Affiliate Funding Opportunities
One of the benefits of affiliation with the Bloedel Center is eligibility to apply for exclusive monetary awards to advance research:
Bloedel Trainee Award
Next application period will be in December 2025
Funded through endowments established by Aileen Miholovich and Mary C. Vanderzicht, this $15,000 award provides additional financial support to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have received an institutional research training grant or individual fellowship through a federally funded award (NIH, NSF).
Relevant Dates Remaining in 2024 Application Period:
- Funding starts: January 16, 2025
Mini-Grants
Apply for $5,000 grant any time
Next $10,000 application period will be in December 2025
Established through the generosity of an anonymous donor, these funds support new and innovative research that advance the goals of the Center’s mission and allow for competitive grant submissions.
Traveling Scientist
Apply Any Time
A mechanism to encourage meaningful collaborations between our Center and other research institutions throughout the world by covering a portion of travel expenses for extended visits to other institutions or hosting a colleague at UW. Applications accepted at any time until all fiscal year funds have been awarded.
Preview/Download Guidelines PDF | Download Application DOCX
Bloedel Scholar
Next application period will be the summer of 2025
This endowed position is a three-year appointment that funds a portion of the awardee’s salary ($40,000/year) to enable research enhancement by lessening teaching or administrative duties. To be eligible for the Bloedel Scholar award, applicants must be regular tenure-track faculty affiliates who hold external research funding.
The McKay Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Next application period will be the summer of 2025
The McKay Endowed Faculty Fellowship is made possible with a generous gift from Robert and Anne McKay and the University of Washington Matching Gift Program. This one-year Faculty Fellowship was proposed to enhance the University’s ability to recruit/retain faculty and provide opportunities for professional development for faculty in the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center. The intention of the McKay Faculty Fellowship is to support cellular-level research on the causes, prevention or remediation of hearing or vestibular loss. Robert McKay was particularly interested in cellular imaging. When he found out that NIDCD P30 support for the Bloedel digital microscopy facility was ending, he knew this was what he wanted to support.
The Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center Mission Statement is a reference document useful in preparing all of the applications above.