The CITRIS Workforce Innovation Program, in collaboration with companies like Joby Aviation, provides UC students with career-focused internships that bridge the gap between academia and industry.

The partnership across the four CITRIS campuses – UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz – will provide up to $200,000 in funding to each of three annual recipients. 

An interdisciplinary team of students and researchers created an autonomous weeder which was recently recognized with the Small Farm prize at the inaugural Farm Robotics Challenge.

Katia Obraczka, professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has been appointed director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz.

Four winning projects have been funded through CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz’s Campus Seed Funding program to pursue research relating to climate resilience.

VR-Based Physical Therapy Telehealth company, Immergo Labs, secures several major partnerships and initial investments.

Santa Cruz Works Accelerator member and AI wildfire detection tech startup, Robotics Cats has announced the addition of three University of California (UC) undergrads that will be joining the team.

CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) receives $1 million via Drone Education and Workforce Development Planning Grant for Salinas and Pajaro Valley.

The CITRIS Workforce Innovation Program offers your company the opportunity to virtually (or hybrid - up to one day/week on-site) host a University of California undergraduate student this summer, paid for by the program.