Organized Research Units

Organized Research Units

Organized research units (ORUs) provide unusual opportunities for students and faculty to do basic and applied research in a variety of disciplines. The following ORUs operate outside of the established academic teaching departments at UCSB. See also California Research Center, Campus Centers & Projects, MultiCampus Research Units, National Institutes & Centers, and the complete alphabetized list of all research units.

Chicano Studies Institute
Center for Research in Latina/o Health
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science
Institute for Crustal Studies
Southern California Earthquake Center (see National Centers)
Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology
Center for Complex and Nonlinear Science
Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER)
East Asia Center
Center for Evolutionary Psychology
Health Data Research Facility - HDRF
Center for Information Technology and Society
MesoAmerican Research Center
Michael D. Palm Center
Center for Middle East Studies
Center for Nanotechnology in Society (see National Centers)
Center New Racial Studies - CNRS
Center on Police Practices and Community
Social Science Survey Center
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences
Marine Science Institute (MSI)
Coastal Research Center
Ecoinformatics Center
Marine Biotechnology Center
National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) (see National Centers)
Ocean and Coastal Policy Center
UCSB Natural Reserve System
Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI)
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering (CSCBE)
Center for Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Center for the Study of Macular Degeneration