# The UCSC Genome Browser

> **NIH NIH U41** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · 2021 · $790,294

## Abstract

This component describes our plans for the scientific, project, and personnel management of the UCSC
Genome Browser team and resource, the dissemination of our software and data, and the training of our users.
We place a high value on the benefits of a good management team and adherence to solid project processes
and best practices. During the sixteen years since the inception of the Genome Browser resource, we have
developed and fine-tuned many management methods and processes that we will continue to leverage in
upcoming years, while learning about new tools and ideas that might benefit our team, and thus our users. We
will continue to seek scientific guidance from our Genome Browser PIs, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), and
colleagues, which helps us to focus our work on efforts that best support our research community and to
remain aware of upcoming challenges in the field.
The UCSC Genome Browser website at https://genome.ucsc.edu/ is the main venue for disseminating the
resources and data created through this grant. The assemblies and the data underlying the annotation tracks
can be downloaded in bulk from the browser's downloads server and through queries from our Table Browser
and Data Integrator. The Genome Browser software and Genome Browser in a Box (GBiB) product are
available from our online web store, and the full suite of data manipulation bioinformatics tools can be obtained
from our downloads server. The raw source code is available from our public GitHub repository.
Even with 1.2 million hits per day to the Genome Browser website, we understand the importance of reaching
out to new users as we simultaneously support our existing user base. To help prevent the many features of
this mature resource from becoming overwhelming to new users, we offer a variety of instructional materials to
help them learn about the data and tools. The website features online help documentation, user guides, and
how-to videos, and we often post project information of public interest on our social media sites and home
page. Our trainers conduct onsite workshops at institutions and scientific meetings tailored to the needs and
experience level of each audience. Our help desk fields questions and feedback from new and advanced users
alike. We aim to keep our training and outreach methods current and relevant as we move into the next phase
of this project.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10236409
- **Project number:** 5U41HG002371-22
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
- **Principal Investigator:** William James Kent
- **Activity code:** U41 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $790,294
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-07-12 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10236409

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10236409, The UCSC Genome Browser (5U41HG002371-22). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10236409. Licensed CC0.

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