Award Information The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to support the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. The fellowship is awarded to prospective and current graduate students who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research. This three-year fellowship, which can be used over the course of five years, includes: Application deadlines: late October (specific date varies depending on discipline) Eligibility Applicants must: *NSF-supported fields of…
Thank you for your interest in submitting a Public Lectures nomination. Nominations are now closed for 2024-2025. Please check back in Fall 2024 for nominations for 2025-2026. The committee invites all UW faculty (current and emeritus), deans, directors and chairs to submit a nomination for consideration for the Graduate School Public Lecture Series. What the Committee Looks For Walker-Ames Scholars and Lecturers The committee seeks nominees who are considered leaders in their respective academic fields. In cooperation with academic departments and…
Welcome to the Lectures Library, where a selection of our past programming is available for revisiting, either in video or audio format. New lectures will be added monthly, so check back often! Video Lectures George Coyne: When the Sacred Cows of Science and Religion Meet In this talk, George Coyne reviews our scientific knowledge of the universe, our origins in the evolving universe and the religious implications one might draw from that science. His attempt is to show how a…
Graduate School Public Lectures are brought to the community through four very generous private endowments: Walker-Ames Fund Jessie and John Danz Fund Mary Ann and John D. Mangels Fund Earl and Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science Signature Speaker Series Walker-Ames Fund The University of Washington Walker-Ames Fund was established in 1936 by a bequest from the estates of Maud Walker-Ames and Edwin Gardner Ames. Since 1936, the fund has been used to bring many outstanding scholars in the…
The Office of Equity and Inclusion was created to help cultivate an institutional vision and commitment to diversity while ensuring an equitable environment for all members of the UW Tacoma community. This means paying attention to policies and practices involving management, leadership, communication, resources, scholarship, and community. It includes focusing attention on the demographic composition of UW Tacoma and our surrounding community of the South Puget Sound to be certain that we know who are our students, faculty, staff, and community…
UW Bothell is committed to supporting our DACA students. View the centralized undocument student resources pages with all information currently known to UW Bothell. We will update it as new information and resources become available. Please contact Undocumented focused Program Manager, Maisha Mason at mmanson@uw.edu at the Student Diversity Center for further assistance.
Report all incidents of bias or suspected bias using the UW’s bias reporting tool, which was created in partnership with the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, the Office of Student Life and the president’s Race & Equity Initiative. This bias incident reporting tool is for non-emergency incidents. If your immediate safety is at risk, you are witnessing violence or perceive imminent harm to yourself or others, please immediately dial 911. If your experience includes sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking,…
As a unit of the UW Graduate School, the Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE) is committed to enhancing equity and social progression to promote the success of graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections* at our Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses. For 50 years, GSEE has worked with graduate students, staff, faculty and campus leadership to develop initiatives that strengthen graduate diversity, enhance academic opportunities and encourage and support research exploring cultural diversity. GSEE aims to…
The Graduate School’s office of Graduate Student Affairs offers regular and ongoing programs to help our students succeed during and beyond their time at the UW. We also offer student success programming for first-generation and international graduate students. For additional events information, please refer to the bi-weekly grad student newsletter, the Grad Bulletin, which is sent to all currently enrolled graduate students, or check our Graduate School calendars. Continuous University 501 (U501) is a self-guided, online orientation designed for graduate and…
Advice Knowledge Base Over the years, the Graduate School has created hundreds of articles aimed at helping students and postdocs get the most out of their experience at the UW. For the first time, we’ve collected all of these articles in one searchable database, from stories on how to work with your PI or secure funding to insights on how to deal with mental health challenges and impostor syndrome, and much more… OPA Newsletter OPA sends out bi-weekly newsletters to…