Grants & Awards
2019
Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Apps for Meaningful—Rather than Compulsive—Phone Use
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Research Initiation Initiative (CRII), Cyber-Human Systems (CHS)
Amount: $175,000
PI: Alexis Hiniker
Amount: $175,000
PI: Alexis Hiniker
Life Histories of Labor and Resilience: 25 years of Casa Latina in Seattle
Funder: UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
Amount: $13,000
PI: Ricardo Gomez
Amount: $13,000
PI: Ricardo Gomez
CAREER AWARD: Visually Encoding Personal Data for Vulnerable Populations
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $613,405
PI: Jaime Snyder
Amount: $613,405
PI: Jaime Snyder
Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) Research
Funder: United States Department of Defense (DOD) through Carnegie Mellon University
Amount: $34,904
PI: Anind K. Dey
Amount: $34,904
PI: Anind K. Dey
Study of Children's Interaction with Technology Products
Funder: Amazon.com, Inc., Agreement
Amount: $16,000
PI: Jason C. Yip
Amount: $16,000
PI: Jason C. Yip
Preventing Unintended and Malicious Audio Capture on Android Devices
Funder: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Amount: $39,000
PI: Alexis Hiniker
Amount: $39,000
PI: Alexis Hiniker
Cultivating Ethics in Data Science: Challenges and Opportunities in Academia and Industry
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM), Collaborative Research (Total award: $400,000)
Amount: $64,477
PI: Anna Lauren Hoffmann
Amount: $64,477
PI: Anna Lauren Hoffmann
Formal Methods in the Field (FMitF)
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF) (Total award: $738,125)
Amount: $19,000
PI: Amy J. Ko, Mike Ernst, Zachary Tatlock, Jennifer Mankoff
Amount: $19,000
PI: Amy J. Ko, Mike Ernst, Zachary Tatlock, Jennifer Mankoff
Data & Design Methods for Supporting Crisis Informatics in Conflict Zones
Funder: Facebook Research: Crisis Informatics Research Award
Amount: $50,000
PI: Karen E. Fisher
Amount: $50,000
PI: Karen E. Fisher
DCC Curation Lifecycle Model 2.0
Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation through Johns Hopkins University (Total Award: $19,124)
Amount: $6,117
PI: Carole Palmer
Amount: $6,117
PI: Carole Palmer
2018
Using Participatory Design and Participatory Action Research Methods to Examine Adolescent and Families use of Technologies
Funder: Jacobs Foundation through the University of California Irvine
Amount: $6,250
PI: Jason C. Yip
Amount: $6,250
PI: Jason C. Yip
The Privacy Interoperability Project
Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Amount: $420,815
PI: Nicholas Weber, Carole Palmer
Amount: $420,815
PI: Nicholas Weber, Carole Palmer
Co-Creating Concept Art and Stories for Virtual Reality (VR): Libraries and Museums as Assets for Juvenile Rehabilitation
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $89,109
PI: Negin Dahya, Jessica Luke
Additional researchers: Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee, Gillian Harkins
Amount: $89,109
PI: Negin Dahya, Jessica Luke
Additional researchers: Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee, Gillian Harkins
Project FIGARO-- Factors Important to Gather for Anticipating Relapses for Opioids
Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), through Behaivior LLC (Total Award: $223,791)
Amount: $47,999
PI: Anind K. Dey
Amount: $47,999
PI: Anind K. Dey
Computational Modeling of Human Rhythms to Improve Health and Quality of Life
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Cyber-Human Systems (CHS), Small, through Carnegie Mellon University (Total Award: $498,496)
Amount: $43,594
PI: Anind K. Dey
Amount: $43,594
PI: Anind K. Dey
Facilitating the Curation and Conversation of Biotech History
Funder: Science History Institute
Amount: $19,992
PI: Jevin West, Jason H. Portenoy
Amount: $19,992
PI: Jevin West, Jason H. Portenoy
NatureCollections: Can a Mobile App Connect Kids with Nature?
Funder: CoMotion Innovation Fund
Amount: $50,000
PI: Katie Davis, Joshua Lawler, Saba Kawas, Sarah Chase
Amount: $50,000
PI: Katie Davis, Joshua Lawler, Saba Kawas, Sarah Chase
CAREER AWARD: Enhancing Critical Reflection on Data by Integrating Users' Expectations in Visualization Interaction
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $523,516
PI: Jessica Hullman
Amount: $523,516
PI: Jessica Hullman
Supporting Intergenerational Participatory Design Groups for Librarians and Youth for Design Thinking around Digital Learning
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $353,071
PI: Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $353,071
PI: Jason C. Yip, Jin Ha Lee
A Conceptual Data Model and Schema for Video Game Development Artifacts
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $254,072
PI: Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $254,072
PI: Jin Ha Lee
Group Health Foundation - Lessons Learned From Engaging with Communities
Funder: Group Health Foundation
Amount: $7,500
PI: Jaime Snyder
Amount: $7,500
PI: Jaime Snyder
Tribal Water Summit, 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: Oculus through the Washington State Library
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 C. Yip, Julie A. Kientz
Amount: $67,572
PI: Alexis Hiniker, Jason C. Yip, Julie A. 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: Bill Howe, Bryna Hazelton, Ariel Rokem
Amount: $754,601
PI: Bill Howe, Bryna Hazelton, Ariel Rokem
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
Foundations of Responsible Data
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Big Data Science & Engineering, Collaborative Research
Amount: $364,975
PI: Julia Stoyanovich, Bill Howe
Amount: $364,975
PI: Julia Stoyanovich, Bill Howe
Automatically Synthesizing Valid, Personalized Formative Assessments of CS1 Concepts
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $523,857
PI: Amy J. Ko, Min Li
Amount: $523,857
PI: Amy J. Ko, Min Li
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
Designing Future Library Leaders
Funder: Syracuse University
Amount: $4,200
PI: Rachel Clark, Jin Ha Lee
Amount: $4,200
PI: Rachel Clark, Jin Ha Lee
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
Programming Strategies
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Software & Hardware Foundation (SHF), Medium, Collaborative Research
Amount: $487,207
PI: Lindsay Holyfield, Amy J. Ko
Amount: $487,207
PI: Lindsay Holyfield, Amy J. 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 (RRF)
Amount: $39,982
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Amount: $39,982
PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Calling Bullshit in the Age of Fake News
Funder: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Amount: $50,000
PI: Jevin West, Carl Bergstrom
Amount: $50,000
PI: Jevin West, Carl Bergstrom
Seismic Cultures Around the Ring of Fire
Funder: University of Washington Global Innovation Fund (GIF)
Amount: $14,544
PI: Megan Finn, Scott Miles
Amount: $14,544
PI: Megan Finn, Scott Miles
Complex-Knowledge Visualization Tool
Funder: Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.
Amount: $69,789
PI: Jessica Hullman
Amount: $69,789
PI: Jessica Hullman
Project LOCAL: Library Outreach as a Community Anchor in Learning
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $49,797
PI: Michelle H. Martin
Additional researchers: J. Elizabeth Mills, Kathleen Campana
Amount: $49,797
PI: Michelle H. Martin
Additional researchers: J. Elizabeth Mills, Kathleen Campana
Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI): Demonstrating and Evaluating Open Annotation for Publications Based on Qualitative Research
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through Syracuse University
Amount: $22,385
PI: Nicholas Weber, Colin Elman
Amount: $22,385
PI: Nicholas Weber, Colin Elman
Visualizing Bipolar Disorder: Exploring the Representation of Personal Data in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
Funder: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Amount: $34,766
PI: Jaime Snyder
Amount: $34,766
PI: Jaime Snyder