Corporate and Foundation Relations

We connect corporations and foundations to the excellent faculty, students, and leaders who make up America’s Fastest Rising University. Partner with the University of California, Riverside, today.

Companies

Our office proudly stands as a central hub at UC Riverside, providing industry partners with an array of meaningful opportunities to establish impactful collaborations with the country's top-ranked research university for student social mobility.

How we partner with industry:

Faculty connections
Faculty research
Alignment with corporate social responsibility goals
Access to student talent
Event and program sponsorship
Use of UCR facilities and labs
Employee volunteer and engagement opportunities
Customized educational training programs
Company visibility and brand awareness

For more information

Tiffany Dana
Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships
tiffany.dana@ucr.edu
(951) 827-7490

You can also visit these links:

Foundations

Ranked among the Top 30 institutions dedicated to the public good, UC Riverside’s commitment to making a positive impact is unwavering. Foundations help UCR to drive change and redefine what is possible.

We connect foundations with visionary academic leaders and the faculty driving innovation across campus. Our role involves helping foundations in recognizing potential research, programs, and initiatives. We collaborate with you to create and promote strategic funding opportunities, competitions, awards, prizes, and calls for proposals.

Learn more about UCR today

Kelly Kraus-Lee
Senior Director, Foundation Development
kelly.krauslee@ucr.edu
(951) 237-8348

Jasmine Hill
Director, Foundation Development
jasmine.hill@ucr.edu
(951) 827-9010

Faculty

The office of Corporate and Foundation Relations has the institutional expertise and knowledge to support faculty at every step of the funding process. Whether you need support in finding a funding partner, preparing for discussions or meetings with a funder, crafting a proposal, and provide support with stewardship and reporting, we are here to assist and advise you. Our office serves as a resource to support you in your funding search and beyond. For questions on how to get started contact us at cfr@ucr.edu.

Funding Opportunities

Limited Submissions
Limited Submissions
Opportunities for funding from a variety of sources. Any internal competitions at UCR follow this Limited Submission process
- research.ucr.edu/ord/limitedsubmissions
Pivot
Pivot

The Office of Research and Economic Development provides access to pivot for all UCR faculty
- https://pivot.proquest.com/dashboard
- Pivot training and support
Philanthropy News Digest Requests for Proposals
Philanthropy News Digest Requests for Proposals

Philanthropy News Digest publishes Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and notices of awards as a free service for U.S.-based grant makers
- https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps

Resources

Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)
Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)

All outgoing UCR grant applications are reviewed by SPA. Learn more about SPA’s resources and requirements
Candid
Candid

The nonprofit Candid offers a variety of resources for grant writing through its Knowledge Base

Centrally Managed Foundations

At the request of the funder, approaches to the below should be coordinated by UCR Corporate and Foundation Relations. These are foundations that expect funding discussions to center on institutional priorities and that in most cases have explicitly asked that funding requests carry the endorsement of the Chancellor and be conveyed through Foundation Relations. Thus, please contact cfr@ucr.edu prior to submitting a letter of inquiry or proposal:

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News

January 09, 2024

UCR outs security flaw in AI query models

UC Riverside computer scientists have identified a security flaw in vision language artificial intelligence (AI) models that can allow bad actors to use AI for nefarious purposes, such as obtaining instructions on how to make bomb.

December 05, 2023

Students design & build affordable, energy-efficient home

A groups of UCR undergraduate students design and build from the ground up a showcase house that will use solar electricity so wisely it doesn’t need to be connected to the grid.

November 07, 2023

Grant powers regional lithium mining hub as shortage looms

Those working to establish a sustainable lithium mining industry in Southern California have gotten a surge of support with a new grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

October 23, 2023

Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals

What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having engineered a plant to turn beet red in the presence of a banned, toxic pesticide.

Learn More

April 23, 2024

From polluting waste to sportswear

A UCR professor receives $1.45 million federal grant to further develop a chemical process that takes plant waste from wood processing and farming to make fibers for clothing fabrics and other products.

A person's arm is shown getting the vaccine

January 17, 2024

New vaccine design uses immunity against influenza to offer faster protection against emerging pathogens

Strategy developed by UC Riverside-led research team speeds up production of antibodies against COVID-19

Aunts and LGBTQ youth- FHAM Project- GettyImages

December 29, 2023

Aunts, aunties, and ‘tías’ offer protection to their LGBTQ youth relatives

Study on youth from the Inland Empire and South Texas points to how these “othermothers” offer emotional safety, housing stability.

