Prior Awards

MRPI awards represent a broad range of research and scholarship, and support both new and existing collaborations aimed at strengthening UC's research enterprise and benefiting UC and California. Collaborations represent genuine engagement among faculty, staff and students across all 10 campuses. 

Applications are peer reviewed and ranked first in expert panels by subject area, and then a Portfolio Review panel recommends overall funding priorities consistent with the goals and objectives of the MRPI program.

See the abstracts for active awards (pdf) for more details on current MRPI awards.

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2021 AWARDS

The 2020-21 Request for Proposals for UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives awards generated 94 eligible applications, totaling over $113.5 million in funding requests. We awarded 15 outstanding proposals, totaling more than $18 million over four years.

• 2021 awardees by principal investigator (pdf)
• 2021 awardees by host campus (pdf)

2019 AWARDS

The 2018-19 Request for Proposals for UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives awards generated 179 eligible applications, totaling over $126 million in funding requests. We awarded 16 outstanding proposals, totaling more than $9 million over two years.

• 2019 awardees by principal investigator (pdf)
• 2019 awardees by host campus (pdf)

2017 AWARDS

The 2016-17 Request for Proposals for UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives awards generated 97 eligible applications, totaling over $115 million in funding requests. We awarded $17 million over four years to 15 outstanding proposals in this highly selective competition. 

• 2017 awardees by principal investigator (pdf)
• 2017 awardees by host campus (pdf)

2015 AWARDS

The 2014-15 Request for Proposals for UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives awards generated 186 eligible applications, totaling over $273 million in total funding requests. We awarded $24 million over four years to 20 outstanding proposals in this highly selective competition. 

• 2015 awardees by principal investigator (pdf)
• 2015 awardees by host campus (pdf)

2009 AWARDS

In 2009, the first MRPI competition awarded over $70 million in competitive grants to 37 multicampus programs and initiatives. Collaborations assembled statewide teams of UC experts from a broad range of fields to focus their efforts around specific research areas important to California.

• Overview of results from 2009 competition (pdf)
• 2009 awardees: by campus (pdf) | by principal investigator (pdf)
• 2011 letter regarding impact of UC budget cuts on MRPI funding (pdf)