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Western Washington University: 6 NIH awards ($2.7M) and 58 NSF awards ($21.4M), fiscal years 2021 to 2026
Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA is funded under 6 NIH awards ($2.7M) and 58 NSF awards ($21.4M) in the NIH and NSF award files, read 2026-11-03. NIH fiscal years 2021 to 2025; NSF fiscal years 2022 to 2026.
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Awards
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student-centric Elementary Science Teaching | NSF | Education Innovation & Translation Section | 2023 | $1,755,442 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Deborah L Hanuscin | nsf.gov |
| Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 3 at Western Washington University | NSF | Workforce & Talent Continuum Section | 2023 | $1,474,764 | October 15, 2023 | September 30, 2028 | Emily J Borda | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Investigating the Role of an RNA Interference Pathway in Safeguarding the Tetrahymena Thermophila Somatic Genome | NSF | Molecular Biosciences | 2022 | $1,298,921 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | Suzanne R Lee | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: IMPLEMENTATION: EVOLVED - Embedding a Vision to Operationalize, Lift up, and Value Equity and Diversity in the Consortium of Aquatic Science Societies | NSF | Division of Biological Infrastructure | 2023 | $1,203,675 | July 15, 2023 | April 18, 2025 | Robin B Kodner | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Implementation Grant: Active Societal Participation In Research and Education | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,007,851 | April 15, 2024 | March 31, 2029 | Marco B Hatch | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Organelle Networks Orient Cilia and First-Generation College Students for Success | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2022 | $918,345 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Domenico F Galati | nsf.gov |
| Structural and Biochemical Studies of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII to Overcome the Immune Response | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | 2021 to 2024 | $777,998 | April 1, 2017 | May 31, 2027 | SPIEGEL, PAUL CLINTON | reporter.nih.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Do diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes directly or indirectly reduce embryonic and larval forage fish fitness? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $638,888 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | M Brady Olson | nsf.gov |
| RUI: The evolution of circumorbital morphology in hominids | NSF | Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences | 2023 | $556,927 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Tesla Monson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Fostering Teamwork in the Context of Learning Physics through Socio-Metacognition and Engaged Student Learning | NSF | Education Innovation & Translation Section | 2025 | $544,703 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2028 | Thanh K Le | nsf.gov |
| MRI: Acquisition of a micro-computed tomography scanner for interdisciplinary research at Western Washington University | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $534,617 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Casey Saenger | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The Application of Strategic Anthropomorphism to Activate Empathy and Advance Conservation | NSF | Division of Social and Economic Sciences | 2023 | $529,741 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Cameron T Whitley | nsf.gov |
| Upgrade of LA-ICP-MS for research and education at Western Washington University | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $507,050 | February 1, 2022 | December 31, 2024 | Susan M DeBari | nsf.gov |
| Spatial Justice in Physics Teaching and Learning | NSF | Division Of Undergraduate Education | 2022 | $471,586 | September 1, 2022 | April 18, 2025 | Verónica N Vélez | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Clockwise block rotation in the Pacific Northwest and sinistral movement on the Lewis & Clark zone | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $401,467 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Bernard A Housen | nsf.gov |
| Genetic Regulation of Stress Responses at the Endoplasmic Reticulum | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2025 | $401,429 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | DAHLBERG, CAROLINE LUND | reporter.nih.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Strategic University Practices to Expand Research (SUPER) Partnerships | NSF | Regional Innovation Section | 2024 | $400,000 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Amanda R Murphy | nsf.gov |
| Optimization of cannabidiol-based formulations in autism spectrum disorder | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2025 | $396,988 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2028 | KAPLAN, JOSH | reporter.nih.gov |
| RUI: Advancing Stereoselective Synthesis Through Allyl Organosamarium Intermediates | NSF | Chemistry Section | 2024 | $391,841 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Gregory W O'Neil | nsf.gov |
| Bioinspired Structure/Function Studies that Leverage Proton-Responsive Secondary Coordination Spheres and Ligand-Based Redox Sites | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2023 | $386,719 | July 1, 2017 | July 31, 2026 | GILBERTSON, JOHN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Improved Understanding of Bacterial Sortase Activity Towards Next-Generation Protein Engineering | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2024 | $382,912 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | AMACHER, JEANINE FAYE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Bridging the Accessible Technology Gap: Connecting Industry and Computing Faculty for the Adoption of Evidence-Based Teaching of Accessibility Concepts | NSF | Education Innovation & Translation Section | 2025 | $377,800 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Yasmine Elglaly | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Cycling of dissolved organic matter in blue carbon ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $376,476 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Catherine D Clark | nsf.gov |
