Entries by Sean Moody

UC Davis Institute of the Environment Director Isabel Montañez to Step Down in 2025

Isabel Montañez, director of the Institute of the Environment has announced her decision to step down on June 30, 2025, after serving in the position for nearly four years. Montañez, a renowned field geologist and geochemist specializing in records of ancient climate change, will continue to be with the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences […]

UC Davis Scientific Breakthroughs and Innovations Made Possible by Federal Funding in Jeopardy

Research at the University of California, Davis, yields discoveries that not only advance society, but also drive economic growth. These advancements enhance our lives here in California and throughout our nation, with innovations in agriculture, clean energy, artificial intelligence and human and animal health. As the largest source of funding for research at UC Davis, […]

UC Davis CITRIS Leader Saif Islam Receives the Innovation Fellowship and AIC Awards

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California recently announced the inaugural recipients of the 2024 CITRIS Innovation Fellowship and AIC Awards. Saif Islam, professor and chair of the electrical and computer engineering department and campus director of CITRIS at UC Davis, […]

eScholarship, the UC’s Scholarly Repository and Publishing Platform

The UC Davis Library and Office of Research encourage you to utilize eScholarship, the University of California’s open access repository and scholarly publishing platform. Managed by the California Digital Library on behalf of the ten UC campus libraries, eScholarship offers a suite of services that empower UC scholars to directly control the preservation and dissemination […]

Understanding Indirect (Facilities and Administration) Costs and Addressing Common Myths

What are Indirect (Facilities and Administration) Costs? Indirect costs refer to expenses that are necessary to support research but are not easily linked to a specific research project. Indirect costs are sometimes called Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs or overhead costs. Examples of indirect costs include reimbursing for portions of: State-of-the-art research labs Personnel to […]