September • 2009

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UC teams attack urgent state issues

The UC Office of the President recently awarded $68 million in competitive grants to 37 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives.

These innovative collaborations will assemble statewide teams of UC experts to focus their efforts around specific research areas important to California.

One of the research teams will focus on transportation issues, including congestion reduction, air pollution and next-generation alternative fuels and vehicles.

Other research programs are working on solar energy, water shortages and education. A new program housed at UC Santa Barbara, titled "New Racial Studies in the Age of Obama," will connect UC scholars who teach and study race relations.

UC has committed to funding these interdisciplinary projects for up to five years, but the exact amount of funding will depend on how the university fares in the state budget process in the coming years.

"UC is always looking for new ways to take advantage of the wealth of research expertise throughout the system," said Steven Beckwith, UC vice president for research and graduate studies. "By teaming the right experts, we have a unique opportunity to attack and solve some of the problems that are confronting the state."

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