| Mild and Selective Cooperative-Base Mediated Hydrosilylations for Improved Drug Synthesis | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2022 | $375,988 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2026 | O'NEIL, GREGORY W | reporter.nih.gov |
| RUI: N-N Bond Formation from NOx- on Pyridinediimine and Pyridinemonoimine Complexes | NSF | Chemistry Section | 2024 | $373,813 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | John D Gilbertson | nsf.gov |
| REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry at Western Washington University | NSF | Division Of Chemistry | 2023 | $360,000 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Jeanine Amacher | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Phenocryst or not? Using a stratovolcano's crystal cargo to explore crustal-scale magmatic systems, Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker), Northern Cascade Arc | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $356,976 | March 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Susan M DeBari | nsf.gov |
| REU Site: Field and laboratory studies of coastal marine processes at the Shannon Point Marine Center | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $339,498 | February 1, 2024 | September 30, 2027 | Brian L Bingham | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Role of lithologic variability in controlling downstream channel response to sediment pulses | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $329,004 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Allison M Pfeiffer | nsf.gov |
| MCA Pilot PUI: Neural Signaling and Mechanisms Underlying Sensory Integration and Plasticity | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2024 | $324,751 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Jacqueline K Rose | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Effects of Traffic Noise on Avian Cognition | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $321,868 | February 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Christopher N Templeton | nsf.gov |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship: STEMEdIPRF: From Learners to Leaders: Building Teamwork Skills in Physics Education for Teachers | NSF | Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section | 2025 | $303,700 | September 15, 2025 | August 31, 2027 | Anne T Alesandrini | nsf.gov |
| Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) | NSF | Scholarships, Fellowships, and Traineeships Section | 2022 | $296,000 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | David L Patrick | nsf.gov |
| Temyiq Tuyuryaq: Collaborative Archaeology the Yupiit Way | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $291,934 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2026 | Kristen Barnett | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Utilizing high-throughput proteomics to build a conceptual model of the effects of environmental change on early life stages of genetically diverse herring populations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $273,464 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Brooke Love | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Evaluating the role of terrane accretion on the evolution of indenter corner fault systems, an example from the eastern Himalaya | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $265,694 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Paul M Betka | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Environmental Drivers of Snow Algae Bloom Dynamics, Physiology, and Life-Cycles | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $265,680 | February 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Robin B Kodner | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Active deformation and exhumation at the transition from subduction to oblique collision in Central New Zealand | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $264,044 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Colin B Amos | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Bridging time and length scales of intrinsically disordered protein conformations and assemblies using advanced computational methods | NSF | Molecular Biosciences | 2025 | $257,955 | February 1, 2025 | January 31, 2030 | James J McCarty | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Collaborative Research: Autonomous retrieval of impurity-laden Arctic sea ice and hyperspectral surface properties through innovative robotics | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2022 | $236,854 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2026 | Alia L Khan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: An Equitable, Justice-Focused Ecosystem for Pacific Northwest Secondary CS Teaching | NSF | Division of Computing and Communication Foundations | 2023 | $231,554 | October 1, 2023 | April 18, 2025 | Caroline D Hardin | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Leveraging Noncovalent Interactions to Design Tunable, Reprocessable, and Degradable Materials | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2025 | $228,605 | June 1, 2025 | May 31, 2030 | Michael B Larsen | nsf.gov |
| OCE-PRF: Structural controls on fault slip behavior and deformation at the Queen Charlotte oceanic-continental transform | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $213,815 | January 1, 2023 | October 31, 2024 | Andrew C Gase | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Constraining Pliocene North Pacific marine heatwave variability from individual foraminifera Mg/Ca | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $213,571 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Casey Saenger | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Investigating Ice Formation on Optical Surfaces and Material Properties for Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Detectors | NSF | Physics Section | 2022 | $209,988 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Svenja M Fleischer | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Topics in Free Boundary Problems | NSF | Mathematical Science Section | 2024 | $208,780 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Mariana Smit Vega Garcia | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Knot Theory and the Four-Sphere | NSF | Mathematical Science Section | 2024 | $199,256 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Jeffrey L Meier | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Topological Defects and Dynamic Motion of Symmetry-breaking Tadpole Particles in Liquid Crystal Medium | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2024 | $198,458 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Ying Bao | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do accretionary sutures evolve into Cordilleran strike-slip faults? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $195,590 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Paul M Betka | nsf.gov |
