Faculty Research Activity

Annual Report of Research Awards prepared by the UCSC Office of Sponsored Projects. [More] Office of Sponsored Projects Annual Report Summary of sponsored projects at UCSC for 2004-05. [More] Research Projects at UCSC An overview of research activities and news at UC Santa Cruz. [More] Research Funding at UC An overview of the sources of research funding within UC. [More]

The University continues to increase its research and development dollars to help maintain high-quality programs.

Representing a 15% increase over the previous year, grants and contracts awards totaled over $91.3 million in 2003-04, of which 83% was from federal sources.  The second largest fund source was private foundations, followed by UC system-wide initiatives.  The single largest fund source was NASA ($18.3M), followed by the National Science Foundation ($16.5M) and the National Institute of Health ($15.8M).  The single largest private fund source was the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($1.4M).

The top five campus units receiving awards were the UARC ($15.1M), Institute of Marine Sciences ($13.4M), UCO/Lick Observatory ($11.7M), Chemistry ($6.9M), and Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology ($5.3M).