday, applications will be accepted on the next business day. Purpose To sustain research projects that have lost extramural funding, the Bridge program…