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CITRIS Seed Funding

CITRIS researchers to help Northern California communities reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling and serious games

CITRIS researchers to help Northern California communities reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling and serious games
Posted on December 5, 2022

With $2.5 million from the NSF, a multicampus UC team is partnering with a dozen Bay Area orgs to help residents respond to natural disasters more quickly.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Climate, Policy

CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for social good

CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for social good
Posted on August 10, 2022

Investigators from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to submit proposals for 2022 CITRIS Seed Awards.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Nanotechnology, Robotics

Naughton shares wastewater epidemiology expertise with Healthy CV Together, Nat Geo

Naughton shares wastewater epidemiology expertise with Healthy CV Together, Nat Geo
Posted on July 21, 2022

The UC Merced engineer launched an international wastewater-monitoring dashboard in 2020 with CITRIS support.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, In the News, UC Merced
Research Interests COVID-19

CITRIS PI devises new way to detect COVID in pooled samples

CITRIS PI devises new way to detect COVID in pooled samples
Posted on June 10, 2022

Lydia Sohn and team demonstrated how their innovative test method can provide clearer insight into a population’s active infections.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, UC Berkeley
Research Interests COVID-19

‘Breathalyzer-style’ COVID-19 test set to enter market this year

‘Breathalyzer-style’ COVID-19 test set to enter market this year
Posted on April 22, 2022

The device invented by CITRIS PI Cristina Davis may be used in settings such as airplanes, hospitals or live sports events.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests COVID-19

Forming links to solve big problems: Katia Obraczka embraces CITRIS’s interdisciplinary mission

Forming links to solve big problems: Katia Obraczka embraces CITRIS’s interdisciplinary mission
Posted on April 1, 2022

This UC Santa Cruz professor of computer science and engineering addresses complex issues of public safety with systems and networking expertise.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Santa Cruz

Finding paths, and making them: Erin Hestir breaks new ground with CITRIS connections

Finding paths, and making them: Erin Hestir breaks new ground with CITRIS connections
Posted on February 9, 2022

The CITRIS principal investigator and geomatics engineer uses remote sensing to construct complex pictures of aquatic ecosystems under threat.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Merced

SafelyYou, grown from CITRIS Seed Award, nets $40M in series B funding

SafelyYou, grown from CITRIS Seed Award, nets $40M in series B funding
Posted on December 17, 2021

The startup, which provides fall detection with AI-enabled camera systems for patients with dementia, has deep roots in the CITRIS community.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News

13 cross-campus projects selected for 2021 Seed Awards

13 cross-campus projects selected for 2021 Seed Awards
Posted on December 10, 2021

The proposals address grand challenges, including climate resilience, digital health innovation, next-generation technology policy, and automation and the workforce.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding

Davis works to find COVID ‘breath signature’

Davis works to find COVID ‘breath signature’
Posted on December 2, 2021

With support from a 2020 CITRIS COVID-19 Seed Funding Award, UC Davis professor Cristina Davis is working to develop a portable breathalyzer-like device to detect COVID-19.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests COVID-19

CITRIS-supported COVID-19 tracking earns Naughton acclaim

CITRIS-supported COVID-19 tracking earns Naughton acclaim
Posted on November 24, 2021

Colleen Naughton, an assistant professor at UC Merced, has received two significant honors for wastewater epidemiology work that stemmed from CITRIS seed funding.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, In the News, UC Merced
Research Interests COVID-19

‘Spike-liposomes’ pioneered with CITRIS support

‘Spike-liposomes’ pioneered with CITRIS support
Posted on November 23, 2021

Supported by a CITRIS Seed Award, a team of engineers at the University of California, Berkeley has created mimics of COVID-19 that can be used to test the efficacy of neutralizing antibodies.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests COVID-19

CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good

CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good
Posted on October 13, 2021

CITRIS is accepting proposals from principal investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz for projects addressing Grand Challenges of IT.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, CITRIS Seed Funding, Sustainable Infrastructures

