Grants and Gifts

Last Updated: 7/14/25

Congratulations to the Latest Grant and Gift Recipients of Our Beach Community: 

May 2025

  • Katarzyna Slowinska. Investigation Of Kv1 Ion Channels in the Signal Transduction Pathways in Protein Expression in Human Dermal Fibroblasts Stimulated by Electric Field And Expansion of the ECM Expression Studies to Hyaluronic Acid. CNSM. Shiseido, Inc. $30,000 (April 2025 - April 2026)
     
  • Niloofar Bavarian. Screening and Brief Intervention for Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Diversion: Refining and Piloting a Curriculum for College Health Providers. CLA. NIH. $183,326. (June 2025- May 2026)
     
  • Enrico Tapavicza. Biomedical Research and Research Training. CNSM. NIH. $147,500 (June 2025 - May 2026)
     
  • Ruth Piker. Early Childhood Education Training for Licensing Program Analysts of the Community Care Licensing Division. CED. CDSS. $407,148   (July 2025 - June 2028)
     
  • Meyer-Adams. CA Title IV-E 2025-26 Education Program. CHHS. UCLA via CDSS. $4,452,693 (July 2025 - June 2026)
     
  • Curglin Robertson. Upward Bound Program (Long Beach & Paramount). DSA. US Dept of Education. $685,244 (June 2025 - May 2026)
     
  • Robert Chlala. Career Enhancement Fellowship. CLA. Institute for Citizens and Scholars. $17,500 (June 2025- May 2026)
     
  • Iveris Martinez. Adult Day Program at Leisure World Seal Beach. CHHS. Alzheimer's Orange County (ALZOC) via DHHS. $4,106 (January 2025 - August 2025)
     
  • Kelly Stewart. Remembering, Re-storying, Reclaiming: A Community-Based Examination of Land Tenure and Public Education Across California.  CLA. UCLA via Spencer Foundation. $106,575 (April 2025 - February 2026)
     
  • Theodore Stankowich. Incorporating native vegetation into a landscape-scale Integrated Pest Management Program in Ventura County. CNSM. Natural Communities Coalition. $206,000 (May 2025 - December 2030) 

June 2025

  • Gino Galvez / Sharla Berry. Orange County Center of Excellence (OCCOE) Regional Evaluation & Assessment Project. CED. Rancho Santiago Community College via The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. $80,000 (July 2025 - June 2026)
     
  • Alex Klotz. CAREER: Experimental and Computational Studies of Biomolecular Topology. CNSM. NSF. $141,727 (July 2025 - June 2026)
     
  • Joseph Kalman. CAREER: Controlled Copper Oxide Reduction Using Inverse Dust Flames for Improved Chemical Looping Combustion. COE. NSF.  $115,381 (April 2025 - March 2029)
     
  • Maria Carpiac. Gerontology Training for the State of California Community Care Licensing Division. CHHS. CSUS University Enterprises, Inc. via CDSS. $14,490 (July 2024 - June 2025)
     
  • Kimberley Kelley. Youth Leaders Promoting Sustainable Restaurant Packaging. CLA. City of Long Beach via Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership w/UCLA, et. Al. $5,000 (May 2025 - October 2025)
     
  • Chris Lowe. CA Shark Beach Safety Program. CNSM. Paul M. Angell Foundation. $828,760 (April 2025 - April 2026)
     
  • Niloofar Bavarian. CHER Institute/CHER Scholars Honorarium. CLA. Charles R. Drew University (CDU) via NIH. $4,860 (September 2025 - August 2025)
     
  • Joel Zinn. Asteroseismology using the galactic bulge time domain survey. CNSM. The Ohio State University via NASA. $23,803 (November 2024 - October 2025) 
     
  • Amber Johnson. BIH State Evaluation of Media Campaign. CHHS. City of Long Beach. $10,000 (October 2024 - June 2025)
     
  • Joseph Kalman. Propellant Burning Rate Control through Crystalline Oxidizer Microstructure. COE. US Army. $117,432 (September 2024 - September 2028)
     
  • Jeremy Ramirez / Gino Galvez / Erylana Erlyana. Comprehensive Investigation into Veteran Suicide: Identification and Reporting. CHHS / CED. CalVet. $4,998,163 (June 2025 - December 2027)
     
  • Kamiar Alaei. UCLA-CSU HS Pathways to Doctoral Diversity. CHHS. UCLA via UCOP. $9,142 (June 2024 - May 2029)              
     
  • Elena Grintsevich. CAREER: isoform-Dependent Redox Regulation of Actin. CNSM. NSF. $162,480 (January 2022 - December 2026)
     
  • Ted Stankowich. Collaborative Research: Ranges: Building Capacity to Extend Mammal Specimens from Western North America. CNSM. NSF. $9,608 (May 2023 - April 2027)
     
  • Coleen Maldonado. Transfer Program Mapper. DSA. Foundation for CCC via The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. $60,000 (July 2025 - June 2028)   
     
  • Rashida Crutchfield. Building Evidence to Advance the Student Basic Needs Movement. CHHS. The Kresge Foundation. $465,000 (July 2025 - June 2028)