West Coast Poverty Center Mini-Grants
West Coast Poverty Center, University of Washington
Seed funding for research collaborations between university researchers and nonprofit community organizations in the Seattle area, covering research assistant time, partner staff wages, travel, data access and statistical consulting.
- Indicative award
- up to $12k (total award)Up to $12,000 for University of Washington research expenses, plus a separate $1,275 stipend for the nonprofit partner organization. No floor is published, so amountMin is left null.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · JulNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The live page describes a July cycle (letter of intent then full proposal about a week later, decisions late July) and says applications are accepted on a rolling basis after the main deadline subject to funds. The cycle dates printed on the page are from 2023, so confirm the current round with the
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Applicant must be PI-eligible faculty at the University of Washington Seattle campus, and the project must partner with at least one nonprofit community-based organization in or near King County, Washington. Government agencies may join as additional partners. Established scholars' own salary is generally not covered; untenured faculty may take up to half the award as compensation.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- poverty research · nonprofit-academic partnership · community-engaged research · policy change
- Apply at
- https://westcoastpovertycenter.org/research/mini-grants/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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