On November 7, 2025, campus announced the appointment of Professor Jason Petta as Director of the UCLA Quantum Innovation Hub (QIH).
Research & Creative Activities Updates
Recent News Articles
Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto hosted a series of International Engagement: Research Security and Disclosure Requirements Virtual Town Halls for UCLA faculty, staff and researchers in November.
The Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities has completed updates to UCLA Policy 993: Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct.
On October 31, 2025, UCLA Professor Peter Lunenfeld presented his lecture "Future Street: Los Angeles in the Era of Artificial Intelligence." In this talk, Peter Lunenfeld, a media theorist turned urban storyteller, weaved his research on the cultural impact of artificial intelligence into a connectionist narrative about LA's beguiling complexities.
Read more about Professor Lunenfeld's lecture by visiting the UCLA Newsroom site.
On September 24, 2025, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto announced the 2025-2026 UCLA Faculty Research Lectures.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has retroactively reinstated grants to UCLA that were suspended on July 31, 2025.
On September 15, 2025, Chancellor Julio Frenk shared a message from President Milliken to the UC Community regarding the suspension of federal research funding.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel Michael S. Levine and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto sent reminders to all eligible faculty members to use the UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS.)
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must restore National Science Foundation (NSF) grants to UCLA.
On August 8, 2025, Chancellor Julio Frenk shared an update related to UCLA's federal research funding.
On August 5, 2025, Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto, shared a recent concern of rising Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (MFTRPs).
On June 6, 2025, UCLA Professor Michael E. Jung gave his Faculty Research Lecture titled Drug Discovery in Academia: Some Success Stories.
On June 3, 2025, the SBIR and STTR Programs FAQ and Guide was shared with UCLA faculty.
On May 29, 2025, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto affirmed UCLA's commitment to compliance with anti-discrimination laws, including state and federal.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 UCLA Innovation Fund. Funding will range from $50 to $150k.
On May 1, 2025, the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto announced the revised UCLA Policy 995: Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) to comply with the May 2024 United States Government Policy on Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (USG Policy).
On April 11, 2025, UCLA Professor Raymond Knapp delivered his Faculty Research Lecture and discussed how music and musicology work together to revive the past using Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration as an example.
On April 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) welcomed nominations for the 2025-26 Faculty Research Lecture.
