The UC Noyce Initiative is a partnership between five University of California campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara) that honors the legacy of Ann S. Bowers and Robert N. Noyce by advancing computing, information science, and engineering for the benefit of society. To further this aim, the UC Noyce Initiative intends to support research efforts that are innovative, have the potential for high impact, and hold a strong promise for follow-on funding. The UC Noyce Initiative is particularly interested in supporting high-risk, high-reward research that typically does not qualify for traditional or federal funding agencies.
UC Executive Leadership Team: UC Berkeley – Kathy Yelick; UC Davis – Prasand Mohapatra; UC-Irvine – Pramod Khargonekar; UC Santa Barbara - Pierre Wiltzius; UC San Francisco – VCR Hal Collard
UCSF Administrative Director: Gretchen Kiser ([email protected])
Cross-UC Research Grants
We anticipate a research funding call in the first quarter of 2024.
In 2023, the UC Noyce Initiative collaboratively solicited and awarded proposals in two formats - $1 million, 2-year Multi-Campus Partnership Awards and $300,000, 2-year Single Campus Awards - focused on two thematic areas: (1) Computational Health; (2) Privacy and Security.
Check out the detailed RFA here and an associated FAQ document, as well as the link to the June 27, 2023 informational webinar. Use the following link for a list of awarded projects [add the links in here].
2022 Noyce Initiative - UC Partnership in Computational Transformation Award Program
In 2022, the Initiative solicited and awarded $200,000 - $280,000, 18-month UC Partnership in Computational Transformation Awards for computational research related to Cybersecurity, Computational Precision Health, or Quantum Computing.
Follow these links for the 2022 RFA, a Budget Template, and other related FAQs. Use the following link for a list of awarded projects.
UCSF Noyce Initiative for Digital Transformation (now suspended)
In 2021, supported by the UC-wide Noyce Initiative, UCSF introduced a campus Initiative for Digital Transformation in Computational Biology and Health Data Science. This UCSF initiative seeks to foster computational excellence at UCSF at all levels, with a broad range of activities from innovative curricular development, to recruiting and funding computationally-oriented predoctoral and postdoctoral learners, to funding innovative computational projects with substantial translational potential.
The UCSF Program Steering Committee:
Faculty Director: Ryan Hernandez, PhD
Administrative Director: Gretchen Kiser, PhD
Members: Atul Butte, June Chan, Michael Keiser, Raman Khanna, Gretchen Kiser, Dan Lowenstein, Katherine Pollard, Angela Rizk-Jackson, Jason Solle and Bob Wachter.
2021 Noyce Scholar: The UCSF Noyce Initiative for Digital Transformation provided recruitment scholarships to 35 computationally-focused predoctoral scholars across graduate programs who will join us in the fall. These awards are targeted towards using computational innovation to understand the root causes of diseases and health, to predict and prevent disease, to transform diagnostics, and to develop better treatments. Follow this link to see the 2021 Digital Transformation Scholars.
2021-2022 Computational Innovator Faculty Research Grants and Fellowships:
- UCSF Initiative for Digital Transformation solicited and awarded ~$100,000, 2-year Computational Innovator Research Grants supporting research projects that utilize computational methods that leverage digital technology, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML & AI), promise a transformation in how we identify the fundamental scientific underpinnings of human health and the root causes of disease, how we predict and prevent disease, how we diagnose diseases, and/or how we treat patients.
- In support of the digital innovation pipeline, the Initiative solicited and awarded Pre-doctoral Computational Innovator Fellowships ($65,000) and Post-doctoral Computational Innovator Fellowships ($75,000), covering such expenses as stipend/salary, academic fees, or research expenses.
See the 2021/2022 RFA here for details.
2022 Noyce Scholar: Recruitment scholarship for a computationally-focused predoctoral scholar who will join us in the fall. These awards are targeted towards using computational innovation to understand the root causes of diseases and health, to predict and prevent disease, to transform diagnostics, and to develop better treatments.
Please see the following links for lists of the awardees: UCSF Noyce Initiative for Digital Transformation in Computational Biology and Health Data Science 2021-2022 Computational Innovator Awardees and 2022 Noyce Initiative Scholar