The UCI Fund provides the university with the flexibility to support emerging needs and opportunities on campus.

To forward faculty research, cancer-related training and basic sciences through the Cancer Research Institute.

To support the UCI Symphony Orchestra, including production, travel, lectures and receptions.

To help students apply and receive prestigious scholarships.

To advance incredible research, innovation and translational medicine happening at UCI’s Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic.

To support neuroscience research within the Brewer Lab.

To further research at the Center for Embedded Computer Systems, including supporting the development, marketing, materials, programs, supplies, equipment, travel, entertainment and staff.

To support the Newkirk Alumni Center.

To support all programming and activities administered by the UCI Alumni Association.

To contribute to UCIAA’s current-use scholarship fund to support scholarships for deserving UCI students.

To support the UC Irvine Alumni Association programs and efforts.

To support an approved campus project vetted by the Senior Class Committee.

To ensure that university research achieves real-world, societal impact by translating discoveries into products, services and startup ventures that benefit the public.

To support the Anteater Band and Cheer-leading programs.

To support the baseball program.

To support all programming and activities within UCI Athletics.

To support the men’s basketball program.

To support the men’s golf program.

To support the men’s soccer program.

To support the UCI men’s volleyball team.

To support men’s tennis.

To support the track and field program.

To support the men’s water polo program.

To support the women’s basketball program.

To support the women’s golf program.

To support the women’s soccer program.

To support the women’s tennis program.

To support the women’s volleyball program.

To support the women’s water polo program.

To support the areas of greatest need on campus, such as undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, as determined by the chancellor.

To help UCI students and alumni realize their career potential through tailored tools and support, professional development opportunities and more.

To promore lifelong learning, enrichment and discovery for retired and semi-tired individuals through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

To support the highest priorities for student success as determined by the dean within the Division of Undergraduate Education.

To help build a culture of philanthropy within the UCI student population.

To support the areas of greatest need as determined within the Donald Bren School of ICS, as determined by the dean.

To support dean’s initiatives within the Samueli School of Engineering.

To provide program support for the Institute for Transportation Studies.

To support dean’s initiatives and the areas of greatest need within the Samueli School of Engineering.

To support the interdisciplinary science and engineering building.

To further the activities and programming of the UCI Libraries.

To support expenses and unrestricted and undesignated gifts to the library.

To support all endeavors of the UCI Libraries.

To support the improvement of spaces and technologies in the UCI Libraries.

To support the collections, preservation, programming, and activities of the UCI Libraries’ Southeast Asian Archive.

To support the UCI Libraries’ role as a center for excellence through the UCI Libraries Gateway Society.

To support special collections and original archives research at the UCI Libraries.

To advance the campus’s highest priorities.

To support biophotonics in cancer research at the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic.

To accelerate life-changing discoveries and technologies from the laboratory benchtop to the patient bedside at the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic.

To support hearing research at the Center for Hearing Research.

To support the dean’s initiatives and areas of greatest need within the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

To help fill the arts gap in Orange County schools, which may offer little or no arts education programs, by providing curriculum-based arts programs to K-12 students.

To support professional-level learning opportunities for Claire Trevor School of the Arts majors.

To support modern dance productions, scholarships and fellowships.

To support the Donald R. & Joan F. Beall Center for Arts and Technology’s programs, lectures, exhibitions, receptions and other areas designated by the dean.

To expand and elevate music performance for students and faculty.

To support unique and incredible professional-level learning opportunities for Claire Trevor School of the Arts students.

To provide scholarships to undergraduate students in the Department of Music.

To elevate the productions, seminar series, outreach, education and other programming for the New Swan Theatre.

To support the production, travel, lectures and receptions of opera at the discretion of vocal arts faculty in UCI’s Department of Music.

To elevate and enhance all programming and activities of the Department of Drama, including bringing in artists and scholars, publicizing drama programs and launching new programs and initiatives.

To support various programming and activities of the Department of Dance.

To support various programming and activities of the Department of Music.

To support various programming and activities of the Department of Art.

To help maintain the musical instruments within the Department of Music at the discretion of the department chair.

To enhance and enrich our educational theatre programming within the Department of Drama.

To promote stem cell research clinical activities.

To support public education, outreach and research activities for the UCI Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.

To invest in breakthrough discoveries and research success at the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.

To support student startups and programming and help students explore the value of entrepreneurship in their academic journey.

To further research, education and engagement initiatives happening in the Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation.

To support the students, programs and activities of the Campuswide Honors Collegium in their journeys to become the next generation of business and community leaders.

To support the students, programs and activities of the Campuswide Honors Collegium in their journeys to become the next generation of business and community leaders.

To offer scholarships to students in Campuswide Honors.

To promote effective writing and communication to build personal and professional success for our students.

To promote scholastic excellence and personal growth, create additional curricular options, expand staffing and elevate the student experience through a Campuswide Honors Collegium.

To promote excellence among UCI’s international student population through peer mentoring, individual coaching, access to resources and opportunities to engage with faculty and alumni to become global scholars and leaders.

To advance academic success through peer to peer tutoring classes that serve as vital resources for all students.

To provide vital assistance, scholarships and academic counseling to first-generation, transfer and all other underserved students at UCI.

To facilitate undergraduate research across all the schools and academic disciplines at UCI.

To encourage entrepreneurial thinking and the creation of new products by ICS students through the Butterworth Development Competition.

To provide a graduate student award to a software engineering student at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.

To provide fellowships to exceptional graduate students in the Donald Bren School of ICS.

To elevate undergraduate student success and achievement in the Donald Bren School of ICS through scholarships.

To support continuing or transferring undergraduate students based on financial need within the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.

To provide graduate student awards to statistics students within the Donald Bren School of ICS in honor of former ICS Dean Hal Stern.

To cover expenses for women participating in conferences and events that focus on computer sciences.

To promote the exchange of information between university researchers and their corporate counterparts, and to connect students with post-secondary opportunities through networking and recruitment.

To provide a fellowship to a graduate student in one of the ICS Ph.D. degree programs.

To support exceptional students at the Donald Bren School of ICS who are in high academic standing and possess demonstrated leadership abilities.

To provide graduate student awards to those interested in exploring careers in statistics.

To provide quarterly fellowships to students nearing completion of the dissertation, so they can forego non-research related employment and concentrate on completing their dissertations.

To help entice outstanding admitted doctoral or M.F.A. students who have received competitive admissions offers from other excellent institutions.

To ehance Graduate Division initiatives and programming.

To recognize faculty and graduate students who have made a positive impact mentoring and improving graduate student retention.

To develop and deploy efficient, environmentally sensitive, sustainable power generation and energy conversion worldwide.

To support all activities and programming for the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

To support all activities and research taking place at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.

To provide students with broad educational and exciting research opportunities in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

To further activities and programming within the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.