Vice Chancellor Announcements
Emergency COVID-19 Research Seed Funding with option of continuation funding
Applications will be accepted starting today (April 6, 2020)and continuously until available funds are expended About this Emergency Seed Funding Opportunity In light of the emergence and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in California and beyond, the statewide funding programs of the University of California Office, of the President (UCOP) Research Grants Program Office…
Read More“SARS-COV-2 Toolkit for UCI Researchers” – Panel Discussion – March 31st at 1:30pm
This is an open invitation to UCI faculty and researchers to attend an online panel discussion (tomorrow at 1:30pm) for the purpose of a high-level introduction to coronavirus biology and research tools for investigators considering entering the field. Meeting ID: 231 812 5148 Password: 195016 We can accommodate up to 1000 attendees in the live…
Read MoreEMERGENCY REQUEST FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUPMENT (PPE) AT UCIMC
Dear Colleagues, We are gratified and uplifted by the enormous interest on the part of the campus community to reallocate/repurpose needed equipment to the UCI Medical Center (UCIMC) as they respond to the COVID-19 crisis. In an effort to coordinate internal reallocation/repurposing of these items and assist UCIMC with their urgent need for personal protective…
Read MoreUCI Research Shutdown
Dear Colleagues, In my March 17, 2020 message to UCI’s research community, I informed you of the need to ramp down and curtail UCI’s research activities. Now, with Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-33-20 (EO), all individuals living in the State of California are required to stay home or at their place of residence until further notice “to…
Read MoreResearch ramp-down and curtailment
Dear Colleagues: The COVID-19 crisis and the rapidly-changing circumstances associated with it are presenting unprecedented challenges to our research enterprise. UCI’s research community has risen to these challenges, and I greatly appreciate all that you have done so far in response to this crisis. Driven by the rapidly escalating situation in the State of California,…
Read MoreSARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Research Continuity
Dear UCI Colleagues: As the recent message from Chancellor Gillman noted, extensive planning and decision making is underway at UCI to deal with the arrival and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the U.S. which causes the COVID-19 disease. I write to you with information and planning for the continuity of our research activities and…
Read MoreAnnouncing 2019 Awardees of the New “Research Growth Fund”
In June, 2019, the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor created a funding program called the “Research Growth Fund” and began accepting proposals from the Deans. The goal of the Fund was to identify specific opportunities for investment in our campus that would lead to growth in research. The program was administered by the Vice Chancellor…
Read MoreRecord-Breaking Year for Research Funding in Fiscal Year 2019
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share the exciting news that UCI researchers have received the most support in campus history – $441 million in grants and contracts – for fiscal year 2019, a 22 percent increase over previous year totals. Of this total, $267 million was from federal government sources, also an all-time record…
Read MoreUniversity of California Restrictions for New Research Collaboration with Huawei
Dear Colleagues: Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice issued two indictments against Huawei, a top Chinese telecommunications company for stealing trade secrets, bank fraud, money laundering and sanction violations. Additionally, the government views engagement with Huawei as a broader national security threat and has placed the company on the Bureau of Industry and…
Read MoreHuawei Technologies Added to Federal Restricted Entity List
On May 16, 2019, the Department of Commerce (DOC) added Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (along with seventy-two non-U.S. affiliates) to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Restricted Entity List (REL). The U.S. takes this action when foreign persons and entities have engaged in activities contrary to U.S. national security and/or foreign policy interests. Being placed on…
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