UC President Richard Atkinson launched the Industry-University Cooperative Research Program (IUCRP) to intensify California’s competitive advantage. The State of California and California Industry quickly joined up. Atkinson’s initiative has increased the flow of creative ideas and people between UC and the private sector.

Since 1996, the IUCRP has awarded UC Discovery Grants that offer private industry in select market sectors a major hand in performing basic research. The State of California, through use of research funds and tax credits, and by providing access to UC’s scientists and students, encourages California-based companies to pursue breakthrough research in UC laboratories. Participating companies provide matching funds.

With an initial $3 million investment, President Atkinson seeded a three-way partnership that has grown since 1996 to $281 million in Industry, State, and UC investments and has built a research collaboration portfolio that now has the capacity to grow at a rate of $60 million annually.

 The IUCRP:

  • promotes early stage research and aims at attracting the best and brightest in academic research and commercial R&D communities in pursuit of research needed for a broad spectrum of technology application opportunities and needs

  • creates incentives for seeking research synergies and identifies opportunities that motivate alignment of differing cultures and research performance models

  • builds networks of research and R&D leaders and increases awareness of who wants what and who is doing what

  • provides disciplined and accountable management and investment decision making that accommodates rapidly changing research opportunities and needs, and ensures quality through expert peer review

  • performs research on the role of public investment in basic research and education on the economy and the economic impact of sponsored projects
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