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One of the pillars of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), created in 2000 to coordinate the nanoscale research and development activity of more than 20 federal agencies, is the importance of user facilities and networks as part of a robust infrastructure and toolset.

UC Santa Barbara is home to a number of national centers. All centers offer specialized research opportunities and a multidisciplinary environment for study at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels.

The UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System (UCSB NRS) represents seven reserves of the 39 that comprise the University of California Natural Reserve System.

MEIAF comprises equipment and personnel, which together offer a wealth of new imaging possibilities for researchers in academia, government, and industry.

The Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology provides stimulating educational and research opportunities at the forefront of mechanistic life sciences.

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos is a bilingual, international scholarly journal dedicated to providing a unique and essential forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research relating to Mexico, broadly defined.

UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute continues to be distinguished for its collaborative nature and for the highly interdisciplinary research that it fosters.

MSI is a recognized leader in marine science and policy, fostering the research of the Institute's professional researchers and of marine faculty from fifteen academic departments on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

The IGPMS graduate program at UC Santa Barbara is a multidisciplinary program bringing together marine faculty from across the UCSB campus to provide graduate training leading to the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Marine Science.

The Materials Department at UC Santa Barbara was conceptualized and built around one central precept: that graduate education is most effective in a collaborative, multidisciplinary academic environment.