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Announcements
CITRIS Aviation Prize opens RFP to UC students
The 2023 CITRIS Aviation Prize invites students to design air mobility infrastructure that could serve as a first step for campus-to-campus transportation at UC.
CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for public good
Principal investigators from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to submit proposals for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards.
Katia Obraczka named director of CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are pleased to welcome professor Katia Obraczka, professor of computer science and engineering, as the campus director of CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz.
CITRIS fosters collaboration, accelerates commercialization with new Innovation Hub led by Jill Finlayson
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute have launched the CITRIS Innovation Hub, a centralized program to help UC students and academic, corporate and governmental visitors advance their innovation journeys.
CITRIS Workforce Innovation Program welcomes 2nd internship cohort
Undergraduates from four UC campuses have embarked on paid summer internships at startups, established companies, national and university labs, and nonprofit organizations.
Request for proposals: California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment
The California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) has announced a new solicitation to fund a suite of research products.
Applications open for CITRIS Foundry fall 2023 cohort
The CITRIS Foundry empowers University of California entrepreneurs to develop innovative ideas into startups ready to seek venture capital funding.
CITRIS Foundry announces spring 2023 cohort
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes five teams advancing IT solutions in medical diagnostics, wildfire detection, AI applications and more
2023 EDGE in Tech Athena Award winners promote diversity and inclusion in tech
The awards recognize achievements in executive leadership, academic leadership, early career excellence and next-generation engagement.
CITRIS Foundry introduces new vision under managing director Marc Theeuwes
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes its new managing director, Marc Theeuwes, who offers a broad background in venture capital, IT and deep tech.
CITRIS selects 8 multicampus projects for 2022 Seed Awards
The eight selected proposals, submitted by interdisciplinary teams from Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa Cruz, will receive up to $60,000 for their work, thanks in part to external philanthropic support.
Nickhil Jakatdar and Weijie Yun join CITRIS advisory board
Jakatdar and Yun bring deep domain knowledge that aligns well with CITRIS’s mission to solve complex problems through public-private collaboration.
CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for social good
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.
Nicholas Anderson and James Marcin named co-directors of CITRIS Health
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute welcome Nicholas Anderson, the Robert E. Cardiff Endowed Professor in Biomedical Informatics and the health informatics division chief in the […]
Ricardo Sanfelice appointed inaugural director of CITRIS Aviation
Sanfelice, a UC Santa Cruz professor of electrical and computer engineering, offers deep expertise in cyber-physical systems and a long history with the institution.
Building career pathways for California’s next-generation tech workforce
CITRIS Workforce Innovation places top student talent from four UC campuses in paid summer internships at established companies, startups, nonprofit organizations, and national and academic labs.
CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation
The CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research at UC Santa Cruz has received a $1 million grant to support workforce development in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys.
Policy Lab launches Section 230 legislation database
The CITRIS Policy Lab has launched a database that tracks all U.S. federal legislation seeking to amend, repeal or reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
CITRIS and CLTC announce launch of AI Policy Hub
Two prominent centers at the University of California have joined together to launch an interdisciplinary initiative to train forward-thinking researchers.
Inaugural cohort of health data science fellows named
The Translational Health Data Science Fellowship Program, a partnership between CITRIS Health, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences and the UC Davis DataLab, has announced its first seven graduate student fellows.
Saif Islam named director of CITRIS at UC Davis
An esteemed scholar and award-winning mentor, Islam brings considerable research and leadership experience to his new role.
CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz awards five student teams Tech for Social Good funding
Three student-led technology development projects and two events have received 2021–22 TSG awards.
Meet the 2022 EDGE in Tech Athena Awards winners
The awards were given in four categories, to recognize achievements in executive leadership, academic leadership, early career excellence and next-generation engagement.