University of California, Merced: An Emerging Research Institution

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University of California, MercedAn Emerging
Research Institution

• Deborah Motton, Ph.D.
• Director of Research Compliance
• University of California, Merced

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University of California, MercedAn Emerging
Research Institution

• 10th campus in the University of California
  system
• First new campus in 40 years
• Opened in Sept 2005
• Located in the California San Joaquin Valley

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UC Merced Mission
The University of California, Merceds mission is
embodied in its proud claim of being the first
American research university of the twenty-first
century. As the tenth campus of the University of
California, UC Merced will achieve excellence in
carrying out the Universitys mission of
teaching, research and service, benefiting
society through discovering and transmitting new
knowledge and functioning as an active repository
of organized knowledge. As a key tenet in
carrying out this mission, UC Merced promotes and
celebrates the diversity of all members of its
community.

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University of California, MercedAn Emerging
Research Institution

• Three Schools
• School of Engineering
• School of Natural Sciences
• School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

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Special Research Institutes/Programs

• Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• World Cultures Institute
• Biomedical Sciences Research Institute
• UC Merced Center for Computational Biology

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Undergraduate Majors

• Chemical Sciences
• Earth Systems Science
• Physics
• Cognitive Science
• Economics
• History
• Management
• Political Science
• Psychology

• Bioengineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Applied Mathematical Sciences
• Biological Sciences

Numerous minors offered
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Graduate Programs

• Applied Mathematics
• Physics and Chemistry
• Biological Engineering and Small-scale
  Technologies
• Computer and Information Systems
• Environmental Systems
• Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
• Quantitative and Systems Biology
• Social and Cognitive Sciences
• World Cultures

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UC Merced Demographics

• 2007
• 80 full time faculty
• 1700 undergraduate students
• 77 graduate students
• 2008
• 60 additional new faculty
• 500 additional undergraduate students
• 50 additional graduate students

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Research at UC Merced

• Federal, State and industry grant money
• Over 8.5 million in external funding in last
  fiscal year
• Human subjects, animal subjects, and stem cell
  research

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Collaborations with Other Institutions

• Institutional Review Board
• Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• University of California, Davis (Clinical
  studies)
• All other UCs (UC Cooperation MOU)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
• Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• Animal Facility use
• Stem Cell Research Oversight
• UC Davis
• Training of committee members

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Fostering Collaborations

• UC Office of the President (UC System)
• Alumni status
• Open environment of collegiality
• Lines of communication