Application deadline for Pilot Project and Grant-in-Aid grants from RSP is April 19

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Western Washington University is committed to assisting faculty with research and scholarly activities by providing small grants.

Deadlines for grant-in-aid and pilot project grants now have quarterly deadlines. Proposals are due to RSP  by midnight April 19. Notification of awards will be sent to faculty members by May 3.

Faculty members will be awarded a maximum of $5,000 in any one fiscal year for any combination of these grants. No retroactive requests will be funded.

These grants are intended to fund:

• Individual faculty research, focused on a specific project, (specific instrumentation)
• Scholarship as it applies to a specific project
• Creative activities (performance, exhibition, display)

These grants are not intended to fund:

• Travel to professional meetings
• Purchase of general-purpose equipment (departmental)
• Development of textbook, instructional materials or curriculum
• Dissertation work
• Travel to and from or per diem during an off-campus professional leave

More information about these grants, including application forms, is available online.