UC ANR Strategic Initiatives
Making a Difference in California
Helping unify, communicate and advocate for the work we do.
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Strategic Themes
Connecting is Key
Find Practical Answers: Knowledge and Skills
Telling Our Story
Funding Opportunities
Strategic Themes
Addressing Major Challenges
Our Strategic initiatives (SIs) bring the power of science to deliver practical solutions in California.
Issues Being Pursued
Initiative Themes and Grand Challenges (pdf)
Visions of the Future (pdf)
See our Public Value Statements for more.
Community Resilience
Building Resilience Across California's Communities (concept note)
DEI in Urban Areas
Building California’s Urban Community (concept note)
Extension of the Future - Meeting Urban needs
Working Cross State and Cross Institute (concept note)
Urban pest management safety network
Fire
Fire Resources and Information
Fire Advisors Network (concept note)
Food Systems
Systems Elements (diagram)
Food Systems (concept note)
Health
Health Resilience Network (concept note)
Prop 63 - Mental Health Services Act (concept note)
Community health CDC Vaccination Toolkit
Virtual Reach
Integrated Web Platform (Summary Overview) (The IWP is a strategic plan goal. Input is being broadly collected)
Video: How to Make How-to videos
Webinars: Create Engaging Webinars
Water
Water Resilience (concept note)
Connecting is Key
Workgroups and Program Teams (web)
Drawing on members from:
- UC Campuses,
- County Cooperative Extension Offices
- Statewide Programs and Institutes,
- Research and Extension Center
And working with hundreds of collaborators from the private and public sectors.
Find Practical Answers: Knowledge and Skills
"Solutions for you"
Learn from colleagues
Knowledge Bank
Sharing technical solutions
Best (Extension) Practice Hub
Sharing best practices
Learning and Development
Build your skills
Telling Our Story
UC ANR: Making a difference in California. Here's topics often sort after by news outlets: Wildfire and other natural disasters, climate change, economic development, drought, food security, food distribution, food system resiliency and diversity
UC Deliver Stories
Submit New Impact Stories (For UC ANR personnel)
Find a Blog
“Knowledge Stream"
"News you can use"
Stories will typically include educational content and will give names/faces to particular topics within ANR (For UC ANR personnel)
Spotlight Webinars & More
Spotlight webinars are short talks highlighting impactful work and important issues across the state.
Trending
What major items are in the news?
(Got a topic of concern? Contact your SI leader to develop)
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Contracts & Grants (UC ANR)
Investment Program (2020) (UC ANR)
Small grants for urgent time-sensitive needs
Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) Program RFP
SI Activities supported
The SIs have some funds for cross-cutting activities. Here are the criteria to help guide what is supported.
Examples to date include workshops, think-tanks and clinics to build our Fire, Video, and Food System presence and strategies.
Partial Webinar Support
Partial Webinar Support from the SIs
Strategic Initiatives
Explore our 5 initiatives using the links below.
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SI-related Blogs
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UC launches WeedCUT, a new online tool to manage invasive weeds in wildlands without herbicides
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Celebrating Pollinators and Gardeners with Heart for National Pollinator Week!
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Drought hurts urban farmers, too
Extreme drought is changing agriculture across California — and urban farming is no exception. Many community farms and gardens...
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Communication Comes in Many Forms
A "Natural History Note" From UC California Naturalist's lead scientist, Dr. Cameron Barrows. “Look deep into nature and then...