WHERE TO GIVE
Spotlighted Areas
UC Irvine’s Greatest Needs
When you give to the UC Irvine Fund, you provide support across all schools and departments, addressing urgent needs and new opportunities. Unlike endowments or restricted funds, this fund is versatile and able to be used when and where it is needed most. By supporting the UC Irvine Fund, you’re empowering our students, elevating our faculty and enhancing the resources that make our campus thrive.
UCI Health’s Greatest Needs
At UCI Health, we aren’t just practicing the highest standards of medicine, we are creating them – for you, for your loved ones, for the world and our collective future. Driven by our passion, we are redefining health and wellness through leading-edge discoveries and innovative patient care. Join us in conducting groundbreaking research, training the next generation of health professionals and pioneering treatments to cure disease.
Undergraduate Scholarships
Students are at the center of UC Irvine’s mission. UC Irvine aims to recruit the best and brightest students through financial support that rewards high achievers who demonstrate promise and determination regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances and background. Your investment in undergraduate scholarships can make a life-changing impact on current and future generations of students.
Graduate Fellowships
Graduate students at UC Irvine are the lifeblood of the university, as their present-day research helps shape tomorrow’s innovation. You can make a direct impact on their overall success toward their degree completion by helping to fund one of our many graduate fellowships, ensuring they are able to complete their research without financial strain.
Schools
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) is UC Irvine’s creative engine. We are dedicated to cultivating the artistic talents of the next generation of creative leaders, empowering them to explore and drive innovation across a broad spectrum of the arts. Your support helps build upon our remarkable legacy, cultivate new voices and expand our role in our community.
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Support the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences as we lead the way in life sciences research. Our work addresses critical issues like climate change, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Your donation fuels groundbreaking discoveries and innovative solutions, empowering our students to tackle society’s greatest challenges and create a healthier, brighter future for all. Join us in this vital mission.
The Paul Merage School of Business
School of Education
The School of Education advances educational sciences and improves educational opportunities and outcomes. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, cutting-edge research and a commitment to equity and inclusion, we aim to make a lasting impact on educational practices and policies both locally and globally by serving our students, campus and community in transformative ways.
Samueli School of Engineering
As one of the nation’s top-20 public engineering schools, the Samueli School creates a globally relevant education for students, explores new frontiers through research and builds an ecosystem of champion partners to help meet the grand challenges of our day. Through an interdisciplinary Engineering+ approach, we shape and sustain excellence. We encourage you to join us in this valuable endeavor.
School of Humanities
The UC Irvine School of Humanities is where future leaders, storytellers, directors, writers and entrepreneurs come to get their start. UC Irvine humanists challenge what humans think and know, helping us understand the voices of the past, present and future.
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
The Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences (ICS) is the only computing-focused school in the UC system, offering a remarkable range of education programs including AI and machine learning, bioinformatics, cybersecurity, software engineering and data science. Output from our innovative research transforms virtually every aspect of our society, from business and healthcare to education and national security.
School of Law
The School of Law’s world-class faculty are some of the nation’s top scholars and educators, training outstanding practice-ready lawyers equipped to meet today’s toughest legal challenges. Together, they thrive in a culture of public service, working to address the greatest legal questions through both research and advocacy. At UC Irvine, we’re not just part of the conversation, we’re leading it.
School of Physical Sciences
From the vast expanse of the cosmos to the smallest building blocks of life, the UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences is pushing the boundaries of knowledge to create a better future for all. Join us on this voyage of discovery as we contribute to a world where knowledge knows no bounds and solutions shape a better tomorrow.
School of Social Ecology
We strive to develop future leaders in education, research, public policy and business who can contribute solutions to the critical issues that confront local communities, the state of California and the world. We value the support of philanthropic partners to lead the way forward in our community. There’s no limit to what we can accomplish together when we are All in for All.
School of Social Sciences
At UC Irvine’s School of Social Sciences, we’re not just preparing for the future; we’re boldly shaping it through translational work, bridging scientific research with community needs. Our dedication to creating positive change in our evolving world sets new standards in applied social, economic and behavioral research. Partnering with industry and community, we address real-world challenges, creating transformative change and shaping what’s next.
Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
The UC Irvine School of Medicine is one of the nation’s top-tier medical schools in large part because of the generous philanthropic support of our incredible alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends. Together, we are creating a more brilliant future for healthcare in Orange County and beyond.
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
At the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, we exist to lessen vulnerability, to promote social, racial and environmental justice, and to deliver compassionate nursing care of the highest standard in the most equitable and accessible way possible – and always with humanity in mind. We do this through education, research and practice; through advocacy, collaboration – and through cherishing our profession.
School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
As the first public pharmacy school in the Los Angeles-Orange County region, the UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences is a driving force for advancing health and wellness of individuals and society through innovative and integrative learner-centered education, cutting-edge pharmaceutical research and leadership in inter-professional patient-centered healthcare. The school is an emerging leader in transformational advances in team-based pharmacy practice, research and healthcare by educating, training and mentoring the next generation of pharmaceutical scientists and clinical pharmacists.
Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
At Wen Public Health, we are dedicated to the achievement of health equity for all populations through research, teaching, service and public health practice — locally and globally. Championing the principles of evidence-based public health science, the school’s community aspires to impact population-level social, biological and environmental determinants of health and well-being.
Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
The Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute is pioneering a multidisciplinary, evidenced-based, integrative approach to health that informs and underpins the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. Support our transformative care model combining the best conventional medical practices with the most effective complementary therapies to promote optimal health throughout the lifespan.
UCI Health
UCI Health — Irvine Medical Campus
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
As the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and academic medical system based in Orange County, the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center treats more patients with cancer – and more complex cases – than any other healthcare provider in our region. Support the essential aspects of the cancer center, including research initiatives, outstanding faculty recruitment, new idea exploration and discovery.
Digestive Health
At the UCI Health Chao Digestive Health Institute, we are driven to provide unparalleled care for diseases and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, which are among the most prevalent conditions contributing to illness and death among Americans today. Support the highest priorities of digestive health research, treatment and care at UCI Health.
Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Your support provides the UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute with the resources necessary to advance our mission of developing innovative technologies to diagnose and treat eye diseases and disorders; implementing clinical solutions that give our patients the most advanced medical and surgical eye care available; and supporting educational programs that prepare the next generation of ophthalmic leaders.
Neurology
UCI Health neurologists are national leaders in the care of patients suffering from neurological disorders and diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, seizure and more. Support our pursuit of leading-edge research to advance care, new therapies and treatments for our patients.
Orthopaedics
UCI Health orthopaedic surgeons are repeatedly recognized by their peers for their excellence and innovative approach to the care and treatment of the musculoskeletal system. Support the highest priorities of orthopaedic research, treatment and care at UCI Health.
Urology
UCI Health urologists provide world-class, expert and personalized care. Support the department’s highest innovation and growth priorities related to clinical, research and teaching missions.