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 […]
CITRIS Seed Funding
CITRIS Foundry team Storx Technologies monitors fetal health during labor and delivery
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 […]
CITRIS COVID-19 response goes international
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 […]
UCSC CITRIS Seed Funding program invites proposals for pandemic and disaster preparedness
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 […]
CITRIS COVID-19 Seed Funding: Awarded Projects
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 […]
UC’s CITRIS launches COVID-19 response with 25 awards for innovative technologies
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 […]
CITRIS CAVE exhibit opens in CITRIS Tech Museum
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 […]
CITRIS 2019 Seed Funding Awards Announced
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 […]
CITRIS and ITESM Announce 2019 Seed Funded Projects
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 […]
Million Hands
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.
CITRIS-seeded Digital Refuge Amplifies Refugee Stories
In honor of World Refugee Day, the CITRIS-seeded Digital Refuge project today launched an interactive website that maps the perilous ordeals of thousands of displaced people through […]
2018 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards announced
We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2018. This year, 50 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at UC […]
2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $611,000 to eleven information technology projects
We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2017. This year, 45 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at […]
Three California-Mexico Research Teams Win Seed Funds from CITRIS & ITESM
Three inventive projects have been selected to receive collaborative research grants in the second annual seed funding program sponsored by Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) and […]
2015 CITRIS Seed Funding awards $600,000 to eleven information technology projects
We are delighted to announce that the 2015 CITRIS Seed Fund Awards have been selected. This year, CITRIS received 24 highly competitive proposals from the […]
Seed Funds Awarded to Three U.S.-Mexico Research Teams
CITRIS is pleased to announce that three innovative proposals have been selected to receive joint seed funding grants from Tecnológico de Monterrey and CITRIS. The winning proposals represent the […]
2014 Seed Funded Projects Announced
CITRIS is pleased to announce that 11 innovative proposals have been selected in this year’s round of seed funding. Each of these proposals is multi-campus […]
2014 CITRIS Seed Funding now open: Deadline Jan 26
The 2014 Seed Funding Opportunity invites CITRIS PI’s to apply for a one-year Seed Grant that will support CITRIS research initiatives.
2012 CITRIS Seed Funded awards announced
13 proposals were funded this year.
2010 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards
We are pleased to announce that the seed funding awards for CITRIS have been chosen. The projects this year are from all four CITRIS campuses: 4 from UC Davis (25% of submitted), 4 from UC Santa Cruz (27% of submitted), 7 from UC Merced (64% of submitted), and 12 from UC Berkeley (33% of submitted). Thank you to all who submitted innovative proposals. We look forward to the discoveries and developments that will arise as a result of this round of funding.
2010 CITRIS Seed Funding RFP Now Open
CITRIS is pleased to announce a new round of seed funding for FY 2010. It is open to all CITRIS investigators in UC Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz.
2008 CITRIS Seed Funding successfully launches projects
Currently, CITRIS has awarded approximately $2 million inseed grants on all four campuses. These projects will help fulfillthe CITRIS mission of creating societal-based research through collaborationsacross the CITRIS campuses.