Tech for Social Good – Student Info and Matchmaking Session

Start Time: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 – 4:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 – 6:00pm
Location: Engineering 2, Room 180
Organizer:  CITRIS and the Banatao Institute / Institute for Social Transformation

We are excited to announce the launch of the new Tech for Social Good program at UC Santa Cruz, cosponsored by the Institute for Social Transformation. The program will provide competitive funding for student research projects and events, encouraging students across all campus divisions to participate and form cross-disciplinary teams.

The Tech for Social Good program supports student-led learning and technology development for healthy, sustainable, connected, and equitable livelihoods in the United States and abroad. Join us for an information and matchmaking session for students on Tuesday, October 1, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Engineering 2, Room 180.

The program is open to teams of graduate and undergraduate students and has two competitive tracks, one to support technology development and another to support student-led events on campus. Through the technology track, students can apply for funding of $500 to $5,000 for tech-focused projects that promote social good by supporting healthy, sustainable, prosperous, and equitable livelihoods in the United States and abroad.

The events track will provide between $200 and $1,000 for individual students, student organizations, or student groups at UC Santa Cruz to develop events or programming that improve and support technological innovations that support healthy, sustainable, and connected communities.

Thursday, June 6th – Humanity’s Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence

An Evening With Nicanor Perlas, Right Livelihood Award Laureate

Thursday, June 6th, 2019, 7:00 PM
UC Santa Cruz, Kresge College Seminar Room

Lecture with Nicanor Perlas, followed by panel discussion with Anthony Aguirre, Associate Professor of Physics; Lise Getoor, Professor of Computer Science; and, Sikina Jinnah, Associate Professor of Politics. This event is free and open to the public.

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Click here for details and to RSVP. Nicanor Perlas is also teaching the Right Livelihood Summer Institute on July 8-12, 2019. Click here for details.

CITRIS Seed Funding Information Session – Jan. 9th – 12:30 PM – E2-180

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute has $600,000 available through its 2019 Core Seed Funding Program for research that aims to create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges. Individual grants range from $40,000-$60,000 and are open to researchers at all CITRIS campuses: UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health and UC Merced. Projects must include at least 2 PIs from different CITRIS campuses.

Join us on Wednesday January 9th at 12:30 pm in Baskin Engineering, building E2, room 180 (the Simularium) to learn more about the program and have all your questions answered.

RSVP if you can attend in person, would like to attend via teleconference (a link will be sent to you via email) or simply would like further information. The RSVP form is here.

For questions, contact Michael Matkin, Assistant Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Santa Cruz – mmatkin (at) ucsc (dot) edu.