Foundation Funding Workshop for Early Career Faculty

Posted: 10/17/2016 (Local Events)

Join the Office of Research and Corporate & Foundation Relations for a workshop on funding! Here’s what the event will cover:

• The focus of early career awards and how they differ from other funding opportunities
• Funding opportunities designed to help faculty launch their careers
  • Packard Fellowships (science and engineering)
  • Sloan Fellowships (chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field)
  • Rita Allen Foundation Scholars (biomedical sciences)
  • Mallinckrodt Scholar Program (biomedical sciences)
  • Pew Scholars Program (biomedical sciences)
  • Searle Scholars program (biomedical sciences and chemistry)
  • Beckman Young Investigators (chemical and life sciences)
  • Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship (humanities)
• Maximizing the role of each element
  • What your research statement needs to accomplish
  • What other application components need to accomplish
  • Choosing letter writers
• The submission process
• Review processes and criteria – varied audiences
• How the UW’s limited submission opportunity (LSO) works
• Where to learn more and get support/other opportunities

Please RSVP your plans to attend to research@uw.edu.

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Date: 10/21/2016

Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST

Location: University of Washington, Gerberding Hall 142