As I look back on four years with the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, I am grateful for all we’ve accomplished together. Thank you for your support and commitment to advancing our public impact.

I am pleased to share that a comprehensive impact report will be released in 2024 to celebrate our fifth anniversary. Looking ahead to this milestone, I want to highlight a few of the notable accomplishments since our launch in July 2019 with the Implementation Framework.

In the new year, we will be working with our university partners to assess the impact of these and other engagement activities in our colleges and schools, across units in the Chancellor and Provost Offices, and both the Davis and Sacramento campuses. Thanks for your support and we look forward to an exciting new year!

In community,

Michael Rios

Vice Provost, Public Scholarship and Engagement  

The Public Impact Research Initiative (PIRI) was established through Public Scholarship and Engagement to recognize and support research that is cogenerated with community partners, is of mutual benefit, and has a positive public impact. Through this program we provide financial support for new collaborations or sustaining relationships that will support publicly engaged research with non-university partners. Applications are due January 19.

The Public Scholars for the Future program integrates community-centered theories, methods and techniques into the practice of the next generation of public scholars. This is an interdisciplinary cohort-based program open to Ph.D. students in any UC Davis college or school who plan to register for in-person instruction in the 2024 spring quarter. Applications are due February 1.