Application closed January 31, 2026
Seed funding of up to $2,000 for proposals that infuse courses with new global perspectives, projects, or instructional methods, such as adding a global module or curricular innovation.
Priority to projects involving new or enhanced collaboration with an international partner.
For collaboration and preparation purposes, applicants may refer to the Sample Application. This sample provides an overview of required questions and materials.
Contact UW Global with questions at uwgif@uw.edu.
The awards aim to encourage instructors to design teaching components that enhance students’ global competency, teaching practices that help promote global learning. For example, projects that include:
- Student consulting or research project embedded in your course with an international company, non-profit, or NGO
- Interactive virtual international learning activity (g., virtual museum tour or remote company visit)
- Case studies and project-based learning from diverse global perspectives
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) /Virtual Exchange elements to help students collaborate virtually with peers worldwide
- Development of an accessible database of global materials. This could involve translation work of untranslated texts, collecting primary sources from abroad, etc.
- Local examples to explore global issues (glocalization) (g., field trip or visit for local community to learn about diverse cultures)
- Development of teaching materials that provide intercultural perspectives that will strengthen students’ character, such as building their resilience, empathy, adaptability, curiosity, and humility.
- Development of language-learning materials that are not currently available (i.e. authentic texts) for a given language.
The above list is not meant to be exhaustive – if you have another type of global learning activity or resource that requires funding, that’s more than welcome!
All proposals should consider projects’ sustainability.
Awardees cannot receive the award for the same project for more than one year.
The Taiwan Studies Program encourages projects that involve Taiwan, and partners with UW Global in this call. Applicants proposing a humanities or social science course on Taiwan that includes ‘Taiwan’ in the course title and has a substantial focus on Taiwan within a comparative, regional, or global framework are encouraged to apply. This focus should be made explicit in the course description provided in the application. Applicants who intend to teach the supported course again in the future, ideally with a permanent course number from their home department, will be prioritized. After the course is taught, recipients are required to provide the syllabus, course enrollment numbers, course evaluation quotes, and a brief write-up to feature on the UW Taiwan Studies Program.
UW faculty members, research scientists, and non-faculty researchers from the Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell campuses, are encouraged to apply. Graduate students, including PhD students, and post docs, are not eligible to apply; however, their involvement in the project’s delivery, such as serving as research assistants or interns, is encouraged.
| Application opens | December 1, 2025 |
| Application deadline | January 31, 2026 11:59 PM PT |
| Award use period | February 23, 2026 – March 31, 2027 |
| Reimbursement due | No later than March 31, 2027 |
| Post-award reports due | No later than March 31, 2027 |
| Unused funds returned to OGA | No later than March 31, 2027 |
All funded projects must submit a post-award report to the MyGlobal platform at the end of the award use period.
- Brief narrative report – describe the purpose, outcomes, and next steps for your project
- Photos and/or videos
- Updated budget including actual expenditures
Please mention the Global Innovation Fund in any communications or news related to your project. Use #UWGlobal on social media UWGlobal LinkedIn and UWGlobal Instagram.
UW Global may follow up to do additional marketing and story-telling around each community.
Failure to submit the final report and budget on time will cause exclusion from future GIF applications.
Previously successful proposals:
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