grants and gifts

Robert Candler, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a $1 million research grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to develop an ultra-compact X-ray free electron laser.

UCLA geographer Yongkang Xue is heading a team of researchers who have received a four-year, $2.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to look at forces driving climate change in East Asia over the next 30 years.

Dr. Sophie Deng, a corneal specialist and associate professor of ophthalmology at UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, been awarded a $700,000 grant by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

Descendants of the namesake for UCLA's Clark Library donate family heirlooms purchased at auction of estate of notoriously reclusive relative.

Allison Carruth, associate professor of English and affiliate of UCLA's Institute of Environment & Sustainability, has been awarded a $185,000 grant from ArtPlace America to support "Play the LA River."

Alumni James D.C. Barrall and his wife created the position in honor of his parents, Raymond C. and Shirley C. Barrall.

Anastassia Alexandrova, an assistant professor in UCLA’s department of chemistry and biochemistry and a member of UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation.

Assistant professor Chandra Ford will lead a $1.5-million study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Kaiser Permanente to examine factors preventing HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment among racial and ethnic minorities and people 50 and older.

The endowed research fund at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center will support students, community-based partnerships and a wide range of research-related activities.

Brenda Stevenson, UCLA professor of history has received the university’s 2014 Gold Shield Faculty Award for outstanding scholarship, teaching and service.

Marcus Roper, UCLA assistant professor of applied mathematics, has received a Career Award from the National Science Foundation.

Daniel Posner, UCLA professor of political science, has been awarded a grant from the Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance of the United States International Agency for Development.

The Getty Foundation recently announced grants totaling $685,000 to UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center, Fowler Museum, Hammer Museum, and Film and Television Archive to cover research, planning for 'Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA' in 2017. 

UCLA professor of physics and astronomy Ni Ni has been awarded research funding by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Dr. Ira Kurtz, a UCLA professor of medicine, has received a $3 million gift from the Donald T. Sterling Foundation to fund research on the structural properties of key proteins in the kidney that affect its function in health and disease.