UC Santa Barbara's Corporate Affiliates Program (CAP) is designed to facilitate corporate members' interactions with faculty, students and other campus stakeholders. CAP designates a liaison for each Corporate Member to assure that the member's staff is consistently informed about exciting new research projects, especially in Engineering and The Sciences.
To accomplish this, CAP employs a two-step process:
First, we work with company representatives to determine areas in which UC Santa Barbara could be helpful to the company (through discussion, one-on-one faculty-company research reviews and semi-annual board meetings.
We then co-develop a plan for each corporate member that includes the following benefits:
Research and New Discovery
- Unlimited coordination of research reviews with faculty across campus
- Announcements of relevant symposia, conferences and workshops held on campus
- Insight into research collaboration funding sources and opportunities
- Introduction to and guidance on use of laboratory facilities and equipment for use by industry
- Faculty travel (2 faculty annually; economy class and government rate hotel) for technical visits to each corporate member within the US
Workforce Development
- Student recruitment on campus as often as needed by the Corporate Affiliate member
- Promotion of the corporate brand through student financial support and other philanthropy
Strategic Advisory Role for Industry
- Each corporate member will be encouraged to place up to two board members on the Corporate Affiliates Board. The board meets twice annually. Board members play a strategic role in advising the deans of Engineering and the Sciences about the needs and challenges of industry.