UC Merced Professors Collaborate to Solve Big Problems in the Central Valley

UC Merced Professors Collaborate to Solve Big Problems in the Central Valley
Posted on November 15, 2020

UC Merced faculty are involved in three new CITRIS seed-funded projects to address society’s—and the San Joaquin Valley’s—problems through technology in the following areas: agriculture, […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Merced
Research Interests Climate, EDGE in Tech, Health

2020 CITRIS Core Seed Funding Awards Announced

2020 CITRIS Core Seed Funding Awards Announced
Posted on November 9, 2020

The CITRIS Core Seed Funding program supports nascent ideas in information technology led by University of California researchers. This year’s awarded projects include smart clothing […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding

CITRIS Foundry team Storx Technologies monitors fetal health during labor and delivery

CITRIS Foundry team Storx Technologies monitors fetal health during labor and delivery
Posted on October 16, 2020

Medical startup Storx Technologies improves fetal health and lowers the rate of C-sections. The team develops better standards than heart rate monitors for assessing fetal […]

Posted in CITRIS Foundry, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Davis
Research Interests Health

CITRIS COVID-19 response goes international

CITRIS COVID-19 response goes international
Posted on June 16, 2020

Proposals for CITRIS/Tec de Monterrey teams due July 15 In March 2020, to respond to COVID-19, CITRIS issued a special call requesting proposals for novel […]

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests COVID-19

UCSC CITRIS Seed Funding program invites proposals for pandemic and disaster preparedness

UCSC CITRIS Seed Funding program invites proposals for pandemic and disaster preparedness
Posted on May 15, 2020

UC Santa Cruz Public Affairs Office: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz is inviting UCSC researchers to apply for research support through […]

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding

CITRIS COVID-19 Seed Funding: Awarded Projects

CITRIS COVID-19 Seed Funding: Awarded Projects
Posted on May 13, 2020

The following CITRIS COVID-19 Response projects were awarded seed funding in an initial round of 25 projects announced on May 13, 2020. Six additional projects […]

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests COVID-19

UC’s CITRIS launches COVID-19 response with 25 awards for innovative technologies

UC’s CITRIS launches COVID-19 response with 25 awards for innovative technologies
Posted on May 13, 2020

Initial round includes potential “game-changing” innovation for diagnostics, therapeutics, and mitigation BERKELEY, May 13, 2020 – The first 25 teams awarded seed funding for technology […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests COVID-19

CITRIS CAVE exhibit opens in CITRIS Tech Museum

CITRIS CAVE exhibit opens in CITRIS Tech Museum
Posted on September 9, 2019

by Saemmool Lee The new CITRIS CAVE exhibit now on display at the CITRIS Tech Museum in Sutardja Dai Hall offers a dynamic experience designed […]

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, CITRIS Tech Museum, UC Berkeley

CITRIS 2019 Seed Funding Awards Announced

CITRIS 2019 Seed Funding Awards Announced
Posted on April 9, 2019

Competitive teams from the campuses of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Merced, Davis, and Davis Health submitted proposals for collaborative […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, CITRIS Seed Funding, EDGE in Tech, Sustainable Infrastructures

CITRIS and ITESM Announce 2019 Seed Funded Projects

CITRIS and ITESM Announce 2019 Seed Funded Projects
Posted on December 14, 2018

Launched in 2013, the CITRIS-ITESM Seed Funding Program supports binational collaborations between Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) and CITRIS and the Banatao Institute that further our […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding

Million Hands

Million Hands
Posted on September 11, 2018

Hand prosthetics have come a long way since Daniel Lim created a “super hand” in the CITRIS Invention Lab in 2015 for an eight-year-old with symbrachydactyly, thanks to CITRIS seed-funded projects led by Professors Alice Agogino and Grace McConnell and collaborators across campus and beyond.

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests Health, Robotics

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