 Off @-@ campus research facilities maintained by UCSC include the Lick and Keck Observatories and the Long Marine Laboratory . In September 2003 , a ten @-@ year task order contract valued at more than $ 330 million was awarded by NASA Ames Research Center to the University of California to establish and operate a University Affiliated Research System ( <unk> ) . UCSC manages the <unk> for the University of California . 
