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
Concept Note: Building Resilience Across California's Communities
DEI in Urban Areas
Concept Note: Building California’s Urban Community
Concept Note: Urban pest management safety network
Extension of the Future - Meeting Urban needs
Concept Note: Working Cross State and Cross Institute
Fire
Concept Note: Fire Advisors Network
Fire Resources and Information
Food Systems
Concept Note: Food Systems
Food Systems Elements (diagram)
Health
Concept Note: Climate and Health
Concept Note: Food and Drinking Water Security
Concept Note: Health Resilience Network (revised)
Prop 63 - Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63 specific 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
Concept Note: Water Resilience
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)
Blogs - tap UC ANR's Blogs
“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
2022 Call for the Presidential Chairs for Tree Nuts
See the 2022 call (applications due by April 4, 2022)
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.
What do SI Leader do? Here's the TOR
SI-related Blogs
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Pitahaya/dragon fruit growers gather to learn from UCCE research and each other
Once you know what a dragon fruit looks like, you will never forget it. The bright red, sometimes yellow or purple, scaly skin makes for a...
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Five things you can do this weekend to help protect your home from wildfire
Despite recent rains, fire remains a danger across California, as there's still plenty of time this fall for grass, woody debris and other...
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Karrie Reid’s work helps optimize urban landscape irrigation, conserve water
Karrie Reid didn't plan to become a scientist, but she fell in love with plants. Reid joined UC Agriculture and Natural Resources as the...
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UC California Naturalist Conference, Oct. 7–9, highlights environmental challenges, diverse voices
Climate change, extreme drought, intense wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic can all be linked to humanity's troubled relationship with the natural...