NSF grants nearly $600,000 to improve STEM teaching

School of Education wins nearly $600,000 in federal funding to probe new ways to learn math, chemistry, and physics.

By David Danelski |

Four professors win 2026 NSF CAREER Awards

Four UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support their research. The program targets early-career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s mission. Research conducted with these funds should build the foundation for a...

By UCR News |

NSF grant to physicist funds research into how cells communicate

Three-year project will test whether the timing of protein activity helps cells select the right genes in response to stress

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

5 Highlanders receive 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Five UC Riverside Highlanders have been selected for the 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or NSF GRFP. The fellowship supports students pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, fields at accredited U.S. institutions. This...

By Malinn Loeung |

UCR physicist pushes for NASA & NSF funding in Washington, D.C.

On Save NASA Science Day of Action, Steve Choi joined hundreds of scientists and advocates from across the country

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

NSF grants to advance safer roads, smarter maps, and more trustworthy robots

Three UCR engineering scholars win more than $1 million to advance their research

By David Danelski |