On November 19, 2008, the UC Regents approved funding for research awards resulting from the competition supported by the net management fees from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  The Regents approved a total of $19.4 million.  Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their proposal review by December 1, 2008, and the list of recipients will be posted on this website thereafter. 

Beginning in 2008, the University of California initiated a new research opportunity funded by a portion of the fees awarded to the University for the management of the national laboratories.  Research funded under this program must be related to the missions of the labs and emphasize collaborations between University faculty, staff and students and the research staff of the labs. Click here to learn more about the Lab Program RFP.

The Lab Fees Research Program received 565 proposals comprising approximately $500 million of research averaging $194 million/year.  Proposals were assigned to one of six review panels, and reviewers of national stature were drawn from both inside and outside the UC system.  The quality of the proposals was excellent, resulting in a very competitive process, and our review panels believed that we could have funded between 3 and 5 times as many proposals without compromising the quality of the program.  Ultimately, due to limitations in funding, only the top 10% of the requests could be awarded.

The University of California is pleased to announce the recipients of the awards from this year's competition. We congratulate the awardees and thank all applicants for their interest in this research opportunity.

2008 Award recipients listed by Campus and Lab
2008 Award recipients listed by PI