Office of Research Affairs

The Office of Research Affairs supports, facilitates and promotes world-class research at UC San Diego.

Mission and Management

VC-Research Affairs supports, facilitates and promotes world-class research at UC San Diego by:

• Optimizing services to compete for and win grants;
• Speeding our discoveries to the marketplace;
• Building research collaborations and partnerships with industry and other institutions;
• Supporting the next generation of researchers in our classrooms and labs; and
• Continuous improvement of administrative and regulatory systems, and processes to manage risk.