Community Application Review System (CARS)

An online system that allows UC Santa Cruz departments and organizations to create online application forms, review committees, and track decisions for funding requests, proposals, petitions, program applications, and more.

Benefits and Features

  • Department branded site
  • Custom online form builder
  • Application management (eligibility, due dates, budget)
  • Review workflows
  • Bulk email notification
  • Historical record of applications and decisions
  • Financial award tracking
  • P3 data security
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Common Use Cases

Review processes for:

  • Grants or scholarships
  • Funding applications (events, initiatives, programs...)
  • Proposals
  • Petitions
  • Program applications

Eligibility

Staff, Faculty 

Cost

No additional cost.

Policy

The CARS system meets data security at the P3 level, which generally includes Institutional Information and related IT Resources whose unauthorized disclosure or modification could result in small to moderate fines, penalties or civil actions (Proprietary). 

CARS is appropriate for the the following types of information:

  1. Student Education Records (FERPA)
  2. IT Security Info and Plans
  3. UC Personnel Records
  4. Attorney-Client Privileged Information
  5. Research classified as P3 by the IRB

Feedback

To provide feedback, please email cars-feedback@ucsc.edu.