UC MRPI current awards (web)
Citation
University of California Office of the President (UCOP), UC Research Initiatives. “2025 MRPI Awards.” Web page, date not stated. https://www.ucop.edu/research-initiatives/programs/mrpi/current-awards.html. Read 2026-11-10.
Bottom line
- The UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) gave 14 awards in its 2025 competition, from 153 eligible applications. They total “more than $15 million over four years”.
- Three of the 14 projects are about artificial intelligence (AI) or computing: sepsis prevention with AI, large language models and California’s languages, and matrix multiplication.
Background
MRPI is a competitive UC research grant program on the site of UC Research Initiatives at UCOP. This page lists the 2025 award titles, with links to each project summary, and a link to the press release on the awards.
Key claims
- “Fourteen outstanding proposals, totaling more than $15 million over four years, were awarded as a result of the 2025 competition.” (2025 MRPI Awards)
- “These awards, selected from a pool of 153 eligible applications, represent an investment in innovative, interdisciplinary research across a broad range of fields.” (2025 MRPI Awards)
- “CALI-GREAT: California’s Groundbreaking and Responsible Evaluation of AI Tech for Sepsis Prevention” (project title)
- “Leveraging California’s linguistic diversity to improve large language models” (project title)
- “Fast Practical Matrix Multiplication” (project title)
Evidence and method
A program web page with a total, a count and a list of titles. It gives no amount for each award, no campus and no lead researcher.
Limits
The page does not give the eligibility rules or the review method. Those are on the “How to Apply” page, which the library has not read. It does not say if any project uses shared compute. The library has not read the linked project summaries or the press release.