Awards overview
25 awards offered, engaging in 20 countries
$250,000+ awarded
$10,000 matched by the Population Health Initiative
$99,000+ matched by 16 schools, colleges, departments
Awarded projects
| Project name | UW faculty and researchers | UW colleges, schools and programs | Countries of engagement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towards AR/VR-based rehabilitation therapy deployed on a cell phone | Pierre Mourad, Janna Friedly, Aaron Bunnell, Jody Early, Rafael de Silva | UWB STEM, UWB Nursing, Medicine Jointly awarded with the Population Health Initiative |
Ireland |
| Building study abroad programming with Kathmandu University engineering | Michael Regnier, Karen Thickman, Biraj Karmacharya, David Citrin | Engineering, Medicine, Arts & Sciences | Nepal |
| Developing partnerships with Māori students at the University of Auckland | Joshua Reid, Christopher Teuton | Arts & Sciences | New Zealand |
| Integrated population health outcomes: Monitoring the impending (second) baby boom | Jane Simoni, Susan Spieker, Megan Ramaiya | Arts & Sciences, Nursing | China |
| UW Classics archaeological excavations and field school | Sarah Stroup | Arts & Sciences | Italy |
| Indigenous Sámi culture and connection to the land in arctic Europe | Christopher Teuton | Arts & Sciences | Norway |
| Philosophical exploration and social action in the sacred lands of India | Greg Tuke, Kara Adams | UWB Educational Studies, UWB Community Based Learning & Research | India, Tibet |
| Air pollution and health in China | Sverre Vedal, Tim Larson, Julian Marshall, Adam Szpiro, Andrew Zhou | Public Health, Engineering | China |
| Advancing the UW’s engagement in global health through novel academic partnerships | Judd Walson, Judith Wasserheit, Biraj Karmacharya, Annette Fitzpatrick | Medicine, Global Health | China, Nepal |
| The Politics of Blackness and Indigeneity in Peru | Adam Warren, Monica Rojas-Stewart | Arts & Sciences | Peru |
| UW and BTPOTC Prosthetics and Orthotics Education Collaboration | Ann Yamane, Karen Freisem, Susan Spaulding, Cody McDonald | Medicine, Center for Teaching & Learning | Ghana |
| Emerging garden technologies and impacts upon human and ecological health: An opportunity to build a robust cross-cultural transdisciplinary academic exchange | Joseph Zunt, Jeff Hou, Leanne Andrews | Global Health, Built Environments | Peru |
| UW – University of Ljubljana Scholars Exchange | Michael Biggins | Arts & Sciences | Slovenia |
| Understanding and enhancing seismic cultures around the Pacific Rim | Megan Finn, Scott Miles | iSchool, Engineering | China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia |
| Launching the unZIP Study: Early detection of Zika infection in pregnancy | Martin Frasch, Karl Böhringer | Medicine | Argentina, Brazil, Canada |
| Building for peace in the wake of war study abroad program | Christoph Giebel | Arts & Sciences | Vietnam |
| The water-engineering-culture nexus: Creating opportunities for student learning | Heidi Gough | Engineering | Jordan |
| A media-savvy international research program for solving freshwater challenges | Faisal Hossain, Gordon Holtgrieve, Rick Garza | Engineering, Environment | China |
| Study abroad internship program | Cynthia Howson, Karen Cowgill | UWT Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences | The Gambia |
| UW – University of Bergen Faculty Exchange Program | Christine Ingebritsen | Arts & Sciences | Norway |
| Is human transmission of trepenomes to pet macaques impeding eradication efforts? | Lisa Jones-Engel, Sheila Lukehart, Amy Klegarth | Medicine, Arts & Sciences | Germany, Indonesia |
| Discover India partnership | Sunila Kale, Tamara Leonard, Divya McMillin | Arts & Sciences, UWT Institute for Global Engagement | India |
| Integrated solutions for the built environment: A global perspective | Amy Kim, Lysandra Medal | Arts & Sciences, Engineering | Indonesia |
| Education study abroad program in the Dark Empire | Joe Lott | Education | United Kingdom |
| Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities | José Antonio Lucero, Chadwick Allen, Christopher Teuton, David Eaton | Arts & Sciences, Office of the Provost, the Graduate School | Canada |
| Grand Challenge Impact Lab | Julian Marshall | Engineering | India |
| Global Innovation Law Seminar | Zahr Said | Law | China |