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| Amazon Catalyst Grant Amazon Catalyst’s goal is to help people develop solutions to key problems faced in the world today. Problems can be diverse, from computer security, to immigration, to climate change. Because issues like these are complex, solutions will come from many different fields and many different perspectives. Therefore, the grants are open to all disciplines, including… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant Program This program's goal is to empower nonprofit organizations to prioritize technology as a mission-critical component of their projects and to provide support for organizations pursuing technology-driven goals. As part of the program, we are seeking proposals for pilot projects, proofs of concept, strategic technology planning, or existing programs that utilize technology in a new or… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Innovation & Technology | |
| Arnold Ventures Arnold Ventures funds efforts to understand problems and identify policy solutions. Our giving centers on issues in Criminal Justice, Health, Education, and Public Finance, and is guided by Evidence-Based Policy, Research, and Advocacy. We have supported more than 1,000 projects since we began in 2010. | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Health & Well Being | Policy & Law | |
| Bridge Funding Program The University of Washington Provost’s Office provides bridge funding to support faculty to span the gap in critical research programs. Applications from faculty should be submitted to the applicant’s department chair, who should prioritize requests before forwarding them to the dean of the college/school. In non-departmentalized colleges/schools, applications should be submitted to the dean or… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| Bruner Foundation – The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) is a national urban design award that seeks to promote innovative thinking about the built environment and advance conversation about making cities better. The award discovers and celebrates urban places that are distinguished by quality design along with their social and economic contributions to our nation’s cities. | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Design & Building | Economy & Development | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | |
| Bullitt Foundation Grants The Foundation’s resources are modest when compared to the ambitious mission of promoting sustainable development over a huge region. So its role is mostly catalytic. The Foundation looks for high risk, high potential payoff opportunities to exert unusual leverage. It has a special interest in demonstrating innovative approaches that promise to solve multiple problems simultaneously.… | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Health & Well Being | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | |
| Civic Innovation Challenge The Civic Innovation Challenge, funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Homeland Security, supports partnerships between communities and universities that address mobility and resilience priorities. Teams will compete for awards of up to $1 million to support ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects that have the potential for scalable, sustainable,… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Health & Well Being | Housing & Homelessness | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | |
| Department of Defense – National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Academic Research Program The NGA mission is to provide timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security objectives. GEOINT is the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Natural Resources & Environment | Security & Privacy | |
| Department of Homeland Security – Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program makes federal funds available to states, U.S territories, Indian tribal governments, and local communities for pre-disaster mitigation activities. | Health & Well Being | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Security & Privacy | |
| Department of Transportation – Accelerated Innovation Deployment The AID Demonstration program provides funding as an incentive for eligible entities to accelerate the implementation and adoption of innovation in highway transportation. The AID Demonstration program is one initiative under the multi-faceted Technology and Innovation Deployment Program (TIDP) approach providing funding and other resources to offset the risk of trying an innovation. | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | |
| Enterprise Community – Housing Tech In every corner of the nation, families are struggling to find an affordable place to live. We know this challenge is solvable. But only if we bring entrepreneurial market forces to bear to complement the policy and traditional market approaches that are effective but limited in their breadth due to resource constraints and timing. We… | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Housing & Homelessness | Innovation & Technology | |
| Environmental Justice Fund The Environmental Justice Fund is a grant opportunity for community-led projects that improve environmental conditions, respond to impacts of climate change and get us closer to achieving environmental justice. Created in 2017, the Fund is overseen by the Environmental Justice Committee, people with deep community roots working closely with communities on environmental justice issues. Environmental… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Climate & Energy | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Health & Well Being | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | |
| Esri – Disaster Response Program This program assists with disasters worldwide as part of our corporate citizenship. Esri supports response and relief efforts with GIS technology and expertise when capacity is exceeded. When you need help quickly, Esri can provide data, software, configurable applications, and technical support for your emergency GIS operations. We’re here to ensure you get the help… | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Innovation & Technology | Security & Privacy | |
