9th Annual
University of California, Riverside
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
2012 Life Science R & D Expenditures: 115th Ranked = $68,689,000 [1]
2013 NIH Funding: 200th Ranked = $15,835,300 [2]
The University of California, Riverside has received $25 million from the NSF funding in 2013. [3]
UC Riverside recently received $15 million in the FY 2013-14 California budget to establish a new medical school. [4]
The University of California, Riverside has received $15 million from the NIH funding in 2013 and of more than $3 million so far in April 2014. [5]
On March 30, 2011, the USDA awarded UC Riverside a $9 million, five-year grant to study blight diseases in potatoes and tomatoes. $4.3 million was budgeted to UCR exclusively; the balance of the $9 million will fund a national research consortium led by UCR plant pathologist Howard Judelson and UCR bioinformatics professor Thomas Girke. [6]
Federal science research funding has increased $8 million at the University of California, Riverside in the past 12 months. UC Riverside aspires to gain a bigger market share over the next five years. Currently, the university is in the top 100 universities for federally funded research. [7]
The Department of Defense announced that it would fund a five-year $7.5 million sleep and memory study by researchers at UC Riverside, UC San Diego, the University of Arizona, and Harvard Medical School. It’s one of the largest such studies ever conducted. [8]
Genetics researchers at UCR received $7 million in 2013 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to continue their work on developing improved varieties of cowpea. This includes a $5 million grant that will create the new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Cowpea, as well as $2 million to extend a ten-year project focused on cowpea development. [9]
UCR Health recently opened its new family medicine center in Palm springs. The 13,000 sq. ft. facility began with support from a $5 million, five-year grant from the Desert Healthcare District. Seven physicians are treating patients onsite and the first residency physicians will arrive in the summer of 2015. [10]
UC Riverside's received a $2.8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to provide the stem cell research center with three years' worth of operating expenses. [11]
University of California, Riverside is receiving about $2 million to support efforts to retain students in science, technology, engineering, and math, especially underrepresented students. The funding is being provided through the National Science Foundation's STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP). [12]
NIH Awarded five year $1.7 million grant to Neuroscientist for Visual Perception Research. [13]
A five-year $866,902 NSF grant was awarded to UCR neuroscientists to further their research on how the brain’s auditory cortex localizes sounds. The investigation will focus on sound localization behavior in bats and will hopefully help lead to therapies for age-related hearing problems. [14]
The university has received funding of $600,000 from the National Institutes of Health to support data-intensive research. Dr. Bradley White and his team also received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to produce fine-scale recombination rate maps for the African malaria mosquito. [15]
In 2013 a UC Riverside entomologist received a three-year $566,000 NSF grant to study a wasp genus known to predate on invasive ants. The investigation will include both morphological and molecular approaches and will be aimed toward gaining the ability to use these wasps as a biological control of pest ants. [16]
In response to the increased prevalence of citrus greening disease, The National Institute of Food and Agriculture has granted $450,000 to UCR plant geneticists to develop a high-density SNP genotyping array for citrus. This genetic tool will enable molecular breeders to more efficiently characterize citrus varieties and locate specific genes, such as those for disease resistance and fruit quality. [17]
On July 29, 2013, a University of California Riverside graduate student has received a NIH fellowship of more than $90,000 to study the cytotoxic effect. [18]
References:
[1] From: HERD Rankings, January 2014: http://webcaspar.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd
[2] From: Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, Ranking Table of NIH Funding (by Institution) to US Medical Schools in 2013, http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2013/NIH_Awards_2013.htm
[3] From the NSF site
[4] East County Magazine June 21, 2013 http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/13462 PE Bloggers June 15, 2013 http://blog.pe.com/2013/06/15/medical-school-legislature-approves-15m-in-funding/
[5] From the NIH RePORT site: http://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&fy=2013&state=CA&ic=&fm=&orgid=577506&distr=&rfa=&om=n&pid=&view=state
[6] From UCR Newsroom, March 30, 2011: http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.html?action=page&id=2592
[7] From: UCR Today, July 2014: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/21910
[8] The Press-Enterprise June 17, 2013 http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130618-ucr-researcher-heads-7.5-million-dod-sleep-study.ece
[9] From the University of California, Riverside Today, October 30, 2013: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/18766
[10] From: UCR Today, July 2014: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/23828
[11] From UC Riverside - http://www.ucr.edu/research/centers/scc.html
[12] http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/08/28/2-million-nsf-step-grant-funds-stem-student-retention-efforts-at-uc-riverside.aspx?=CTCLV
[13] http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/18771
[14] From the University of California, Riverside Today, October 9, 2013: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/18302
[15] From: UCR Today, July 2014: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/22532 ; http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/23233
[16] From the University of California, Riverside Today, May 10, 2013: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/14721
[17] From the University of California, Riverside Today, November 20, 2013:
http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/19253
