Grants & Awards
2018
Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $10,000
PI: Katharine Davis
Amount: $10,000
PI: Katharine Davis
Facilitating the curation and conversation of biotech history
Funder: Science History Institute
Amount: $19,992
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $19,992
PI: Jevin West
A Conceptual Data Model and Schema for Video Game Development Artifacts
Funder: IMLS
Amount: $254,072
PI: Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $254,072
PI: Jin Ha Lee
Supporting Intergenerational Participatory Design Groups for Librarians and Youth for Design Thinking around Digital Learning
Funder: IMLS
Amount: $353,071
PI: Jason Yip, Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $353,071
PI: Jason Yip, Jin Ha Lee
Russell Family Foundation - Tribal Water Summit in Spring 2018
Funder: Russell Family Foundation
Amount: $5,000
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Amount: $5,000
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Virtual Reality in Washington State Libraries
Funder: Washington State Library (Oculus)
Amount: $177,849
PI: Negin Dahya, Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $177,849
PI: Negin Dahya, Jin Ha Lee
2017
Understanding Design Opportunities for In-Home Digital Assistants for Low- and Middle- Income Families
Funder: Mozilla Foundation
Amount: $67,572
PI: Alexis Hiniker, Jason Yip, Julie Kientz
Amount: $67,572
PI: Alexis Hiniker, Jason Yip, Julie Kientz
Seattle Civic User Testing (CUT) Group Pilot
Funder: City of Seattle
Amount: $4,529
PI: Nicholas Weber
Amount: $4,529
PI: Nicholas Weber
Advance Data Analytic Support for Strategic PNW Partners by eScience Institute
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amount: $754,601
PI: William Howe
Amount: $754,601
PI: William Howe
Prepare for the IT Workplace: Prepare Students with Autism for the IT Workplace
Funder: University of Washington Population Health Initiative
Amount: $50,000
PI: Hala Annabi
Amount: $50,000
PI: Hala Annabi
Designing Future Library Leaders
Funder: Syracuse University
Amount: $4,200
PI: Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $4,200
PI: Jin Ha Lee
EXP: Automatically Synthesizing Valid, Personalized Formative Assessments of CS1 Concepts
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $523,857
PI: Andrew Ko
Amount: $523,857
PI: Andrew Ko
Game Accessibility Metadata, Excellent! (GAME!) Project
Funder: University of Washington Disability Services
Amount: $3,000
PI: Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $3,000
PI: Jin Ha Lee
BIGDATA: F: Collaborative Research: Foundations of Responsible Data
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $364,975
PI: William Howe
Amount: $364,975
PI: William Howe
Social Impacts of AI
Funder: MacArthur Foundation
Amount: $1,000,000
PI: Batya Friedman, Ryan Calo, Tadayoshi Kohno
Amount: $1,000,000
PI: Batya Friedman, Ryan Calo, Tadayoshi Kohno
Calling Bullshit in the Age of Fake News
Funder: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Amount: $50,000
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $50,000
PI: Jevin West
SHF: Medium: Collaborative Research: Programming Strategies
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $487,207
PI: Andrew Ko
Amount: $487,207
PI: Andrew Ko
Water Insecurity Impacts on the Health and Culture of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States
Funder: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund
Amount: $39,982
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Amount: $39,982
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Seismic Cultures Around the Ring of Fire
Funder: University of Washington Global Innovation Fund
Amount: $14,544
PI: Megan Finn
Amount: $14,544
PI: Megan Finn
Project LOCAL: Library Outreach as a Community Anchor in Learning
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $49,797
PI: Michelle Martin
Additional researchers: Joanna Mills
Amount: $49,797
PI: Michelle Martin
Additional researchers: Joanna Mills
Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI): Demonstrating and Evaluating Open Annotation for Publications Based on Qualitative Research
Funder: Syracuse University
Amount: $22,385
PI: Nicholas Weber
Amount: $22,385
