WE-REACH
Funding & Resources
WE-REACH Opportunities:
- WE-REACH Project Funding and Support: A twice yearly application (Fall and Winter) offering up to $186,000 in funding along with project management and milestone-driven support to commercialize proof-of-product concepts for spinout, licensing, or new company formation. (Currently available only to University of Washington PIs or teams with a University of Washington Co-PI).
| Other Funding Opportunities | |||
| Unit / funding source | Intent / purpose | Level of funding | Resources |
| CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund | Helping technologies and ideas get seed investment | $50,000 | Training activities culminating in a pitch to external investors and entrepreneurs |
| WRF Phase 1 Technology Commercialization Grants | Supporting researchers and entrepreneurs commercialize projects at Washington State nonprofit research institutions | Up to $100,000 | Validation of commercial products, license development opportunities, IP generation, potential follow-on through WRF Phase 2 support |
| COVID-19 Support | Research funding and financial support for projects related to COVID-19 | Business, research, and federal programs curated by the UW Entrepreneurial Law Clinic | |
| NSF I-Corps | Guiding innovators to become entrepreneurs | $2,500 | Mentorship from a pool-of-domain experts and entrepreneurs |
| ITHS Early Investigator Catalyst Award | Start or finish translational research | $5,000 | Clinical or preclinical research resources |
| Population health social entrepreneurship fellowships | Assess population health and social impact projects | $10,000 | Students analyze UW innovations for social entrepreneurship routes to sustainability |
| ITHS Commercialization Fellowships | Business assessments | $10,000 | Entrepreneurial students explore the business potential of projects |
| Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge | Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship | $15,000 | Entrepreneur network and legal assistance |
| Royalty Research Fund (RRF) | Assist faculty and researchers | $15,000 | Assist with specific development milestones to propel toward commercialization |
| ITHS Academic/Community Partnership Awards | Academic and community partnerships in research | $20,000 | Clinical and implementation resources |
| Global Innovation Fund | Enhancing UW global engagement and reach | $20,000 | Prioritizes projects aligned with UW institutional goals |
| Dempsey Startup Competition | Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship | $25,000 | Entrepreneur network and legal assistance |
| ITHS Translational Pilot Awards for Diabetes | Translational diabetes research | $25,000 | Clinical or preclinical research resources |
| ITHS Collaboration Innovation Awards | New directions in translational research | $50,000 | Funding for research on innovative projects addressing critical needs |
| Population Health Initiative Pilot Awards | Community engaged population health research | $50,000 | Pilot funding for collaborative research and implementation |
| ITHS Primate Center Ignition Awards | Preclinical research using nonhuman primate models | $75,000 | Research and preclinical support; nonhuman primate models |
| ITHS Research Innovation Awards | Address important barriers | $100,000 | Clinical and clinical implementation resources |