| Ford Foundation We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. Yet around the world, billions of people are excluded from full participation in the political, economic, and cultural systems that shape their lives. We view this fundamental inequality as the defining challenge of our time, one that limits the potential of all people, everywhere. Addressing inequality… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | Housing & Homelessness | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | |
| Ford Foundation Fellowship Program This program seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Fellowships are made at the predoctoral,… | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Education | |
| Graham Foundation Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts makes project-based grants to individuals and organizations and produces public programs to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. Architecture and related spatial practices engage a wide range… | Arts & Culture | Design & Building | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | |
| HUD CDBG Community Development Grants The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in our communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses. CDBG is an important tool for helping local governments tackle serious challenges facing their communities. The CDBG program has made a difference in the lives… | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Housing & Homelessness | |
| Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (HDBE) The Humans, Disasters and the Built Environment (HDBE) program supports fundamental, multidisciplinary research on the interactions between humans and the built environment within and among communities exposed to natural, technological and other types of hazards and disasters. The program's context is provided by ongoing and emerging changes in three interwoven elements of a community: its… | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Economy & Development | Health & Well Being | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| IBM Center for the Business of Government – Connecting Research to Practice The aim of the IBM Center for The Business of Government is to tap into the best minds in academe and the nonprofit sector who can use rigorous public management research and analytic techniques to help public sector executives and managers improve the effectiveness of government. We are looking for very practical findings and actionable… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| International Dissertation Research Fellowship The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers six to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on Native American or non-US topics. The IDRF program especially welcomes applications from underrepresented institutions. Sixty fellowships… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Education | |
| Just Tech COVID-19 Rapid-Response Grants The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as part of its Just Tech program, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that address the risks, opportunities, and challenges posed by public health surveillance stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. We specifically encourage proposals that interrogate the role the public and private sectors may play… | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Health & Well Being | Innovation & Technology | Policy & Law | |
| Kauffman Foundation The Kauffman Foundation works together with organizations that share our vision and passion for education, entrepreneurship and the Kansas City community. We first listen to the communities we serve, tap into our learnings and relationships, and bring everyone together to build and support programs that improve education, boost entrepreneurship, and help Kansas City thrive. As… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Economy & Development | Education | |
| MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| Michelson 20MM Foundation – Spark Grants With the COVID-19 crisis severely impacting the educational space, the Michelson 20MM Foundation is launching a new round of the Spark Grant program to fill urgent needs for education organizations that are well-aligned with the following target outcomes: increasing access to and efficiency of emergency student aid programs; decreasing the “digital divide” through ensuring students,… | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Education | Health & Well Being | Innovation & Technology | |
| National Science Foundation – Cyberinfrastructure Centers of Excellence The Nation’s advanced research cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem catalyzes discovery and innovation across all areas of science and engineering (S&E) research and education. The increasingly complex and rapidly evolving S&E landscape requires an agile, integrated, robust, trustworthy, and sustainable CI ecosystem that will drive new thinking and transformative discoveries in all areas of research and education. | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | |
| National Science Foundation – Smart and Connected Health (SCH): Connecting Data, People, and Systems This funding is directed at developing and integrating computer and information science approaches to transform health and medicine. Applications should include multidisciplinary teams that promote breakthrough ideas from existing and new research communities. | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Health & Well Being | Innovation & Technology | |
| National Science Foundation: Science and Technology Studies The Science and Technology Studies (STS) program supports research that uses historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines. It encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including interdisciplinary studies of ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues that are closely related… | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Economy & Development | Health & Well Being | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Security & Privacy | |
