UC Santa Barbara is known for robust scientific research across disciplines. In Fiscal Year 2017-18, departments in the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences were awarded more then $28 million in extramural research funding.
Research Centers
- Center for Aging and Longevity Studies
- Brain Imaging Center
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
- Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology
- Sage Center for the Study of the Mind
- California Nanosystems Institute
- Center for Evolutionary Psychology
- Center for Research in Financial Management and Statistics
- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering
- Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration
- Earth Research Institute
- Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Marine Science Institute
- Materials Research Laboratory
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
- Neuroscience Research Institute
- Southern California Earthquake Center
- UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
- UCSB Natural Reserve System
Affiliated Institutes & Research Centers
- California Nanosystems Institute
- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering
- Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration
- Earth Research Institute
- Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Marine Science Institute
- Materials Research Laboratory
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
- Neuroscience Research Institute
- Southern California Earthquake Center
- UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
- UCSB Natural Reserve System
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis