Entries by Sean Moody

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 […]

University Writing Program Wins $1.5 Million Grant in AI Challenge with Support from the Office of Research Proposal Development Services

A collaborative project led by UC Davis, working with four California Community Colleges and three California State University campuses, has won a $1.5 million grant to help address equity gaps in writing support and AI literacy. The awarded project, Peer and AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR), aims to build student competence and confidence by pairing […]

UC Davis Venture Catalyst Launches the Fall Cohort of the Science Translation and Innovative Research Grant Program (STAIR)

Neelanjana Gautam The University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce the autumn cohort of the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR) Grant Program. The new initiative comes from the UC President’s Entrepreneurship Network Council that has developed the UC Proof of Concept (POC) Program to help each of the nine UC campuses build programs […]

The Office of Research Awards $500K in Funding to Enhance Research Core Facilities

The UC Davis Office of Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the Research Cores Continuity Funding Program for the fiscal year 2024-25, awarding a total of $500,000 distributed amongst 11 campus research cores. The program, launched in 2023, was established to strengthen the research infrastructure at UC Davis. “These funds will ensure critical […]