UC Davis awarded 5 BCC Cannabis Awards, over $3 Million in funding

Five proposals from the University of California at Davis were awarded funding by the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC). UC Davis researchers had submitted 19 proposals in response to the call.

The BCC awarded a total of $29,950,494 in public university research grant funding to nine universities across California for research projects related to the implementation and effect of Proposition 64. Research proposals had to fall within one of the several specified categories, including public health, criminal justice and public safety, economics, environmental impacts and the cannabis industry.   

The five UC Davis awards total $3,124,299, which is a welcome boost to cannabis research at the university. The awards will advance research across a range of domains: public health sciences, agricultural and resource economics, environmental science and management, industrial ecology and medicine.

The Cannabis and Hemp Research Center congratulates all UC Davis researchers who submitted proposals as well as the following awardees: 

Cameron Carter & Tyler Lesh - Understanding the Impact of Cannabis Use in Early Psychosis
$ 1,034,730

Daniel Sumner - Cannabis Industry: Assessment of the Location, Structure, Function, and Demographics of Licensed Cannabis, Focusing on Geographical Price Differences, and Differential Impacts of Local Prop-64 Related Regulations on the Competitiveness of Licensed Businesses
$    726,816

Daniel Sumner - Economic Impacts: Market Prices for Licensed and Unlicensed Cannabis and the Effects of the Current and Alternate Cannabis Tax Structures and Tax Rates on the Private and Public Sectors in California, Including Government Administrative Costs and Revenues
$   655,564

Daniel Sumner - Environmental Impacts of Cannabis Cultivation in California As Affected by the Farm Economics of Licensed and Unlicensed Cannabis Production, Including Effects of Testing Regulations and Compliance with the Criminal Prohibition of Unlicensed Cannabis
$   562,240

Marc Schenker - California Cannabis Workers: Perceptions, Beliefs, and Knowledge of Occupational Health and Industry Hazards
$   144,949

The BCC award announcement can be found here.