Cumulative Grants Paid to Washington state nonprofit research institutions 1981-2026

Grants paid by fiscal year:

  • 2026: $17,779,220

  • 2025: $15,841,699

  • 2024: $17,135,139

  • 2023: $10,208,659

  • 2022: $14,398,390

  • 2021: $13,610,605

  • 2020: $10,408,322

  • 2019: $10,165,992

  • 2018: $11,356,737

  • 2017: $10,530,058

  • 2016: $10,117,961

  • 1993-2015: $56,315,799

Year Institution Department Type of Grant Amount
2024 Institute for Systems Biology Technology Commercialization

Technology Commercialization Award

$200,000
2024 Nucleate Student Programs

Activator program support

$3,000
2024 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

$106,250
2024 Pacific Northwest Research Institute Sponsorships & Other

Gift in memory of David Galas

$100,000
2024 Seattle Children's Research Institute Postdoctoral Programs

Olson: Invent at Seattle Children’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program

$2,560,000
2024 Seattle Children's Research Institute Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

$50,000
2024 University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering Technology Commercialization

Cecilia Aragon: Phase 1

$100,000
2024 University of Washington Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology Planning

Jay Shendure: SeaHub Programmable Cells & Genomes Network (PCGN)

$105,000
2024 University of Washington Pharmacy Planning

Jayanth Panyan: Institute for Drug Delivery

$112,250
2024 University of Washington Pathology Planning

Jennifer Davis: Platforms of Human Aging and Disease in a Dish (PHADD) Technical Hub

$199,462
2024 University of Washington Technology Transfer Faculty Programs

UW-WSU Collaborative Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)

$212,800
2024 University of Washington Physiology & Biophysics Technology Commercialization

Andres Barria: Phase 2

$250,000
2024 University of Washington Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

$97,292
2024 University of Washington Applied Mathematics Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowship

$71,250
2024 University of Washington Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships

$96,495
2024 University of Washington English Sponsorships & Other

Retirement gift to Friends of English Fund in honor of Jim Uhlir’s WRF board service

$90,000
2024 University of Washington Biochemistry Technology Commercialization

Shiri Levy: Phase 1

$100,000
2024 University of Washington Biochemistry Postdoctoral Programs

WRF Postdoctoral Fellowships

$196,148
2024 University of Washington Bioengineering Technology Commercialization

Paul Yager: Phase 1

$100,000
2024 University of Washington Bioengineering Planning

Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert: Washington Initiative for Neuroscience (WIN)

$200,000