The Anteater work ethic is widely recognized, earning the campus a number of gifts and grants to support its priorities. A generous donation from Susan and Henry Samueli is going toward a Center for Jewish Studies in accordance with UCI’s initiative to combat antisemitism; a NASA grant is underpinning a UCI-led project to remotely monitor coastal topography to improve understanding of flood risk; and a significant gift from Joe C. Wen and his family is funding a new UCI Health Center for Advanced Care. This has also been UCI’s second-highest year for fundraising, with more than $223 million collected. The Brilliant Future campaign, which supports scholarships, research, educational facilities and other initiatives, alone topped $1.3 billion from over 86,000 donors.
Here are a few highlights:
- Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI
- UCI receives $4 million matching gift for Center for Jewish Studies
- UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging
- UCI awarded $13.8 million federal contract to profile lipid nanoparticles
- NASA grant supports UCI-led project to remotely monitor changes in beaches, dunes
- UCI closes its second-highest fundraising year with over $223 million
- Joe C. Wen and family donate $20 million to support the new UCI Health Center for Advanced Care
- Former UCI parents gift $1 million to support students
- UCI earns designation as CIRM Alpha Clinic with five-year, $8 million grant
- Estée Lauder endowment will establish epigenetics fellowship at UCI
- Khouri-Hayde gift to support new UCI Health – Irvine medical campus
- UCI and BlackBerry win National Science Foundation convergence accelerator grant
- UCI researchers awarded $7.5 million for environmental justice initiative
- UCI is key member of multi-institutional, $126 million NIH brain mapping project
- California approves $5 million to fund diversity in science and technology education
- Philanthropist Stacey Nicholas pledges $3 million to School of Education