University of California, Davis

2026 · research · College Access and Completion

Kauffman Research Grant - The Regents of the University of California, Davis (2026)

University of California, Davis · funded by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

$475k

2026–2027 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

UNDERSTAND/CONTROL THE ELECTRON-SCALE TRANSPORT AND DENSITY FEEDBACK CONTROL: ENHANCING CONFINEMENT AND CONTROLLABILITY ON NSTX-U

University of California, Davis · funded by Office of Science

$1.5M

2026–2029 · research · BARD Research Grant - Crop Production

Harnessing cytonuclear and advanced breeding for developing adapted barley cultivars for Desert Farming

E. Fridman · University of California, Davis · funded by United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

$570k

2026–2029 · research · BARD Research Grant - Agricultural Innovation & Engineering Technologies

From Space to Spray: Satellite-Derived Prescription Maps for Precision Weed Management

L. Blank · University of California, Davis · funded by United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

$500k

2026–2029 · research · BARD Research Grant - Crop Health

Biosurfactants as foliar spray agents for sustained health of plants and their leaf microbiomes

N. Kashtan · University of California, Davis · funded by United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

$570k

2026–2027 · research · BARD Research Grant - Crop Production

Male Sterility in Tomato Under Temperature Stress, and the Role of Reproductive phasiRNAs

H. Yasuor · University of California, Davis · funded by United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

$180k

2026 · fellowship · AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research

Black Boy Innocence: A Portrait of the Public Waldorf School Model within Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD)

Andre S. Anderson-Thompson · University of California, Davis · funded by American Educational Research Association

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Waste Management and the Agricultural Circular Economy

Edward Spang · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$367.2k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Atomic Intercalation for Tunable Phase Transitions in 2D Layered Materials

Kristie Koski · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$389.7k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Travel: Student Travel Grants for 2024 ACM Internet Measurement Conference

Alexander Gamero-Garrido · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$19k

2025

Water Reuse for Sustainable Agriculture: Erase PFAS and Organic Contaminants from Water-Food Nexus

Thomas Young · University of California, Davis · funded by Office of the President, University of California

$1.4M

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

BioMADE: Driving Cost Reduction in Biomanufacturing Biomaterials from Methane: Engineering Novel Strains to Increase Downstream Processing Efficiency

Yi Wang · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$458.6kbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Modulating Kinetic Reactivity of Organic Molecules - A Focus on Dynamic Control

Dean Tantillo · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$600k

2025 · grant · Science

Postdoctoral Fellowships

University of California, Davis · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.5M

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Digital Management of Eldercare and Aging

Li Zhang · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$31.2kTechnology Use by Older Adults

2025–2027 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

PROVABLY CORRECT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF DENSITY FUNCTIONAL APPROXIMATIONS

University of California, Davis · funded by Office of Science

$174.1k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian submanifolds

Roger Casals Gutierrez · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$154k

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Attentional guidance and decisions during visual search

Joy Geng · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$624k

2025–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

CS2: Provably Correct Implementations of Density Functional Approximations

Aditya Thakur · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$625.8k

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Correlating and controlling local chemistry and electronic structure in quantum materials

Inna Vishik · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$202.4k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Fast and Robust Algorithms in Cryo-Electron Microscopy Imaging

Yunpeng Shi · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$250kAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

2025 · fellowship · Profound Autism Predoctoral Grants

Understanding the Severity and Biology of Self-Injury in Profound Autism

Joseph Boyle · University of California, Davis · funded by Autism Science Foundation

2025

Regulation of viral encephalitis pathology by neuroimmune crosstalk

Kristina Sanchez · University of California, Davis · funded by Office of the President, University of California

$167.8k

2025–2027 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

ATTOCHEMISTRY WITH X-RAY FREE-ELECTRON LASERS AND TABLETOP SOURCES

University of California, Davis · funded by Office of Science

$596.4k

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

IUCRC Phase III at University of California-Davis/Berkeley: The Center for Rational Catalyst Synthesis (CeRCaS)

Bruce Gates · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$250k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

CICI: UCSS: Enabling a Safe and Directive Multi-modal Foundation Model Ecosystem for Food Science Research

Zhe Zhao · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$599.7k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

NSF-SNSF: Simulating Fracture in Structural Steel Members through Fracture-Mechanics-Enriched Frame Elements

Amit Kanvinde · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$399.9k

2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Rapid: Transformation and mobilization of redox-sensitive metal(loid)s due to the Park Fire

Jasquelin Pena · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$9 655Fire effects on ecosystems

2025

Targeting p300/CBP to inactivate cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer

Changil Hwang · University of California, Davis · funded by Office of the President, University of California

$95k

2025 · fellowship · Young Investigator

BBRF Young Investigator (2025) - Alexios Panoutsopoulos

Alexios Panoutsopoulos · University of California, Davis · funded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

$70k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

United States/Saudi Arabia Workshop: Collaborative Research: Advanced Cementitious Materials for Transformative and Resilient Infrastructure; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 12-13 April 2026

Michele Barbato · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$11.6k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: Shaping the Future of Curriculum-Based Professional Learning in Science Education

Cynthia Passmore · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$200k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

NSF-MeitY: Experimental Demonstration of Application-Aware, Root-Cause Analysis for Service Disruption: A Cross-Layer Approach

Dipak Ghosal · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$600kSoftware System Performance and Reliability

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

How does cytokinin signaling regulate cell plate development and callose deposition?

Georgia Drakakaki · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.1MPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

2025–2027 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

DEVELOPING A UNIFIED APPROACH TO TREAT ELECTRONIC CORRELATIONS AT SHORTER AND LONGER RANGES: COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS

University of California, Davis · funded by Office of Science

$450k

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 2 Project: Creating STEM Teacher Fellows To Leverage AI

Matthew Wallace · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.7M

2025–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

Same, same, or different? Mechanisms of Parental Care Between Sexes

Eva Fischer · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$643.4kAmphibian and Reptile Biology

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

EAGER: Generating diploid gametes in maize

Venkatesan Sundaresan · University of California, Davis · funded by National Science Foundation

$279.9kPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

2025–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

CONFERENCE SUPPORT FOR WESTERN PHOTOSYNTHESIS CONFERENCE 2026

University of California, Davis · funded by Office of Science

$9 996

2025–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

TOPOLOGY-INSPIRED QUANTUM COMPILATION

University of California, Davis · funded by Office of Science

$500k