Washington Research Foundation has given over $190 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.
| Year | Institution | Department | Type of Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Technology Transfer |
Type of Grant:
Technology Commercialization
Technology Gap Fund |
Amount: $250,000 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: |
Type of Grant:
Student Programs
Innovation Leaders Lecture Series20 |
Amount: $5,000 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Student Affairs |
Type of Grant:
Student Programs
Team Mentoring Program |
Amount: $69,500 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Institute of Biological Chemistry |
Type of Grant:
Student Programs
Agriculture During Climate Stress, Research and Extension Experience for Undergraduates |
Amount: $90,909 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Composite Materials & Engineering |
Type of Grant:
Postdoctoral Programs
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Amount: $114,728 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Entomology |
Type of Grant:
Postdoctoral Programs
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Amount: $67,500 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Horticulture |
Type of Grant:
Technology Commercialization
Evans: Rootstock and systems trial for WA64 apple phase 1 award |
Amount: $99,932 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Mechanical Engineering |
Type of Grant:
Postdoctoral Programs
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Amount: $103,487 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Washington State University | Department: Pharmacotherapy |
Type of Grant:
Technology Commercialization
Roullet: mRNA therapy in succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency phase 1 award |
Amount: $100,000 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Western Washington University | Department: Chemistry |
Type of Grant:
Technology Commercialization
O’Neil: New adapters for safe handling of sensitive reagents phase 1 award |
Amount: $110,000 |
| Year: 2025 | Institution: Western Washington University | Department: Chemistry |
Type of Grant:
Technology Commercialization
Murphy: Commercial scale production of novel silk derivatives phase 1 award |
Amount: $70,346 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation | Department: |
Type of Grant:
Student Programs
ARCS Graduate Fellowships |
Amount: $50,000 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Benaroya Research Institute | Department: Center for Fundamental Immunology |
Type of Grant:
Technology Commercialization
Kazushige Ninomiya: Phase 1 |
Amount: $100,000 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Benaroya Research Institute | Department: |
Type of Grant:
Postdoctoral Programs
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Amount: $138,735 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Department: Clinical Research Division |
Type of Grant:
Planning
Joshua Hill: Immunotherapeutic Approaches to Prevent and Treat Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts (The ImmunoPTImize Network) |
Amount: $197,888 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Department: Clinical Research Division |
Type of Grant:
Planning
Jennifer Adair: Bridging the Clinical Gap: Adding Value to the “Discovered Here in Washington” Therapeutic Ecosystem |
Amount: $200,000 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Department: Clinical Research Division |
Type of Grant:
Planning
Andrew Hsieh: Towards an integrated research ecosystem on bladder cancer heterogeneity in the Pacific Northwest |
Amount: $200,000 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Department: Translational Science and Therapeutics |
Type of Grant:
IND-Enabling
Soheil Meshinchi |
Amount: $2,000,000 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Department: Basic Sciences |
Type of Grant:
Postdoctoral Programs
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Amount: $201,023 |
| Year: 2024 | Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Department: Human Biology |
Type of Grant:
Postdoctoral Programs
WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Amount: $121,570 |