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With 23 research centers scattered across campus, UC Riverside has become well known for scientific investigations, particularly in the area of plant biology, vector control, air pollution, nanotechnology and genomics.

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UC RIVERSIDE RESEARCH CENTERS

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Environmental Research Institute No. of staff: 3 full time, 2 part time, 1 student. Annual budget: About $300,000 Year established: 2005 Major focus of research: Umbrella organization to
integrate UCRs interdisciplinary research centers and educational programs related to the significant challenges in air, water, energy, biodiversity, natural resources and sustainability.

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Natural Reserve System

Personnel: 1 faculty, 13 staff, advisory commitee of 10 Year established: 1965 Annual budget: $746,710 Major focus of research: Encompasses a wide variety of habitats and is intended to ensure that teachers and researchers will continue to have access to undisturbed natural habitats into the future.

Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research

Personnel: 1 faculty, 9 staff Annual budget: $900,000 Year established: 1989 Major focus of research: Bibliographical studies and newspaper preservation and digitization.

California Center for Native Nations

Personnel: 6 affiliated faculty Annual budget: None. Some activities supported through the Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs. Year established: 2002 as a virtual center; center gained an office in 2007. Major focus of research: American Indians with a strong focus on California native nations.

College of Nature and Agriculture Sciences Research Centers

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Stem Cell Center

Personnel: 38 faculty, 2 staff Year established: 2007 Annual budget: $206,487 Major focus of research: Understanding the basic mechanisms that control stem cell function and deciphering how stem cells can be used to improve human health.

Air Pollution Research Center

Personnel: 4 faculty, 5 staff Year established: 1961 Annual budget: $1,265,858 Major focus of research: Conducts basic and applied research in atmospheric chemistry and in the effects of air pollution on plants.

NOT SHOWN ON MAP Agricultural Experiment Station

Personnel: 120 faculty, 25 staff Year established: 1907 Annual budget: Expenditures are scattered throughout the nine departments that have faculty and staff funded at least partially through the Agricultural Experiment Station. Major focus of research: Generate discoveries that transform the way we eat, the way we farm, and the way we treat our natural resources.

Center for Ideas and Society

Personnel: 1 faculty, 1.5 staff Annual budget: $161,000 (grant funding only) Year established: 1989 Major focus of research: Advancing understanding of human experience and culture.

Center for Conservation Biology

Personnel: 105 faculty, 11 staff Year established: 1998 Annual budget: $1,462,544 Major focus of research: Assists in the conservation and restoration of species and ecosystems by facilitating the collection, evaluation and dissemination of scientific information.

Institute for Research on World-Systems

Personnel: 1 staff member, 3 faculty, 19 graduates and undergraduates Annual budget: No current budget. Staff support provided by CHASS deans office and Department of Sociology. Year established: 2000 Major focus of research: Human sociocultural evolution.

Center for Disease Vector Research

Personnel: 36 faculty, shares staff with genome institute Year established: 2005 Annual budget: A unit of the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology; its expenditures are not broken out separately. Major focus of research: Utilizing the knowledge of insect biology toward the control of insect pests.

Water Science and Policy Center

Personnel: 38 faculty, 0.5 staff Year established: 2008 Annual budget: $60,000 Major focus of research: Develops focused water-science research and teaching programs.

Survey Research Center

Personnel: 1 staff, 3 faculty, 2 graduate-student researchers Annual Budget: $160,000 Year Established: 2007 Major focus of research: Public opinion and social behavior research.

Center for Invasive Species Research

Personnel: 50 faculty, 27 staff Year established: 2001, official UC center status awarded 2007 Annual budget: Not available Major focus of research: Managing invasions by exotic pests and diseases in California; coordinates invasive species research; facilitates communications among invasive species researchers across UC campuses; makes members aware of invasive species issues of concern to California.

Bourns College of Engineering Research Centers

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Center for Ubiquitous Communication by Light

Multicampus research program includes the UC campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Riverside. Personnel: 8 faculty, 10 students Year established: 2010 Annual budget: $3.6 million over five years Major focus of research: Wireless communication using light.

NOT SHOWN ON MAP Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies
Personnel: 1.75 staff, 4 affiliated faculty Annual budget: $220,000 Year established: 1993 Major focus of research: Crime and justice in California and across the nation.

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*Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Personnel: 20 faculty, 5 staff, 80-100 students Year established: 1997 Annual budget: $10 Million Major focus of research: Nanotechnology.

NOT SHOWN ON MAP Center for Research in Intelligent Systems

Personnel: 12 faculty, about 10 students Annual budget: About $600,000 Year established: 1998 Major focus of research: Machine vision; machine learning.

Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development

Personnel: 2.45 staff, 9 affiliated faculty, 13 graduate and undergraduate students Annual budget: $202,920 Year established: 2003 Major focus of research: Environmental and resources stewardship; building environment and infrastructure systems; social and cultural environments; comparative suburban analysis; and regional connections and institutions.

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Center for Plant Cell Biology

Personnel: 55 faculty, 2 emeritus faculty, shares staff with genome institute Year established: 2002 Annual budget: $605,269 Major focus of research: Answers significant questions in plant biology by integrating genomic, bioinformatic, cellular, molecular, biochemical and genetic approaches.

Center for Environmental Research and Technology

Personnel: 6 faculty, 25 staff, 30 students Year established: 1992 Annual budget: $6 million Major focus of research: Environment; energy.
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UC Institute for Mexico and the United States

Personnel: 10 staff, 1 faculty (who also serves as director) Annual budget: $4 million Year established: 1980 (The center is headquartered in Riverside but serves all 10 UC campuses.) Major focus of research: Bi-national and Latino research in all disciplines.

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Institute for Integrative Genome Biology

Personnel: 128 faculty, 8 staff Year established: 2000 Annual budget: $1,479,650 Major focus of research: Biology, vector biology, mammalian biology, plant biology, bioengineering and public policy issues.

Information compiled by UC Riverside Graphic by CHRIS RAMOS

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