2026

Understanding and Mitigating Risks in LLM Responses for Opioid Misuse and Recovery

Sponsoring Organization: UW Addictions, Drug, and Alcohol Institute (ADAI) Small Grants Program
Amount: $29,463
Information School PI: Tanu Mitra
Additional researchers: Yulia Tsvetkov

NexTAGE: Nexus of Technologies for Agent-based Ecosystem

Sponsoring Organization: UW CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund
Amount: $10,000
Additional researchers: Chirag Shah

Communities in the Loop: AI for Cultures & Contexts in Multimodal Archives"

Sponsoring Organization: University of California Santa Barbara
Originating Sponsoring Organization: Schmidt Sciences, LLC
Amount: $30,800
Information School PI: Ben Lee

2025

Knight Foundation Support of the Center for an Informed Public (2025; Renewal)

Sponsoring Organization: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Amount: $3,000,000
Information School PI: Emma Spiro
Additional researchers: Chris Coward, Jevin West, Kate Starbird, Ryan Calo

HCC: Small: Understanding the Risks and Benefits of GenAI Agents for Teens

Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $437,397
Information School PI: Alexis Hiniker
Additional researchers: Katie Davis

The Indigenous Connectivity Project: Indigenizing Digital Literacy to Support Empowerment and Collaboration in the Peruvian Amazon

Sponsoring Organization: UW Community Engaged Computing Initiative (CECI)
Amount: $40,000
Information School PI: Jason Young

Re-imagining Discoverability for the American Institute of Physics's Digital Collections using AI

Sponsoring Organization: American Institute of Physics
Amount: $10,000
Information School PI: Ben Lee

The University of Washington Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment

Sponsoring Organization: Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation
Amount: $15,000,000
Information School PI: Hala Annabi

Data Services for Indigenous Scholarship & Sovereignty (DSISS)

Sponsoring Organization: Mellon Foundation, Inc.
iSchool Amount: $1,234,464
Total Amount: $1,500,000
Information School PI: Carole Palmer
Additional researchers: Sandy Littletree, Christopher Teuton

Hewlett Foundation Support of the Center for an Informed Public (2025; Renewal)

Sponsoring Organization: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Amount: $1,000,000
Information School PI: Emma Spiro

Planning_DCL_EPSCOR: CISE Large: Investigations in Foundational Models for Recommendation with Applications to Complex Domains

Sponsoring Organization: University of Louisville
Originating Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $41,215
Information School PI: Chirag Shah

Partnering with Patients to Re-envision Psychiatric Hospitalization and Discharge

Sponsoring Organization: UW Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions
Amount: $53,523
Information School PI: Wanda Pratt

Escape misinformation in the library

Sponsoring Organization: Public Libraries 2030
Originating Sponsoring Organization: European Commission
Amount: $42,213
Information School PI: Chris Coward
Additional researchers: Jin Ha Lee

2024

Tools for Proactive Preparedness to Support Online Information Integrity Work in the LLM-era

Sponsoring Organization: Google
Amount: $100,000
Information School PI: Tanu Mitra

Exploring AI-Enhanced Mixed-Ability Social Interactions

Sponsoring Organization: Google
Amount: $75,000
Information School PI: Jacob O. Wobbrock

AI-Driven Accessibility Solutions for STEM Educational Materials: Bridging Accessibility Gaps for Blind and Visually Impaired Students

Sponsoring Organization: Google
Information School PI: Lucy Lu Wang

Ability-Based Design for Generative AI

Sponsoring Organization: Google
Amount: $60,000
Information School PI: Jacob O. Wobbrock
Additional researchers: James A. Fogarty

Supporting the development of youth digital civic engagement in libraries through the co-design of table-top games

Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $326,495
Information School PI: Jason C. Yip
Additional researchers: Chris Coward, Jin Ha Lee

Improving Access To Critical Games For Game Education At Cultural Heritage Institutions

Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $249,628
Information School PI: Jin Ha Lee

Scaling Community Through Archives: A National Program to Expand Community Archives

Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $399,485
Information School PI: Marika Cifor
Additional researchers: Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young

Faculty Organizing for Community Archives Support (FOCAS) Internship & Resource Development Project

Sponsoring Organization: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Amount: $850,000
Information School PI: Marika Cifor

Success Enablers that Empower Neurodivergent Technology Professionals (SEEN Tech Professionals)

Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
iSchool Amount: $526,154
Total Amount: $932,314
Information School PI: Hala Annabi
Additional researchers: Elizabeth Follmer, J. Mankoff, Scott Bellman

Annotating The New Union Club: Anti-racist Ethics and Curation for Digital Art Histories

Sponsoring Organization: Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art
Originating Sponsoring Organization: Paul Mellon Center
Amount: $19,462
Information School PI: Temi Odumosu

Mid-Scale RI-2: Microsystems Foundry for Unlocking Scientific Exploration (MicroFUSE)

Sponsoring Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Originating Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $100,207
Information School PI: Nassim Parvin

Developing a Community-Based Model for Equitable AI Practices in Education Settings

Sponsoring Organization: Spencer Foundation
Amount: $75,000
Information School PI: Katie Davis
Additional researchers: Jason C. Yip

2023

Collaborative Research: III: Small: A DREAM Proactive Conversational System

Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $268,047
Information School PI: Chirag Shah

Collaborative Research: An Equitable, Justice-Focused Ecosystem for Pacific Northwest Secondary CS Teaching

Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $1,086,476
Information School PI: Amy J. Ko

HCC: Medium: Grounded Visualization Design to Support Community-Engaged Biodiversity Identification

Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
iSchool Amount: $495,606
Total Amount: $910,000
Information School PI: Jaime Snyder
Additional researchers: Julia Parrish

Misinformation Media Literacy: Supporting Libraries as Hubs for Misinformation Education (MML)

Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $749,727
Information School PI: Jevin West
Additional researchers: Cindy Aden, Chris Coward, Mike Caulfield

Co-Management agreements between Federal Land Management Agencies and Tribal Nations

Sponsoring Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Amount: $124,000
Information School PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay, Jesse Brisbois

Research in Support of Wide-reaching Public Engagement with STEM project entitled Co-Designing Media to Foster Joint Peer-to-Peer Engagement, Promote Engineering Learning, and Expand Reach with PBS KIDS's Team Hamster!

Sponsoring Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Originating Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $461,039
Information School PI: Jason C. Yip

Detecting and mitigating bias in large language models

Sponsoring Organization: Gates Foundation
Amount: $20,000
Information School PI: Chirag Shah

UW CIP Policy Translation Fellowship

Sponsoring Organization: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Amount: $300,000
Information School PI: Ryan Calo
Additional researchers: Kate Starbird

Encouraging Nonviolent Communication in Online Messaging Platforms

Sponsoring Organization: Google
Amount: $60,000
Information School PI: Alexis Hiniker

Building Resistance to Cancer Nutrition Misinformation through an Escape Room Game Intervention

Sponsoring Organization: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC)
Originating Sponsoring Organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Amount: $94,560
Information School PI: Chris Coward
Additional researchers: Jin Ha Lee, Julie A. Kientz

Collaborative Research: ER2: The development of research ethics governance projects in computer science

Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $225,929
Information School PI: Megan Finn

LIS Forward: Shaping Future Directions for LIS in iSchools -- Outreach and Engagement

Sponsoring Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $149,832
Information School PI: Carole Palmer
Additional researchers: Chris Coward