Office of Research
Welcome to the UC Santa Cruz Office of Research, your partner and point of connection to the innovators and changemakers at UC Santa Cruz.
We offer strategic, customized support for a wide range of research needs, including proposal development, compliance and training, and navigating industry relationships.
We are here to help you advance your work and demonstrate its impact.
Achieving more
$207.7M
extramural funding in FY25
56.6%
increase in industry funding
61.1%
increase in NASA funding
22
new patents issued in FY25
Industry and community partnerships
Innovation & Business Engagement Hub
The Innovation & Business Engagement Hub facilitates access to faculty expertise, cutting-edge discoveries, and diverse talent to build long-lasting relationships that address your most pressing business needs.
Center for Coastal Climate Resilience
The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) leverages its deep expertise in research and policy and practice to help communities adapt to climate change. We are expanding the development of solutions that benefit people and nature.
Research news
UC Santa Cruz among top 10 public U.S. universities with high-impact research, analysis shows
The campus ranks among the top 10 public universities in the United States home to high-impact researchers, according to a recent analysis by Clarivate.
Questions that Matter: Lessons on the good life from a Star Trek opera-in-progress
For the past decade, an eclectic group of professors, staff members, and show-business professionals has been working hard to bring a Star Trek opera to vibrant life. Now, they are inviting the public to delve more deeply into the philosophical heart of their interstellar project. Their talk, “How to Live Long and Prosper: Lessons from a Star Trek Opera,” challenges the audience to consider a deceptively simple question: What do we need to lead a fulfilling life?
UC Santa Cruz Physicists Receive Prestigious International Award for Revolutionary Detector Technology
The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) has awarded its 2026 Instrumentation Award to UC Santa Cruz physicists Hartmut Sadrozinski and Abraham Seiden, along with UCSC research associate Nicolò Cartiglia, also at INFN Torino, Italy. The award recognizes the development of ultra-fast silicon detectors (UFSD) with intrinsic gain for precision tracking. The technology from the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) has been widely adopted in the particle physics community, enabling revolutionary 4D tracking detectors that measure both position and time of particle collisions.
Our annual report
The Office of Research Annual Report highlights the variety of research and creative work happening at UC Santa Cruz. Learn more about our impact on the community, state, and the world.
