UCI grant funding grows

-- Deirdre Newman

As the number of faculty at UC Irvine grows, so does the amount of

research funding the university rakes in.

For the last fiscal year, which ended in June, UCI scored $212 million

in funding -- about $20 million more than last year, said Bill Parker,

vice chancellor for research.

Parker attributes the increase to the growing faculty, which numbers

about 1,000, and more availability of federal funds in support of

research.

Will Recker, a civil engineering professor, scored the biggest grant,

nailing down $3.8 million for transportation research.

The campus will continue to recruit quality faculty, expand laboratory

space, provide matching funds and encourage collaborative grant

applications to continue attracting a high level of research funds,

Parker said.