Microelectronics Innovation and Computer Research (formerly the MICRO Program) has been added to the UC Discovery Grant portfolio as a solicited research field for all types of grants, including the Discovery Research & Training Grants – our most flexible grant mechanism which offers up to four years of funding for substantive research projects, incentives for in-kind contributions and opportunities for UC system-wide collaboration.

In addition, UC Discovery Grants now offers Discovery Seed Funding Grants in all solicited research fields - a simple, cash-only mechanism to incentivize new collaborations for a one-year period to enable investigators to generative preliminary data that could be used to expand their industry research partnerships. These grants may be supported by one or more eligible Industry Sponsors through a gift or sponsored research agreement (sponsor contribution maximum of $75,000).

Research in this field is expected to support innovation in microelectronics and its applications in computer sciences, information sciences, and its necessary antecedents in other physical sciences disciplines. Research is envisioned to lead to the development of new products and technologies. Proposals should be relevant to industrial activities in microelectronics, computer science and their application.