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2024

Planning: DCL EPSCOR: CISE Large: Investigations in Foundational Models for Recommendation with Applications to Complex Domains

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF) through University of Louisville
Amount: $41,215
iSchool PI: Chirag Shah
Additional researchers: Olfa Nasraoui

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

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF) through Georgia Tech
Amount: $100,207
iSchool PI: Nassim Parvin
Additional researchers: Azad Naeemi

Ability-Based Design for Generative AI

Funder: Google
Amount: $60,000
iSchool PI: Jacob O. Wobbrock
Additional researchers: James A. Fogarty

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

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $526,067
iSchool PI: Hala Annabi
Additional researchers: Elizabeth Follmer, Jennifer C Mankoff, Scott Bellman

This Site is Fake Dot Com: A novel resource for teaching information literacy and a community model to support it

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $249,884
iSchool PI: Stacey Wedlake
Additional researchers: Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young

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

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $399,485
iSchool PI: Marika Cifor
Additional researchers: Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young, Cindy Aden, Sandy Littletree

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

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $249,628
iSchool PI: Jin Ha Lee

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

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF) through Georgetown University
Amount: $260,047
iSchool PI: Chirag Shah

Developing a Community-Based Model for Equitable AI Education

Funder: Spencer Foundation
Amount: $75,000
iSchool PI: Katie Davis
Additional researchers: Jason C. Yip

2023

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

Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Amount: $124,000
iSchool PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Additional researchers: Jesse Brisbois

Developing a Spanish-language Homosaurus: Using Multi-language Linked Data to Enhance LGBTQ+ Resource Discoverability

Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Amount: $349,759
iSchool PI: Marika Cifor
Additional researchers: K Rawson

Advancing Neurodiversity Employment in Federal Workplaces

Funder: Melwood Horticultural Training Center
Amount: $55,000
iSchool PI: Hala Annabi

Responsible Datasets in Context: Collaboratively Designing for Ethical Humanities Data Education

Funder: The Mozilla Foundation
Amount: $148,297
iSchool PI: Melanie Walsh
Additional researchers: Anna Preus

Auditing Social Media Algorithmic Pathways to Measure Prevalence of Online Misinformation Related to Opioid Misuse

Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Amount: $244,178
iSchool PI: Tanu Mitra

UW CIP Policy Translation Fellowship

Funder: Knight Foundation
Amount: $300,000
iSchool PI: Ryan Calo
Additional researchers: Kate Starbird

Encouraging Nonviolent Communication in Online Messaging Platforms

Funder: Google
Amount: $60,000
iSchool PI: Alexis Hiniker

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

Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH) RO1 grant through Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Amount: $94,560
iSchool PI: Chris Coward

The Development of Research Ethics Governance Projects in Computer Science

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Collaborative Research
Amount: $225,929
iSchool PI: Megan Finn
Additional researchers: Katherine Shilton

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

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $149,832
Additional researchers: Carole Palmer, Chris Coward

UW Dissonance Interventions to Reduce Conspiracies

Funder: Google
Amount: $160,000
iSchool PI: Tanu Mitra

2022

Co-producing and evaluating a shared stewardship approach to Wilderness management with Tribal Nations and Indigenous Systems of Knowledge

Funder: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service
Amount: $49,000
iSchool PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay

Gender and Health Informatics

Funder: Google
Amount: $10,000
iSchool PI: Wanda Pratt

SCC-CIVIC-PG Track A: Enhancing the Capacity for Environmental and Social Resiliency in Overburdened Communities

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $49,999
iSchool PI: David G. Hendry
Additional researchers: Aurora Martin, Esther Min

Co-designing for Trust: Reimagining Online Information Literacies with Underserved Communities

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF) (Total award: $5,000,000)
Amount: $2,740,223
iSchool PI: Jason Young
Additional researchers: Shaun Glaze, Ahmer Arif

Supporting administration of public lands with expertise on successful collaborative partnerships, Indigenous Systems of Knowledge and Tribal Sovereignty

Funder: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service
Amount: $60,000
iSchool PI: Clarita Lefthand-Begay

Smartphone sensors to detect shifts toward healthy behavior during alcohol treatment

Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH) through Rutgers University
Amount: $18,658
iSchool PI: Anind K. Dey
Additional researchers: Tammy Chung

Kids CoLab - Supporting collaborative decision making with youth impacted by chronic kidney disease

Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Amount: $672,378
iSchool PI: Ari Pollack

Characterizing Sustainable Software from NSF Awards

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF), Collaborative Research
Amount: $247,596
iSchool PI: Nicholas Weber

Open-Source Hardware Assembly, Repair, and Sustainability

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $317,332
iSchool PI: Nicholas Weber

Valuing Library and Archives Labor: Assessing Internship and Fellowship Implications for the Library and Archives Community

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $318,989
Additional researchers: Marika Cifor, Jin Ha Lee

Empowering Neurodivergent Librarians to Lead Inclusion in Libraries

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $491,500
iSchool PI: Hala Annabi

Supporting the Development of Digital Playful Exploratory Resources to Combat Mis/disinformation through Online Intergenerational Co-design

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Amount: $249,917
iSchool PI: Jason C. Yip

Centering Washington Tribal Libraries: Building Relationships and Understanding Libraries From the Stories of Their Communities

Funder: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Amount: $82,000
iSchool PI: Sandy Littletree
Additional researchers: Cindy Aden

CAREER: Visually Encoding Personal Data for Vulnerable Populations (REU Supplement)

Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $16,000
iSchool PI: Jaime Snyder

Planning the Metaverse for Kids: Social Gaming Walk-Through Study

Funder: Boston Children's Hospital
Amount: $65,792
iSchool PI: Alexis Hiniker

Center for an Informed Public - Hewlett Foundation Renewal

Funder: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Amount: $600,000
iSchool PI: Kate Starbird

Designing Education Resources to Counter Misinformation for Older Adults

Funder: Argosy Foundation
Amount: $50,000
iSchool PI: Jevin West
Additional researchers: Carl Bergstrom

Misinformation Escape Room: Building a research agenda for a gamified approach to combating health misinformation

Funder: University of Washington Population Health Initiative
Amount: $24,914
iSchool PI: Chris Coward
Additional researchers: Jin Ha Lee, Kolina Koltai, Rachel Moran, Julie A. Kientz

Sun Safety Intervention for Children: Mobile SunSmart MS2

Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH) through University of Southern California
Amount: $469,813
iSchool PI: Jason C. Yip

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Students (from left) Harman Zhang, Sara Duan, Justin Dong, Noa Avitan and David Pham

Informatics team helps music streamer earn money for artists

Thursday, May 22, 2025
For a music creator, getting paid by listeners around the world should be as simple as a fan clicking “subscribe.” But for many artists in less developed countries, existing streaming platforms make that difficult or out of reach.An...
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Alex Heller, Alina Weseloh and Ilias Bowen-Sicalides

MLIS team preserves a piece of radio history

Friday, May 16, 2025
From 1973 to 2011, the Evergreen Radio Reading Service served blind and print-disabled listeners across the state of Washington. Now, with its recordings stored in a fragile audio archive and at risk of permanent loss, a team of MLIS...
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Events

May 28
 
4:00-5:00PM

MLIS Law Librarianship Information Session

Zoom / Online
May 29
 
5:30-6:30PM

iSchool Library Leadership Spotlight Series: Melody Sky Weaver

Virtual
May 30
 
11:30-1:15PM

Faculty Meeting

Bloedel Hall 070
Jun 2
 
12:00-1:00PM

MSIM Mid-Career Last Chance Q&A

Zoom / Online
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