← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
University Of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$1,217,359,188
Total funding
2,000
Grants
Funding over time
peak $69.6M · FY2005–26$100M$75M$50M$25M$0
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
'10
'11
'12
'13
'14
'15
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26
Funding mix
By agency
NSF$1,217,359,188 · 2000
By mechanism
—$1,217,359,188 · 2000
Investigators at University Of California-Santa Barbara
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
Enabling Quantum Leap: Q-AMASE-i: Quantum Foundry at UCSB$31,223,020
· FY2019 · MPS
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics$28,026,478
· FY2012 · MPS
Institute for Theoretical Physics$25,711,030
· FY2000 · MPS
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UCSB$24,021,204
· FY2017 · MPS
MIP: BioPolymers, Automated Cellular Infrastructure, Flow, and Integrated Chemistry: Materials Innovation Platform (BioPACIFIC MIP)$23,752,042
· FY2020 · MPS
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics$22,000,000
· FY2006 · MPS
MRSEC: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UCSB$21,213,620
· FY2005 · MPS
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)$19,760,888
· FY2021 · EDU
Center of Excellence for Materials Research and Innovation at UCSB$19,130,940
· FY2011 · MPS
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center$17,397,292
· FY2000 · MPS
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)$16,780,596
· FY2011 · EDU
CEAS: Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis$16,664,400
· FY2000 · BIO
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics$16,096,887
· FY2018 · MPS
AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation$14,944,201
· FY2023 · CSE
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics$10,064,091
· FY2023 · MPS
BioFoundry: A BioFoundry for Extreme & Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (Ex-FAB)$9,500,000
· FY2024 · BIO
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UCSB$8,700,000
· FY2023 · MPS
Information Technology Research (ITR): Next-Generation Bio-Molecular Imaging and Information Discovery$7,685,312
· FY2003 · BIO
NeuroNex Technology Hub: Nemonic: Next generation multiphoton neuroimaging consortium$7,380,018
· FY2018 · BIO
LTER: MCR III: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem$7,219,833
· FY2016 · GEO