October 17, 2003

U. of California at Santa Cruz Gets $330-Million From NASA for a New Research Center

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded a 10-year, $330-million contract to the University of California at Santa Cruz to create a research center that will link the agency's Ames Research Center with the university system's scientists.

The new University Affiliated Research Center will focus initially on computer science, nanotechnology, and space operations. The university said the center could also conduct research in astrobiology, biotechnology, and

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