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For Faculty

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The Simpson Center provides financial and administrative support for crossdisciplinary research, teaching, and engagement projects. We support a wide range of activities, including fellowships, cross-departmental research groups, scholarly conferences and symposia, community-engaged collaborations, and other projects.

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SPRING FUNDING ROUND NOW OPEN:
APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 7, 2023

Large Scale Collaborations

Applications accepted for both fall and spring funding rounds.

Important Dates

Application Dates
Opens: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Due: Friday, April 7, 2023

Funding Term
Starts: Saturday, July 1, 2023
Ends: Sunday, June 30, 2024

Large-scale collaboration grants enable faculty and graduate students to pursue extended crossdisciplinary and crossdepartmental collaborative projects in research, teaching, and/or public engagement. Large-scale collaborations may include research inquiries that are linked to cross-departmental curriculum development, for instance, and/or a complementary series of public lectures. Activities may be designed to develop new programs of study at the University of Washington, or to prepare the foundations for major grant applications to national foundations.

Criteria

Large-scale collaboration grants enable faculty and graduate students to pursue extended crossdisciplinary and crossdepartmental collaborative projects in research, teaching, and/or public engagement. Large-scale collaborations may include research inquiries that are linked to cross-departmental curriculum development, for instance, and/or a complementary series of public lectures. Activities may be designed to develop new programs of study at the University of Washington, or to prepare the foundations for major grant applications to national foundations.

Large-scale collaborations must be faculty-led. Projects that integrate research, teaching, and/or public engagement dimensions are encouraged but not required. Projects entailing collaborative research must note the intended forms of its dissemination (e.g, an edited book, a website).

Terms of Award

Awards of financial and administrative support vary. Requests typically range between $7,500 and $20,000.

Application Instructions

Submit your proposal using the application form. When you submit your application form, attach the below materials as a single, bundled .pdf:

    • Proposal Narratives. Limit to eight pages. Proposal narratives should address:
      1. Near-term and long-term project goals
      2. Participating persons and/ units
      3. Activities to be funded
      4. Anticipated outcomes
      5. Scholarly, public, and/or institutional significance
    • CV. Include organizer(s) curriculum vita(e). Limited to five pages per organizer.
    • Budget. Detail anticipated expenses. (e.g. stipends or honoraria, travel, accommodations, curricular or promotional materials, hospitality, and facilities rentals) as applicable, as well as other confirmed and anticipated sources of support.