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. Projects address the following Grand Challenges in Information Technology:
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$500,000
Funded projects have attracted more than $60 million in follow-on support.
*$40,000–$60,000 per project.
Team Formation
Proposals should engage at least two Principal Investigators from different CITRIS campuses.
Find our P.I. directory here.
Seed Spirit
CITRIS Core Funding awardees embody the university’s public mission and its innovative spirit.
The CITRIS Seed Funding Program is designed to support innovative, early-stage collaborative projects that can attract larger-scale support from federal, state, industrial, and/or philanthropic funding sources. Funded projects have attracted more than $60 million in follow-on support from federal, state, industrial, and private sources including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Intel, Microsoft, Mellon Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Stay connected to CITRIS newsletter, application link available soon.
The CITRIS Seed Funding Program launched in 2008 as an innovative mechanism to drive early-stage IT research with the potential to benefit society.
Core Technology
Technology & Society
Projects demonstrating a clear path from seed investigation to expanded funding will be rated more favorably. Awardees will be asked to report on resulting proposals.
List of Funded Projects since 2016
Some items in our evaluation criteria
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