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 National Institutes & Centers, Campus Centers & Projects, MultiCampus Research Units, and the complete alphabetized list of all research units.

• Center for Chicano Studies
   
• Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science
   
• Institute for Crustal Studies
   
• Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology
  
  Center for Nonlinear Sciences
  Center for Terahertz Science and Technology
   
• Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research (ISBER)
  
  East Asia Center
  Center for Evolutionary Psychology
  Center for Global and International Studies
  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
   

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