Application will open December 1, 2025
Seed funding of up to $2,000 is available for innovative proposals that approach global learning from new perspectives, methods, and activities. Supporting the addition of a global module, project, or innovation to your course.
Priority to projects involving new or enhanced collaboration with an international partner.
- Add an element of International Virtual Exchange or Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to your course (e.g., an international marketing project with students from the National University of Singapore) Please note there is a special application for COIL projects.
- Student consulting or research project embedded in your course with an international company, non-profit, or NGO
- Interactive international learning activity (e.g., virtual museum tour or remote company visit)
- Taiwan-Focused Projects: 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 website to the UW Taiwan Studies Program.
Awards cannot support long-term programs.
Contact OGA with questions at uwgif@uw.edu
UW faculty members, research scientists, and non-faculty researchers, as well as post-docs from the Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell campuses, are encouraged to apply. Graduate students, including PhD students, 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 |
| 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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