grants and gifts

Stevenson is a renowned scholar in the history of slavery, particularly enslaved women, in the United States and throughout the Atlantic World.

Professor Pietro Musumeci, James Rosenzweig and William Barletta will conduct beam generation and beam dynamics research.

The $450,000 grant will support a four-year pilot program designed to provide greater access to and information about the field of conservation.

The Department of Defense grant will support Dr. Randolph Steadman and his research team in developing technology to help health care trainees refine clinical decision-making and teamwork skills.

The interdisciplinary team aims for significant increases in efficiency for wireless communication and sensor technologies.

Ellen Scott, assistant professor of cinema and media studies at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, has been named a 2016 Academy Film Scholar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Led by Steven Clarke, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the program prepares the next generation of doctoral students for successful careers in the biosciences.

The initiative, launched in 2013, is dedicated to studying contemporary issues in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai and Mexico City.

The endowed chair supports an outstanding scholar in electrical engineering. Iyer is known for his pioneering work in semiconductors.

A UCLA bioengineer's research project to develop a paper-based diagnostic device that can rapidly determine if women are at risk for cervical cancer has won a $100,000 grant.

The chairs will support gifted and creative investigators in UCLA's neuroscience research and training programs.

The grant will expand activities of the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities, a collaboration of UCLA and Waseda University in Tokyo.

A member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lo has been awarded $900,000 by the Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation.

The DOE program provides support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years, when many scientists do their most formative work.

David Wacker and his siblings Gerry, Beverly and Michael — all UCLA alumni — have donated 46 acres of land in Kern County to the UCLA Meteorite Collection.

The assistant professor of dentistry was awarded for research that advances scientific knowledge in implant dentistry and tissue engineering.

A UCLA engineer is on an international team of engineers and biologists attempting to get unprecedented insights into how birds fly so efficiently in order to design unmanned aircraft with shapeshifting wings.

Over the years, the Hellman Fellows Fund has supported more than 850 junior faculty members who are now chairs and heads of departments, MacArthur fellows and tenured faculty with long successful track records.

The $2.8 million NSF grant will support Sandoval's UCLA research team working in collaboration with teachers in the Montebello Unified School District.

The gift from Julia Gouw, a respected Los Angeles businesswoman and native of Indonesia, will support research, conferences and more.

Chen is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies program would help reconcile a national shortage of specialists in museums, libraries, archives and special collections.

Alexandrova will conduct research on computational catalysis in the chemistry laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France.

The first muralist to be so honored by the organization, Baca is the creator of 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles."

The donation from LINE-X Protective Coatings represents the company's longtime commitment to U.S. military veterans.