[18] From the UCR Today site: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/16653
2013 NIH Funding: 200th Ranked = $15,835,300 [2]
The University of California, Riverside has received $25 million from the NSF funding in 2013. [3]
UC Riverside recently received $15 million in the FY 2013-14 California budget to establish a new medical school. [4]
The University of California, Riverside has received $15 million from the NIH funding in 2013 and of more than $3 million so far in April 2014. [5]
On March 30, 2011, the USDA awarded UC Riverside a $9 million, five-year grant to study blight diseases in potatoes and tomatoes. $4.3 million was budgeted to UCR exclusively; the balance of the $9 million will fund a national research consortium led by UCR plant pathologist Howard Judelson and UCR bioinformatics professor Thomas Girke. [6]
Federal science research funding has increased $8 million at the University of California, Riverside in the past 12 months. UC Riverside aspires to gain a bigger market share over the next five years. Currently, the university is in the top 100 universities for federally funded research. [7]
The Department of Defense announced that it would fund a five-year $7.5 million sleep and memory study by researchers at UC Riverside, UC San Diego, the University of Arizona, and Harvard Medical School. It’s one of the largest such studies ever conducted. [8]
Genetics researchers at UCR received $7 million in 2013 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to continue their work on developing improved varieties of cowpea. This includes a $5 million grant that will create the new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Cowpea, as well as $2 million to extend a ten-year project focused on cowpea development. [9]
UCR Health recently opened its new family medicine center in Palm springs. The 13,000 sq. ft. facility began with support from a $5 million, five-year grant from the Desert Healthcare District. Seven physicians are treating patients onsite and the first residency physicians will arrive in the summer of 2015. [10]
UC Riverside's received a $2.8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to provide the stem cell research center with three years' worth of operating expenses. [11]
University of California, Riverside is receiving about $2 million to support efforts to retain students in science, technology, engineering, and math, especially underrepresented students. The funding is being provided through the National Science Foundation's STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP). [12]
NIH Awarded five year $1.7 million grant to Neuroscientist for Visual Perception Research. [13]
A five-year $866,902 NSF grant was awarded to UCR neuroscientists to further their research on how the brain’s auditory cortex localizes sounds. The investigation will focus on sound localization behavior in bats and will hopefully help lead to therapies for age-related hearing problems. [14]
The university has received funding of $600,000 from the National Institutes of Health to support data-intensive research. Dr. Bradley White and his team also received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to produce fine-scale recombination rate maps for the African malaria mosquito. [15]
In 2013 a UC Riverside entomologist received a three-year $566,000 NSF grant to study a wasp genus known to predate on invasive ants. The investigation will include both morphological and molecular approaches and will be aimed toward gaining the ability to use these wasps as a biological control of pest ants. [16]
In response to the increased prevalence of citrus greening disease, The National Institute of Food and Agriculture has granted $450,000 to UCR plant geneticists to develop a high-density SNP genotyping array for citrus. This genetic tool will enable molecular breeders to more efficiently characterize citrus varieties and locate specific genes, such as those for disease resistance and fruit quality. [17]
On July 29, 2013, a University of California Riverside graduate student has received a NIH fellowship of more than $90,000 to study the cytotoxic effect. [18]
References:
[1] From: HERD Rankings, January 2014: http://webcaspar.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd
[2] From: Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, Ranking Table of NIH Funding (by Institution) to US Medical Schools in 2013, http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2013/NIH_Awards_2013.htm
[3] From the NSF site
[4] East County Magazine June 21, 2013 http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/13462 PE Bloggers June 15, 2013 http://blog.pe.com/2013/06/15/medical-school-legislature-approves-15m-in-funding/
[5] From the NIH RePORT site: http://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&fy=2013&state=CA&ic=&fm=&orgid=577506&distr=&rfa=&om=n&pid=&view=state
[6] From UCR Newsroom, March 30, 2011: http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.html?action=page&id=2592
[7] From: UCR Today, July 2014: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/21910
[8] The Press-Enterprise June 17, 2013 http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130618-ucr-researcher-heads-7.5-million-dod-sleep-study.ece
[9] From the University of California, Riverside Today, October 30, 2013: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/18766
[10] From: UCR Today, July 2014: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/23828
[11] From UC Riverside - http://www.ucr.edu/research/centers/scc.html
[12] http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/08/28/2-million-nsf-step-grant-funds-stem-student-retention-efforts-at-uc-riverside.aspx?=CTCLV
[13] http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/18771
[14] From the University of California, Riverside Today, October 9, 2013: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/18302
[15] From: UCR Today, July 2014: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/22532 ; http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/23233
[16] From the University of California, Riverside Today, May 10, 2013: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/14721
[17] From the University of California, Riverside Today, November 20, 2013:
http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/19253
[18] From the UCR Today site: http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/16653
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