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Research Centers

Northern California houses a world-class cluster of science research centers and medical institutions, famous for their collaboration with private enterprise. Five major research universities-Stanford, University of California (UC) Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz and UC San Francisco-and three medical schools-Stanford, UC Davis and UCSF-are located in Northern California.

In addition to university-based research, the San Francisco Bay Area is home to many well funded and highly respected federal and private research institutions including The Western Genome Project, Lawrence Berkeley Livermore National Lab, NASA Ames, SRI International and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Some of the largest performers of biotech research-Abbott Laboratories, Chiron, Boston Scientific, Acuson Corp, Gilead Sciences, COR Therapeutics and Cell Genesys-also call the Bay Area home.

Research & Development Capacity

  • The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)-CIRM has a $3 billion funding initiative for stem cell research. Since the program's inception in 2005, college institutions receiving this funding include:
  • - Stanford University, with 32 grants totaling $93,896,310.
  • - UC San Francisco, with 29 grants totaling $82,378,058.
  • - UC Berkley, with 7 grants totaling $29,454,489.
  • - UC Santa Cruz, with 7 grants totaling $16,573,636.
  • Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3)-A collaborative of UC San Francisco (UCSF), UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, the institute involves more than 140 scientists housed in a new 152,000 sq. foot building at Mission Bay in San Francisco. The institute is part of a public/private biomedical research park focusing on fundamental discoveries, new product development and biomedical training for the next generation of biotech workers.
  • Gladstone Institute-Adjacent to the UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Gladstone institute is a six-story, 180,000 sq. foot lab research facility developed by the J. David Gladstone Institutes, a non-profit bioresearch facility closely affiliated with UCSF.  It carries out research in virology, immunology, neurological disease and cardiovascular disease. The building was occupied in late 2004 and includes research and administrative space.
  • UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center-Among the Center's resources is an anonymous pledge of $150 million made in June, 2007, the largest known gift to a U.S. cancer center.  The funds will be used to strengthen the Center's research base in transforming fundamental discoveries to clinical results.
  • Energy Biosciences Institute-In February 2007 UC Berkeley won the international contest to house the Energy Biosciences Institute. The 10-year, $500 million initiative is funded by BP, and solidifies the Bay Area's lead as the hot spot for clean tech companies.

Bay Area Research University Patents Issued and Research Funding:

  • University of California San Francisco;  755 Patents; $723,000,000 Research Funding
  • University of California Berkeley;  532  Patents; $504,200,000 Research Funding (2007)
  • Stanford University;  400 Patents; $1,058,000,000 Research Funding (2007-2008)
  • University of California Davis;  394 Patents; $532,000,000 Research Funding
  • University of California Santa Cruz;  61 Patents; $111,200,000 Research Funding (2006-2007)

 

Patents as of June 2007

Research Funding:2006, 2007, 2008