Application will open December 1, 2025
Before proceeding with your GIF application, we strongly recommend that the applicant schedule a meeting with Wolf Latsch, Director of Study Abroad (latsch@uw.edu), and/or Lauren Easterling, Associate Director of Study Abroad (laurenee@uw.edu), to discuss the proposed program, its scope, target groups, and locations.
- Up to $3,000 (for a new ‘study away’ program within the United States) or up to $5,000 (for a new ‘study abroad’ international program) to support exploratory/scoping visits by prospective program directors to destination countries.
- Up to $3,000 (for a new ‘study away’ program within the United States) or up to $5,000(for a new ‘study abroad’ international program): for an additional faculty member to accompany an existing program (improve program longevity by training other faculty members to run the program in the future).
Awarded programs must be run through UW Study Abroad.
Contact OGA with questions at uwgif@uw.edu.
Pre-program visit
- Award is for up to $3,000 for new domestic programs (within the United States) and up to $5,000 for new international programs.
- The pre-program visits should be for location scouting, scoping, and for developing on-the-ground partnerships that can help support a new program.
Fund an additional faculty member to attend an existing program to share the responsibility of maintaining the program in the future
- Award is for up to $3,000 for new domestic programs (within the United States) and up to $5,000 for new international programs.
- Award seeks to improve program longevity by training other faculty members to run the program in the future.
- UW faculty (any appointment type including affiliated, full time or part time)
- UW professional staff (including research staff) with faculty appointments or affiliated faculty appointments
| Application opens | December 1, 2025 |
| Application deadline | January 31, 2026 |
| Award use period | February 15, 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 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.
OGA 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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