Crossdisciplinary Research Clusters

Eligibility

Must be led by tenure-track faculty.

Criteria

Crossdisciplinary Research Clusters are intended to seed new scholarly activity and develop further pathways for collaboration by bringing together UW faculty and graduate students from different departments and disciplines who share research interests. As such, clusters should have interdepartmental composition and organization. 

Projects in this category may vary widely in form and scale: innovative models beyond the speaker series are encouraged, as are clusters that develop emerging fields and communities of inquiry, crossdisciplinary or crossdepartmental curricula, and individual and/or collective documents.

Crossdisciplinary Research Clusters should seed new and vital research activity and are not meant to provide ongoing support for existing programs.

Terms of Award

Awards of financial and administrative support vary according to requests and needs.  Proposals for funding support of up to $20,000 will be considered. If project budgets exceed this figure, we ask that applicants consult with us for guidance prior to submitting the proposal. 

We typically support crossdisciplinary research clusters for a maximum of three years; proposals must be submitted for review during our funding round process for each year of support subsequent to the initial award.

Meeting Before Applying

We recommend that those applying for funding in this category consult with the Simpson Center in advance of the application deadline.