Finding Funding

Faculty interested in seeking funding for their research are encouraged to make an appointment with the Office of Research at UW Tacoma to discuss their research goals and funding sources. The following list of funding sources is not comprehensive but is meant to be a starting point in seeking funding.  

UW Tacoma Internal Grants:

Founders Endowment/Catalyst Research Awards

UW System Internal Grants:

UW Office of Research in Seattle Funding Opportunities 

• UW Royalty Research Fund
• UW Population Health Pilot Grants
• Institute for Translational Health Sciences
• UW Simpson Center for the Humanities
• UW Global Innovation Fund
• UW Earthlab
• UW Provost Bridge Funding Program

UW Undergraduate Research Resources

• UW Undergraduate Research Program
• UWT Undergraduate Research Resources

State/municipal grants

• Life Science Washington Institue
• Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction - iGrants
• Department of Ecology 
• City of Tacoma Environmental Services

Federal Grants

• Unified Federal Grant Site
• National Science Foundation
• Department of Education
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Institutes of Health
• Department of Energy

Foundation Grants

• UW Tacoma Office of Advancement 
  The Office of Advancement manages relationships with private donors and foundations. Funding from private sources can be a gift or a grant. In the case of a gift, the Office of Research would not be involved, but in the case of a grant, please contact us to discuss the funding plan. 
• UW Central Corporate & Foundation Relations 
  Central Corporate & Foundation Relations maintains a searchable database: Central CFR open RFP page
• Foundation Directory Online (through UW Libraries)
• Greater Tacoma Community Foundation 
• Philanthropy News Digest RFP

Other Funding Search Engines

GrantForward
Grants.gov

UW Tacoma is a member of the Grants Resource Center (GRC), a unit of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) that has supported sponsored research programs in higher education since the 1960s. Faculty have access to a number of excellent resources that support grant-seeking through our institutional membership, including the below.

Note that many of these resources require logging-in. Faculty members should set-up their own profile to use these tools.

• GrantSearch GRC's comprehensive database of recurring funding opportunities from federal and private sponsors for which institutes of higher education are eligible.  GrantSearch allows for a number of specific search terms related to discipline, activity, and funding sponsor.
• A Faculty Alert Tool that delivers a monthly digest of upcoming funding opportunities customizable by academic subject, funding sponsor, and type of activity. To set the terms of your alert, complete the Faculty Alert Registration Form. 
• A Funded Proposal Library, with awarded proposals available by request (through the Office of Research) for 1,500 recurring funding opportunities, including those from the National Science Foundation, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, National Endowment for the Humanities, and private foundations. GRC staff can also assist in obtaining additional awarded proposals not currently available in the library. Contact uwtor@uw.edu for assistance with this resource.
• Tailored funding searches conducted by GRC staff upon request. Please coordinate with Cheryl Greengrove to make use of this service.
• “GRC Bulletin” publication listing new non-recurring federal funding announcements (twice-weekly) and monthly “Deadlines” publication listing all recurring upcoming federal and private opportunities.
• Additional resources available to the Office of Research that better equip us to support faculty research including faculty training resources and access to GRC staff expertise.

Please uwtor@uw.edu with any questions about these resources and let us know how we can help you leverage them most effectively for your work!