| New Profit – Social Entrepreneurship for Equity New Profit is currently committed to improving social mobility in the United States by supporting organizations with demonstrated, impressive track records of performance, strong appetites for growth, and high potential for social impact. | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health is a national program of RWJF that supports the Foundation’s commitment to building a Culture of Health in the United States. The program aims to provide individuals, organizations, communities, policymakers, and researchers with the empirical evidence needed to address the key determinants of health… | Health & Well Being | |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas and a Culture of Health The goal of the Pioneering Ideas Brief Proposal funding opportunity is to explore; to look into the future and put health first as we design for changes in how we live, learn, work and play; to wade into uncharted territory in order to better understand what new trends, opportunities and breakthrough ideas can enable everyone… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| Rose Foundation – Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund The Foundation is accepting applications to its Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund, which supports community-based efforts to mitigate past pollution runoff and protect or improve the water quality of Puget Sound. The foundation is particularly interested in proposals that benefit water quality in the following areas: the waters of central Puget Sound, especially Elliott… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Health & Well Being | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Water | |
| Royalty Research Fund The purpose of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is to advance new directions in research, particularly in disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, and/or; for faculty who are junior in rank, and/or; in cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Design & Building | Food | History & Preservation | |
| Seattle Foundation Few regions in the world can match Seattle’s current growth and prosperity. But accompanying our good fortune are great challenges, including the widening disparities between rich and poor. Such inequities weaken the vibrancy of our community. Philanthropy can—and must—step in. Using our philanthropic expertise, deep roots in the community and network of partners, Seattle Foundation… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Design & Building | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Food | Health & Well Being | History & Preservation | Housing & Homelessness | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology | Land Use & Planning | Natural Hazards | Natural Resources & Environment | Policy & Law | Security & Privacy | Water | |
| The Funders’ Network: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners for Places, an initiative of The Funders' Network, enhances local capacity to build equitable and sustainable communities in the United States and Canada. These grants support the planning and implementing of green stormwater infrastructure. Water directors of a city, county, or utility and one or more place-based foundations are eligible to apply. For Round… | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Infrastructure & Transportation | Natural Resources & Environment | Water | |
| United States Conference of Mayors – CommunityWINS Grant Program The Wells Fargo/U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) CommunityWINSTM (Working/Investing in Neighborhood Stabilization) Grant Program is a collaborative effort between USCM, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Wells Fargo Foundation. The goal of the grant is to: Assist cities with the opportunity to invest, strengthen, and address housing affordability issues. Award $1,000,000 to support local nonprofit partners… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Policy & Law | |
| Urban Communication Foundation Grants Since our launch in 2005, the Urban Communication Foundation has provided awards and grants to dozens of distinguished scholars, researchers, and journalists to recognize and support provocative work that contributes in significant ways to the discourse around urban communication issues. While most of our recipients hail from academia and journalism, we also encourage submissions from… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Economy & Development | Education | Land Use & Planning | Policy & Law | |
| UW Campus Sustainability Fund The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) grew out of a vision of the student body to have a more substantive engagement with the University of Washington’s sustainability efforts. After an unprecedented student campaign, the Services and Activities Fee (SAF) Committee allocated $339, 805 to the office of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability (ESS) to help implement the… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Climate & Energy | Design & Building | |
| UW Global Innovation Fund Initiatives and programs developing cross-college and cross-continent collaborations that enhance the UW’s global reach. | Innovation & Technology | |
| Wellcome Trust We provide more than £700 million a year to support bright minds in science, the humanities and the social sciences, as well as education, public engagement and the application of research to medicine. We offer a wide variety of funding schemes to support individual researchers, teams, resources, seed ideas and places. We also fund major… | Advocacy & Civic Engagement | Arts & Culture | Education | Health & Well Being | |
| Wellcome Trust – Our Planet Our Health Our Planet, Our Health: call for ambitious, transdisciplinary programmes that research the ways complex changes in our environment affect our health and develop potential solutions to enhance resilience. | Economy & Development | Food | Health & Well Being | Land Use & Planning | Natural Resources & Environment | |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Hewlett Foundation makes grants in five core program areas: education, environment, global development and population, performing arts, and philanthropy. In addition, the Foundation makes grants to support disadvantaged communities in the Bay Area. The Foundation’s grants are awarded solely for charitable purposes. | Arts & Culture | Climate & Energy | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Economy & Development | Education | Housing & Homelessness | Land Use & Planning | Natural Resources & Environment | |