Acting- The Basics, third edition by Bella Merlin

December 18, 2023

BOOKS: ‘Acting: The Basics,’ brings an art form back to its cave-drawing origins

Bella Merlin, professor of theatre, film, and digital production, releases a third edition with updated case studies and a focus on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.

47th annual Writers Week Festival at UC Riverside

December 14, 2023

47th Writers Week coming to UC Riverside in February

The event includes 52 authors and will honor literary giants Dave Eggers, Quincy Troupe, and Rigoberto González.

UC Riverside professor John Martin Fischer coauthors a book that discusses the pros and cons of life and death. (Image: GettyImages)

December 06, 2023

BOOKS: To live or to die? That is the question

UC Riverside professor John Martin Fischer coauthors a book that discusses the pros and cons of life and death.

November 02, 2023

Playwright sets sights on Broadway for 'Blackbox'

A mist shrouds the stage, and the angled light creates shadows and mystery. It could be dawn or dusk. At center stage sits a large wooden box with a lock hung on the hasp as if ready for an escape artist to perform his act. Crates, a lamp, and other objects give the impression of a loading dock. The wooden slats of a box make up the background. Beyond the background, a screen to project silhouettes, a popular Antebellum South artform.

“Gangsters Don’t Die” by Tod Goldberg- book cover

October 31, 2023

Tod Goldberg’s fictional crime world feels so real

On Sunday, Nov. 5 the author of “Gangsters Don’t Die” will be in conversation with authors Lee Goldberg and Susan Straight at UCR ARTS in downtown Riverside.

Lori Davis is Palm Desert's first poet laureate. She is a poet, artist, and educator. Davis earned her master’s in creative writing through UC Riverside’s Low-Residency MFA program. (Courtesy of Lori Davis)

October 25, 2023

Palm Desert’s first Poet Laureate is a UCR alumna

Lori Davis became the city’s inaugural Poet Laureate and will help celebrate the city’s 50th anniversary.

October 24, 2023

Partnership between UCR and City of Hope aims to increase diversity in cancer research

$13.7M grant from National Cancer Institute will support several projects on breast and pancreatic cancers

October 23, 2023

Diversity statements in UC faculty hirings is questioned

Use of diversity statements in faculty hiring can come into conflict with academic freedom protections, say the authors of a new paper published by the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education.

October 20, 2023

Halloween: Black horror films at UCR ARTS

All films are free and open to the public. Screenings run through Oct. 28.

October 19, 2023

Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma

micha cárdenas and the Critical Realities Studio, Sin Sol, 2020. Screenshot of Augmented Reality app. Courtesy of micha cárdenas and the Critical Realities Studio.

October 17, 2023

UCR ARTS preps for ‘PST ART: Art & Science Collide’

Getty and Thoma foundation grants are supporting this exhibition. The Center for Ideas and Society will host art scholar Jussi Parikka.

A coalition of labor unions and community-based organizations protest a new Amazon air cargo distribution center in San Bernardino, where air pollution and rates of asthma rank among worst in the nation, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Anthony Victoria, The Frontline Observer.

October 13, 2023

Exhibition on environmental justice is a rally for change

A two-week pop-up exhibition opens on Saturday, Oct. 14. It aims to offer resources to teachers and inform the community at large.

October 03, 2023

Faculty members discuss AI’s possible impacts at UCR

UCR faculty members from different disciplines discuss how artificial intelligence or AI is expected to create a paradigm shift in higher education instruction.

October 02, 2023

On stage: Magic, gospel music, and an escape from enslavement

Rickerby Hinds, UCR playwright and professor, transforms the true story of Henry Box Brown’s harrowing escape from enslavement in 1849 America into a magic show in the first full production of “Blackbox,” October 5-14.

Illustration of future mural at R'Garden, UC Riverside's community garden. Note: this is not a final rendering. Images and design by Ekaterina Orlovie.

September 29, 2023

Help create UCR’s new mural with ‘smog-eating’ paint

In honor of Clean Air Day, students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to join the painting festivities on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

September 19, 2023

Grant supports research on extreme risk of alcohol abuse among Pacific Islander young adults

To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention

September 17, 2023

U.S. News 2023 college rankings are out, and UCR surges

Once again, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the No. 2 university in the nation for social mobility. UCR also climbed 13 spots in the overall rankings, to No. 76 among the top 435 private and public universities.