PI: Nicholas Weber
Visualizing Bipolar Disorder: Exploring Descriptive Imagery in the Personal Narratives of Bipolar Patients
Funder: UW Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Amount: $34,766
PI: Jaime Snyder
Amount: $34,766
PI: Jaime Snyder
2016
Baseline Study of African Public Library Environment
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amount: $2,500,000
PI: Christopher Coward
Amount: $2,500,000
PI: Christopher Coward
Community Climate Adaptation Workshop and Community Dinner
Funder: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Amount: $77,251
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Amount: $77,251
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
CCE STEM: Collaborative: Learning from Ethics Self-Regulation in InfoSec Research
Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $172,290
PI: Megan Finn
Additional researchers: Jevin West
Amount: $172,290
PI: Megan Finn
Additional researchers: Jevin West
TASCHA Legacy Grant
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amount: $15,918,283
PI: Christopher Coward
Amount: $15,918,283
PI: Christopher Coward
Open Data Literacy
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $690,858
PI: Carole Palmer, Nicholas Weber
Additional researchers: Jevin West, William Howe
Amount: $690,858
PI: Carole Palmer, Nicholas Weber
Additional researchers: Jevin West, William Howe
Employing Data Science at the University of Washington
Funder: University of Washington
Amount: $39,404
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $39,404
PI: Jevin West
Latino Youth Searching and Brokering Online Information for their Families
Funder: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund
Amount: $39,994
PI: Jason Yip
Amount: $39,994
PI: Jason Yip
Conflict and Private Sector Development: Lessons from Afghanistan
Funder: World Bank
Amount: $254,453
PI: Joshua Blumenstock, Jevin West
Amount: $254,453
PI: Joshua Blumenstock, Jevin West
NatureCollections: Can a mobile app connect kids with nature?
Funder: University of Washington Innovation Award
Amount: $400,000
PI: Katharine Davis
Amount: $400,000
PI: Katharine Davis
Improving market function in Open Access publishing through transparent comparison of journal price and quality
Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Amount: $124,370
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $124,370
PI: Jevin West
Pew Scholar Program - Supplement
Funder: Pew Charitable Trust
Amount: $19,028
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $19,028
PI: Jevin West
Measuring Scholarly Influence
Funder: Pew Charitable Trust
Amount: $18,000
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $18,000
PI: Jevin West
Youth Searching and Brokering Online Information for Latino Families with Limited English Proficiency
Funder: Google
Amount: $66,050
PI: Jason Yip
Amount: $66,050
PI: Jason Yip
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amount: $1,437,500
Additional researchers: Harry Bruce
Amount: $1,437,500
Additional researchers: Harry Bruce
Teaching by Text: Mobile Text and Instant Messaging for Teacher Training in Refugee Camps
Funder: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund
Amount: $39,995
PI: Negin Dahya
Amount: $39,995
PI: Negin Dahya
Organizational Effectiveness Grant
Funder: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Amount: $70,000
PI: Batya Friedman, Ryan Calo, Tadayoshi Kohno
Amount: $70,000
PI: Batya Friedman, Ryan Calo, Tadayoshi Kohno
Collaboration Studio: Migration and the Spaces of Sanctuary
Funder: UW Simpson Center for the Humanities
Amount: $7,400
PI: Ricardo Gomez
Amount: $7,400
PI: Ricardo Gomez
iFellows Doctoral Fellowship
Funder: Mellon Foundation
Amount: $50,000
Additional researchers: David Randall
Amount: $50,000
Additional researchers: David Randall
2015
Billions of Transactions, Thousands of Photos: Measuring the Availability and Use of Digital Financial Services
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Amount: $100,000
PI: Joshua Blumenstock
Amount: $100,000
PI: Joshua Blumenstock
Diversification dynamics of scientific ideas using small clustering for community detection
Funder: University of Chicago
Amount: $35,000
PI: Jevin West
Amount: $35,000
PI: Jevin West