| CRII: CPS: RUI: Cognizant Learning for Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems | NSF | Division Of Computer and Network Systems | 2022 | $174,921 | February 15, 2022 | January 31, 2025 | Bhaskar Ramasubramanian | nsf.gov |
| Equipment: MRI: Track #1 Acquisition of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter to Support Modern Materials Research and Teaching at Western Washington University | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2023 | $173,150 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Mark Peyron | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Microbial Mat Community Structure and Metabolic Potential Changes Following an Eruptive Event at Axial Seamount | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $149,813 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | Craig L Moyer | nsf.gov |
| MRI: Acquisition of a Zetasizer to Support Multi-Disciplinary Research and Education at Western Washington University | NSF | Division Of Materials Research | 2022 | $121,438 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2025 | Ying Bao | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Impacts of Deposition from Smoke-derived Black Carbon on the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Greater Arctic Cryosphere due to Transport from Record Setting Canadian Wildfires | NSF | Office of Polar Programs (OPP) | 2023 | $121,369 | September 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 | Alia L Khan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: The disintegration of clusters and their contribution to the metal-poor bulge | NSF | Astronomical Science Section | 2024 | $109,108 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Kevin Covey | nsf.gov |
| Let Engineers Teach Engineering in K-12 | NSF | Division Of Undergraduate Education | 2024 | $99,940 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2026 | Sura K Al-Qudah | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Fractional quantum Hall effect on noisy quantum computers | NSF | Materials Research Section | 2024 | $72,547 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Armin Rahmani | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Imaging the Locked-to-Slipping Transition for the 1964 Alaska Earthquake Rupture Zone | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $61,390 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | Emily Roland | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Racial Equity in STEM Starts with Teacher Education | NSF | Education Innovation & Translation Section | 2024 | $51,337 | September 1, 2024 | April 25, 2025 | Emily J Borda | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 7th Biennial Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum at WWU | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2024 | $49,665 | March 1, 2024 | November 30, 2024 | Bernard A Housen | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Trisections Workshop: Connections with Computational Topology | NSF | Mathematical Science Section | 2026 | $30,000 | May 1, 2026 | October 31, 2026 | Jeffrey L Meier | nsf.gov |
| New Developments in Four Dimensions | NSF | Division Of Mathematical Sciences | 2022 | $25,780 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | Jeffrey L Meier | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (PNW Section) | NSF | Division Of Mathematical Sciences | 2023 | $12,916 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2024 | Tilmann Glimm | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Increasing Opportunities in the Mountain Climate Science Community with Support to the 2022 MtnClim Conference September 12-16, 2022 | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $4,910 | August 1, 2022 | January 31, 2023 | Andrew G Bunn | nsf.gov |
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $769,400 |
| 2025 | 2 | $798,417 | 11 | $3,826,549 |
| 2024 | 2 | $771,140 | 22 | $4,601,045 |
| 2023 | 1 | $386,719 | 17 | $6,897,230 |
| 2022 | 1 | $375,988 | 19 | $5,023,072 |
| 2021 | 1 | $389,770 | 0 | $0 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
| Open opportunity | Number | Agency | Listing | Closes | Award ceiling | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) | 26-512 | NSF | 47.050 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.050 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support | 23-525 | NSF | 47.050 | January 11, 2027 | $47.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 23-520 | NSF | 47.050 | January 21, 2027 | $1 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.050 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) | 22-615 | NSF | 47.050 | February 16, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | 22-603 | NSF | 47.050 | March 1, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.050 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.050 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.050 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.050 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.050 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.050 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) | 23-598 | NSF | 47.050 | October 19, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program | 25-549 | NSF | 47.050 | October 6, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) | 22-639 | NSF | 47.050 | October 7, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) | 14-579 | NSF | 47.050 | October 14, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
| Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core) | 26-516 | NSF | 47.050 | October 27, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 18 awards here |
Topics of its NIH awards
- Building Research Capacity at Institutions with Limited NIH Funding
- Bioengineering
- Hematology
- Nanotechnology
- Orphan Drug
- Rare Diseases
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Biodefense and Related Countermeasures
- Biotechnology
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Infectious Diseases
- Autism
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.