UC Riverside is allocating the $1.1 million to eight teams throughout the UC system. The grants are funded out of a $10 million allocation to AAPI Data provided by the Legislature in 2021. These funds were part of the $166.5 million Asian and Pacific Islander Equity Budget approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The research teams will probe the needs of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in California and provide a set of policy recommendations to address those needs. Other UC research will address issues such as equity gaps, mental health and well-being, racism and labor in California communities.

“These grants build on AAPI Data’s initial work to expand the data and research capacity on Asian American and NHPI (Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander) needs and our collaboration with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Health Interview Survey,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, the founder and director of the AAPI Data program and a professor in UC Riverside’s School of Public Policy.

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