grants
Tracey Finch, Grant & Contract Coordinator Lead in Research & Sponsored Programs, will be retiring in late April after 37 years at Western. Tracey began her time at Western as a student in 1975, earning a B.A.E. in secondary mathematics education. Over the years she has held multiple…
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is committed to assisting faculty with scholarly/creative activities by providing small grants. Please refer to the RSP website for additional information on these grants and helpful information on writing the requests before your submission.
…Objective: to provide encouragement for undergraduate students to engage in scholarly/creative work in their disciplines and to provide funds which may make it possible for them to do so. The program budget is $15,000, divded equally among the three quarters.
Eligibility: …
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University Associate Professor of Psychology Jeff Carroll has secured an $806,805 grant to assist in his continuing research into the causes and potential treatments for Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic degenerative brain disorder.
The new grant is…
Suicide, it is said, is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. In 2003, Garrett Lee Smith took that permanent solution. Thirteen years later the effects are being felt in the continued grief of his parents – and the work they’ve done to prevent other families from suffering as…
With a grant from NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate, tribal college students living on the Salish Sea coast in Washington State are researching their local ocean ecosystem, combining the Lummi Nation’s traditional ecological knowledge with STEM learning and skills.
Since 2014…
This past winter, a popular article circulated on social media platforms with the headline, “Adjunct professor hoping some student leaves behind warm pair of gloves.” In the article, originally published by satirical newspaper “The Onion,” a 41-year-old faculty member hoped one of their students…
The Council on International Education Exchange, a Western Washington University-affiliated study abroad program, has announced its second-annual Generation Study Abroad Access Grant. The grant awards $20,000 to an innovative CIEE custom or faculty-led program each year that increases…
The Council on International Exchange, a Western Washington University-affiliated study abroad partner, awarded $76,000 in grants to WWU students to study abroad in fall 2016. The grants were in support of the Institute of International Education Generation Study Abroad initiative.…
Four power-producing bicycles were installed in the Wade King Student Recreation Center this past week, thanks to the student-initiated grant project, RECycling Your Power, funded by a Sustainable Action Fund grant.
The project purchased two upright bikes and two recumbent…