Funded Projects

Funded Projects

The following ten projects were approved Fall 2023 (FY24):

Project Total Funding Recommended
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Precision Health, Digital Technology, and Democracy-Faculty, Library, Future Opportunities $31,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Precision Health for Populations Initiative $8,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Digital Technology and Youth Development Initiative

$7,500,000

Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Clinical Data Warehouse $3,000,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Research Data Enclave $5,000,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Digital Technology Administration and Core $5,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Digital Technology Smart Infrastructure $5,000,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Digital Technology and Democracy Initiative $7,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Digital Technology Futures Initiative $1,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment Phase 2: Biotechnology Institute $25,000,000
Total $100,000,000

The following four projects were approved Winter/Spring 2023 (FY23):

Project Total Funding Recommended
Additional Bicentennial Scholarships $35,000,000
Additional Bicentennial Professorships $30,000,000
UVA Affordable Housing Initiative

$1,100,000

GSAS Matching Fellowships $16,000,000
Total $82,100,000

The following nine projects were approved Summer 2022 (FY23):

Project Total Funding Recommended
McIntire School of Commerce Expansion Project $25,000,000
Biocomplexity Supplemental Award $16,715,096
Grand Challenge Research Investment-Environmental Resilience and Sustainability. Faculty, WISE, Library, Entrepreneurship, and Future Opportunities $17,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment-Environmental Resilience and Sustainability. Equipment Core and Clean Energy $8,000,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment-Environmental Resilience and Sustainability. Research and Administration $19,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment-Brain and Neuroscience. Faculty, WISE, Library, Entrepreneurship, and Future Opportunities $24,000,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment-Brain and Neuroscience. Research Cores and Space $8,500,000
Grand Challenge Research Investment-Brain and Neuroscience. Research and Administration $12,500,000
Data Analytics Center $10,000,000
Total

$141,715,096

The following six projects were approved Summer 2021 (FY22):

Project Total Funding Recommended

NoVA Academic/Research Opportunities

$10,368,354
UVA Online $10,000,000
UVA Racial Equity Taskforce Support $350,000
Summer Advancement Program  $328,530
LVG Seed Fund

$10,000,000

Additional Bicentennial Scholarships $50,000,000
Total $81,046,884

The following two projects were approved Spring 2021 (FY21):

Project Total Funding Recommended
Starr Hill Pathways Program  $6,000,000
Building on Success $13,000,000
Total $19,000,000

The following six projects were approved Winter 2020 (FY21):

Project Total Funding Recommended
3Cavaliers 2.0 $2,600,000
New Scholarships $30,000,000
Carter G. Woodson Postdoctoral Fellowships $7,000,000
Carter G. Woodson Professorship $3,000,000
Carter G. Woodson Bicentennial Professorships $6,000,000
P2PE STEM Targeted Initiatives $19,000,000
Total $67,600,000

The following two projects were approved Spring 2020 (FY20):

Project Total Funding Recommended
Bicentennial Professor's Fund $50,000,000
COVID-19 Disaster Relief $3,500,000
Total $53,500,000

The following two projects were approved Fall 2019 (FY20):

Project Total Funding Recommended
Virginia Initiative for Accelerating Drugs (VIAD) $1,000,000
Cryo-EM $1,650,000
Total $2,650,000

The following five projects were approved Summer 2019 (FY20):

Project Total Funding Recommended
Trans-University Microbiome Initiative (TUMI) $5,000,000
Household Finance Fund $219,585
Virginia Policy Partnerships Collaborative (VPPC) $998,895
The UVA Humanitarian Research Exchange (HRX) $600,000
Next Cities Institute: Networked Public Spaces $332,000
Total $7,150,480

The BOV approved the following project at their December 2018 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Renewal of the Bicentennial Professors Fund $75,000,000
Total $75,000,000

The BOV approved the following 2 projects at their September 2018 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Renewal of the Bicentennial Scholars Fund $100,000,000
Memorial for Enslaved Laborers Matching Fund $2,500,000
Total $102,500,000

The BOV approved the following 2 projects at their August 2018 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Biocomplexity Institute $37,806,123
UVA | NOVA Fairfax Space $55,000,000
Total $92,806,123

The BOV approved the following 5 projects at their March 2018 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Transforming Doctoral Education in Arts & Sciences $15,831,485
School of Education Total Graduate Fellow Support $2,508,894
Bicentennial Professors Fund (expansion) $20,000,000
Expansion of University Achievement Awards and Blue Ridge Scholars Program $3,000,000
Bridging Project $1,500,000
Total $42,840,379

The BOV approved the following 7 projects at their December 2017 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Bicentennial Professors Fund $75,000,000
Supporting Transformative Autism Research $6,212,950
Reducing the Burden of Addictions in Virginia $3,586,726
3Cavaliers Research Seed Fund $3,340,000
Behavioral Research for Society $2,153,150
Smart Infrastructure $2,036,500
Virginia Initiative on Cosmic Origins $1,000,000
Total $93,329,326

The BOV approved the following 5 projects at their June 2017 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Bold Research Advancement in Neuroscience $15,710,000
A&S Democracy Initiative $10,000,000
Engineering in Medicine $5,000,000
UVA-Wise Innovation Ecosystem $3,485,460
SON Transforming Clinical Scholarships $2,244,546
Total $36,440,006

The BOV approved the following project at their March 2017 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
SEAS Multifunctional Materials Integration Launch Facility $10,000,000
Total $10,000,000

The BOV approved the following 2 projects at their January 2017 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Cornerstone Grant: Financial Aid for Qualifying In-state Students $13,500,000
Increased Enrollment for In-state Undergraduate Students $1,500,000
Total $15,000,000

The BOV approved the following 6 projects at their December 2016 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
Bicentennial Scholars Fund for Need- and Merit-based Scholarships $100,000,000
SOM Precision Individualized Medicine for Diabetes $16,992,531
SEAS Graduate Engineering Program $6,400,000
SEAS & SOM Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing $3,000,000
A&S Advanced Research and Learning in Social Sciences and Humanities $2,000,000
A&S Neuroscience and Energy Strategic Research Initiative $521,844
Total $128,914,375

The BOV approved the following 13 projects at their September 2016 Board meeting:

Project Total Funding Recommended
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) LinkLab for Cyber Physical Systems $4,810,000
College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Doctoral Student Support $4,800,000
ResearchNET Research Development $4,461,000
Research UVA Next Generation Technology $2,952,724
School of Education Research Faculty $2,406,400
Darden Merit-based Scholarships $1,000,000
Law School Public Service Program $1,000,000
Research Cluster Computing Support $750,000
School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) Public Safety Program $600,000
Undergraduate Student Opportunities in Academic Research (USOAR) Federal Work Study Research Program $559,500
McIntire Global Commerce Program $500,000
Reimagining Librarianship Strategic Plan $250,000
Total $24,089,624

For additional information please contact Michelle Wieczorek, [email protected], 434-243-0655