The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities has sponsored a temporary extension for eligible personal drives and qualifying Shared Drives.
Temporary Extension for Eligible Personal Drives
The temporary extension through June 2025, for research-related personal drives will be automatically applied to the UCLA Google Workspace accounts for faculty, emeriti, academic deans, recall, academic appointee nonfaculty, postdocs, and medical residents starting June 27, 2024.
Students with academic appointments on June 27, 2024, will be granted a temporary extension through Fall Quarter 2024.
Students without academic employee appointment by the June 27, 2024, deadline, that have research-related data in their Personal Drives that is directly associated with a research project directed by UCLA faculty or a Principal Investigator, may be eligible for extension through Fall Quarter 2024. Details will be communicated soon. In the meantime, to qualify for this extension be mindful of the following:
- Your Google Storage data must be research related with a research project that is directed by UCLA faculty or Principal Investigator (PI).
- You must complete a form to apply for this extension.
- The form will require that you name the PI, and that you know that the PI will need to attest to the storage use.
Please note that we anticipate that extension funding will terminate June 2025. It is advised that Principal Investigators plan accordingly and begin to reduce storage.
Consider using a Shared Drive (vs. Personal Drive) for collaboration on projects and across departments. consider removing.
Shared Drives (Registration Required)
Shared Drives with research-related data require registration to be eligible for the temporary, through June 2025. If you own or manage a Shared Drive, or if your lab uses a Shared Drive, please complete the Shared Drive Registration form as soon as possible.
You are encouraged to submit the registration form a minimum of one week prior to the June 27, 2024, deadline to allow time for processing and to avoid risk of service interruptions. Request forms received early will be prioritized.
Regularly visit this page for the most up-to-date information about this extension for both Personal Drives and Shared Drives.
Tiered Structure
Containment ceilings will be set at slightly above current usage following the Containment phase tier structure:
- 20GB – 50GB
- 50GB – 100GB
- 100GB – 500GB
- 500GB – 1TB
- 1TB – 2TB
- 2TB – 5TB
- 5TB – 10TB
