Campus & Community Initiatives

UCSB Sustainability 

UCSB Sustainability is a collection of efforts from staff, students, administrators, and faculty across the campus. We encourage and coordinate the efforts of faculty, staff, and students who are the frontline of positive change by taking action today for a better tomorrow. By working with all sectors of the campus community, we help UC Santa Barbara maintain its leadership and attain its shared vision of a sustainable future through our Edible Campus Program, Carbon Neutrality Initiative, Sustainability Student Internship Fund, and Green Initiative Match Fund.


Guardian Scholars    

The Guardian Scholars Program at UC Santa Barbara currently supports approximately 180 students. The program helps to ensure that incoming students have a smooth transition into the campus community and are provided with a network of services to enhance their educational experience. 


UCSB Affiliates    

UCSB Affiliates is a community-based support group for UC Santa Barbara that strengthens mutually beneficial relationships between the university and greater Santa Barbara communities. A dynamic group of community members from a multitude of professions and Gaucho alumni of all ages, one of our priorities is student scholarships. 


Pre-College Programs: The Research Mentorship Program and Summer Research Academies

UC Santa Barbara's Research Mentorship Program is a competitive six-week summer program that engages qualified, high-achieving high school students from all over the world in interdisciplinary, hands-on, university-level research. Students will be paired up with a mentor (graduate student, postdoc, or faculty) and choose a research project from a large list of disciplines offered by the program each year.


UC Santa Barbara's Summer Research Academies offer a dynamic summer experience that engages qualified high school students in project-based directed research in STEM, the humanities, and social sciences fields. Students will take a four-unit university course in which they choose and develop a research topic specific to the track they select, under the direction of an instructor who is conducting active research in the field. 


Center for Science and Engineering Partnership

CSEP, a one-stop shop for UC Santa Barbara scientists and engineers, designs and evaluates training programs for UCSB students and researchers.    


Senior Class Gift    

We are grateful for the traditions and legacies made possible by senior class gifts. The 24-Hour Study Room at the UCSB Library, Student Safety programs, and Alumni Scholarship funds have all been enhanced by philanthropy from previous classes, and it’s time for the Class of 2023 to leave their legacy. 

$35,000
Can we do it?! Let's reach 3,500 Donors!
Gauchos, the moment we've been working towards has arrived! Thanks to your incredible dedication, we've surpassed 3,500 gifts, unlocking the Arnholds' $35,000 pledge! Together, we're shaping the future of UC Santa Barbara.
3,500 / 3,500 Gifts
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Rank Area Gifts
1 Athletics 1,708
2 Recreation 457
3 Social Sciences 207
4 Student Affairs 187
5 Humanities and Fine Arts 180
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MESA Successful Transition Program Fund Match Challenge!
Thank you to Tunç '81 and Lale Doluca for inspiring our community to support first-generation college students in STEM majors.
$25 MATCHED
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Rank Fund Designation Gifts
1 History Associates Graduate Fellowships 11
2 Research Mentorship Program (RMP) 7
3 Summer Research Academy (SRA) 6
4 UCSB Sustainability 2
5 Guardian Scholars 2
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