2025 MRPI Awards
Fourteen outstanding proposals, totaling more than $15 million over four years, were awarded as a result of the 2025 competition. These awards, selected from a pool of 153 eligible applications, represent an investment in innovative, interdisciplinary research across a broad range of fields.
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Lead PI Name |
Host Campus |
Project Title |
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Ackert |
Elizabeth |
UCSB |
Heat, Equity, and Integrated Resilience in Schools (HEIRS) |
|
Andrews |
Abigail |
UCSD |
Reimagining Refuge: California for Just Migrant Futures |
|
Bateup |
Helen |
UCB |
Unraveling disease pathways for autism spectrum disorder with phenotyping of human brain organoids. |
|
Carbajo |
Sergio |
UCLA |
Leveraging Coherent Quantum Electrodynamics for Attosecond X-ray Sciences |
|
Galt |
Ryan |
UCD |
California Organic, Agroecology, and Regenerative (COAR) Transitions |
|
Holtz |
Olga |
UCB |
Fast Practical Matrix Multiplication |
|
Kang |
Hosun |
UCI |
Tools for Community-Engagement Initiatives to Educate Youth for an Environmentally Just Future |
|
Karlic |
Karolina |
UCSC |
The Art of Resilience UC Climate Action Arts Network: engaging California’s public for change |
|
Liu |
Haizhou |
UCR |
Water Reuse for Sustainable Agriculture: Erase PFAS and Microbial Contamination in Water-Food Nexus |
|
Mitchell |
Kevin |
UCM |
The UC Active Matter Hub |
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Nemati |
Shamim |
UCSD |
CALI-GREAT: California’s Groundbreaking and Responsible Evaluation of AI Tech for Sepsis Prevention |
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Pokorski |
Jonathan |
UCSD |
Materials Science for Climate-Proof Agriculture |
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Sobhani |
Nasim |
UCSF |
Developing the UC Obstetric Consortium On Real-world Evidence (UC OB CORE) |
|
Wagers |
Matthew |
UCSC |
Leveraging California's linguistic diversity to improve large language models |