CITRIS Seed Funding 2021 Request for Proposals
Proposals due by:
Monday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. (PDT)
The CITRIS Seed Funding program issues short-term, targeted awards to further the institute’s research priorities for societal benefit, catalyze early results that can lead to significant funding and strengthen connections across UC campuses.
Through engagement with our collaborators, CITRIS has identified four critical Grand Challenges in Information Technology. We seek innovative proposals that bring the university’s expertise and ingenuity to bear on the complex issues.
Proposals are invited from principal investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz. Awardees embody the university’s public mission and innovative spirit of California.
- $500,000 available
- $40,000–$60,000 awarded per project
Funded projects offer a glimpse at new frontiers of technology and have attracted more than $60 million in follow-on support from federal, state, corporate and private sources.
Team Formation:
To encourage collaboration, proposals should engage at least two investigators from different CITRIS campuses. Search our researcher directory or tap your own network to build a team.
Info Sessions:
Online info sessions with live Q&A will be held:
- Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 11–11:45 a.m.
- Monday, Oct. 4, from 4–4:45 p.m.
Find Zoom registration links on the CITRIS Seed Funding webpage.
To view the full RFP and eligibility and application information, please visit: https://citris-uc.org/labs-programs/seed-funding/citris-core-seed-funding/
Grand Challenges in Information Technology
Climate Resilience
- Critical life support systems: energy, water, food
- Transportation and the built environment
- Disaster mitigation: fire, flood, heat, drought
- Decarbonization strategies
Digital Health Innovation
- Remote access to quality care
- Data analytics for health improvement
- Aging well in a digitized world
- Public health for environmental hazards
- Preparing tomorrow’s health care workforce
Next-Generation Tech Policy
- Responsible artificial intelligence
- Digital ID systems and blockchain applications
- Computational propaganda and authoritarianism
- Participatory tools for equity and engagement
- IT supply chain stability and security
Automation and the Workforce
- Design for inclusive, accessible, safe systems
- Platform technologies: emerging and at scale
- Remote sensing, geospatial, aviation applications
- Preparedness for tech-enabled jobs and careers
- Economic mobility and technology literacy
For more information, contact Michael Matkin, assistant director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz, at mmatkin@ucsc.edu.