Grants

Our reputation for excellence is built on scholarship and practice. A strong research agenda ensures that the College of Arts and Letters is a major contributor to the growing body of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences. 

During the 2024-2025 academic year, CAL faculty and staff were awarded $5M+ in external funding.

Selected Recent Grants

Eduardo Polo Muro
Judicial Performance Measures, Immigration Policies, and the Administration of Justice
University of California Merced
$21,698

Brooke Rose, Janet Franklin, Daniel Sousa
From species to landscapes: integrating field observations and hyperspectral imagery to understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of plant phenology
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$205,360

Andre Skupin
Visual Analytics: Strategic Guidance and Systems Architecture
Big Knowledge LLC
$37,766

Thomas Herman
Evaluation of First 5 Targeted Home Visiting Program for South Bay Community Services
SBCS Corporation
$57,000

Daniel Sousa
Southern California-based Field and Analytic Support for Pre-, Active-, and Post-Fire Characterization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$57,500

Sagar Parajuli
Editorial Board Leadership Application to Edit California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment Reports
California Gov's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
$213,710

Gregory Daddis
Hub & Spoke Post-Doctorate Fellowship Program
Florida State University
$243,853

Ricardo Vasconcelos
Support for SDSU Portuguese Program — Teaching and Research
Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua
$27,320

Seth Mallios
Geographic Information System Data Maintenance Partnership Between the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and San Diego State University Research Foundation
Pechanga Indian Reservation
$4,000

Fernando De Sales
Fire impacts on precipitation through land-atmosphere interactions in savannas
University of California at Los Angeles
$128,455

Amy Quandt
Agroforestry Train the Trainers
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
$24,508

Daniel Sousa
Comparative analysis of hyperspectral mixing spaces: To what extent does fine particulate cover affect impervious surface reflectance in global built environments?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$180,000

David Goldberg and Elisa Sobo
Equitable AI Alliance: Advancing AI Literacy Across California's Higher Education System
Foundation for California Community Colleges
$828,975

Ming-Hsiang Tsou
Advancing Best Practices in Scientific Software: An Online Resource Toolkit for HOC and CSE Communities
Sustainable Horizons Institute
$33,500

Sergio Rey
Building an innovative Ethno-Geographic Information System (EGIS) to address opioid overdose disparities in Inland Southern California
University of California at Riverside
$58,814

Clark Lundberg and Ryan Abman
Forest Resources and the Clean Energy Transition: Barriers and Benefits in LPG Adoption
International Growth Centre
$37,836

Kishauna Soljour
2025 Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
$17,500

Alvin Henry
Advancing Ethnic Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies by Building Inclusive, Decolonial Internships
California State University Office of the Chancellor
$100,000