CITRIS UC Santa Cruz programs

Citation

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Santa Cruz. “Programs.” Web page, citris.ucsc.edu, date not stated. https://citris.ucsc.edu/programs/. Read 2026-10-26.

Bottom line

CITRIS UC Santa Cruz runs its programs “only for UCSC faculty and student participation”.
It has two grant programs:
- the Interdisciplinary Innovation Program (I2P): seed funds for “at least two PIs from at least two different campus divisions”;
- Tech for Social Good: student funds for IT projects “that aim to solve one of society’s big challenges”.

Background

See CITRIS UC Santa Cruz homepage.

Key claims

I2P “supports early-stage research by at least two PIs from at least two different campus divisions” with “a focus on Information Technology”.
Tech for Social Good: “UC Santa Cruz students to apply for competitive funding for projects or events with a focus on Information Technology”.
The menu also lists CIDER (drone education), Core Seed Funding and CITRIS Foundry.

Evidence and method

The institute’s own page (301 words).

Limits

No grant sizes or counts. Campus-only programs.

Source file: wiki/sources/CITRIS UC Santa Cruz programs.md, updated 2026-10-26.