Grants

Recent Grants

Washington Research Foundation has given over $113 million in grants to Washington state nonprofit research institutions since 1993. Details since 2016 are shown below.

If you believe your research is a good match for one of our programs, we welcome the opportunity to discuss it with you. Please contact Meher Antia, Ph.D., at grants@wrfseattle.org or (206) 336-5600 for more information.

Cumulative Grants Paid

Line chart showing total grants paid by year

Grants paid by fiscal year:

  • 2021: $   4,736,567 to date
  • 2020: $10,408,322
  • 2019: $10,165,992
  • 2018: $11,356,737
  • 2017: $10,530,058
  • 2016: $10,117,961
  • 1993-2015: $56,314,299
Year Institution Department Type of Grant Amount
2020 Bloodworks Northwest Equipment & Facilities

Mass Spectrometer

 $150,000
2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships

 $231,458
2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Basic Sciences Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

 $26,250
2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Clinical Research Division Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

 $68,750
2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Technology Commercialization

Phase 3 Technology Commercialization Grant for SMITEs program

 $850,000
2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Immunology Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

 $90,000
2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Computational Biology Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

 $91,875
2020 Infectious Disease Research Institute Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

 $21,875
2020 Institute for Systems Biology Technology Commercialization

Phase 2 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $189,993
2020 Institute for Systems Biology Faculty Programs

Faculty Recruitment/Retention Award for Dr. Sean Gibbons

 $274,300
2020 Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Programs

WRF-LSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

 $65,000
2020 Seattle Children's Research Institute Technology Commercialization

Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $42,829
2020 Seattle Children's Research Institute Otolaryngology Technology Commercialization

Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $50,000
2020 University of Washington Education Sponsorships & Other

Brotherhood Initiative

 $1,000
2020 University of Washington CoMotion Sponsorships & Other

Genome Startup Day

 $1,000
2020 University of Washington Biological Oceanography Technology Commercialization

Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $10,000
2020 University of Washington Pharmacy Technology Commercialization

Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $10,000
2020 University of Washington Brotman Baty Instutute Technology Commercialization

Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $10,000
2020 University of Washington School of Environmental & Forest Sciences Technology Commercialization

Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grant

 $10,000
2020 University of Washington ARCS Foundation Student Programs

ARCS Endowment in Honor of Ronald Howell

 $100,000