In opposition to the NIH reduction in Facilities and Administration (also known as Indirect Costs) there has been a filed complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order.
Recent Announcements News Articles
This past Friday afternoon, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a new notice announcing a 15% Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rate cap for all NIH grants (NOT-OD-25-068), effective immediately
The federal government issued new guidelines for indirect cost recovery (also known as “Facilities and Administration” costs, or F&A) for all grants, present and future, awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Across the UC system, teams are assessing how current executive orders and other federal actions could impact the University, including research funding, student aid, DEI efforts, healthcare services and more.
Related to the recent Executive Orders, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto shared an excerpt of guidance that was delivered to Health and Human Services (HHS) employees and a message, with Q&A, sent to all National Science Foundation (NSF) principal investigators (PIs).
Read Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger Wakimoto's message to NSF PIs.
On January 17, 2025, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson announced UCLA Library’s Winter Digital Technologies Workshops.
In light of recent developments, Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto and Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael J. Beck announced that restrictions for on-campus research would be lifted on Saturday, Jan. 18. Fires and air-quality will continue to be monitored.
On January 12, 2025, the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger Wakimoto and Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael J. Beck jointly announced the ramp down of campus laboratory activities.
On Friday, December 20, 2024, The Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) will close at 5:00 p.m. and will reopen Thursday, January 2, 2025.
In accordance to the UC Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Policy, it is requested that all deans, chairs, and administrators complete the 2024 UCLA Campus NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA Survey and report if their department/unit holds Native American ancestral remains or cultural items.
On September 20, 2024, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities, Roger M. Wakimoto announced the appointment of Professor Hal Monbouquette as his special adviser on the UCLA Research Park.
On October 18, 2024, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto, announced UCLA’s partnership with Morgan State University (MSU).
Effective September 9, 2024, Bruin IRB will replace the current online system for the submission and review of research projects involving human subjects. For more information about this transition, please refer to the BruinPost.
On August 27, 2024, Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt and Vice Chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences John Mazziotta, jointly announced a $120 million gift to UCLA from Gary and Alya Michaelson.
On July 1, 2024, the new UC Patent Policy took effect, allowing each UC location to issue local exceptions.
On August 2, 2024, Vice Chancellor for the Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger Wakimoto announced that effective October 1, 2024 overhead rate for industry funded clinical trials will increase from 26% to 33% of total direct costs (TDC).
On June 27, 2024, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael J. Beck, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto, and Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Lucy Avetisyan, announced permanent storage quotas to UCLA Google personal accounts and shared drives.
On May 23, 2024, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, Dean of Undergraduate Education Adriana Galván, Dean of Graduate Education Susan L. Ettner, and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities jointly announced that academic appointees represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 intended to begin a strike on May 28 at UCLA.
