Vice Chancellor Announcements

UCI 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 […]

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Research 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,

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SARS-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

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Announcing 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

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Record-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

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University 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

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Huawei 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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Introducing the New Campus Research Storage Pool (CRSP)

Dear Colleagues: The UCI Research Cyber Infrastructure Center (RCIC) is pleased to introduce the new Campus Research Storage Pool (CRSP) service to the campus community. CRSP is a safe, reliable, enterprise-grade system for storing and managing research data.  In response to extensive surveys of the campus research community, the RCIC Executive Committee recommended and approved

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Winter Administrative Recess – Office of Research Closure

PLEASE NOTE: The Office of Research will be closed on Thursday, December 6 from 11:30 – 1:30 PM for a staff appreciation event. If you have a proposal or other matter that may be impacted by this closure, please contact the relevant Office of Research staff member. The Office of Research will be closed during

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NSF Issues New Award Term and Condition to Address Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault and Other Forms of Harassment

Dear Colleagues: The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently published a new award term and condition aimed at improving awardee accountability by requiring that institutions notify NSF of:  Any findings or determinations that demonstrate a violation of University policy or codes of conduct by a principal investigator or co-principal investigator relating to discriminatory harassment, including sexual

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