Non-federal sponsors include nonprofits, industry partners, healthcare institutes and hospitals, international institutions, foreign governments, associations, other institutions of higher education, as well as local and state governmental entities.
Regardless聽of whether or not it is a sponsor requirement, it is a 91探花Policy that the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) submit proposals to external entities. Review GIM 1 – Review and Submission Requirements for Proposals. For industry sponsored clinical studies and trials review clinical research.
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Some sponsor systems are used strictly to submit proposals and others are for pre-award and post-award management of the application and award.
Some industry sponsors have separate foundations that provide grants or fellowships which may have special guidelines. OSP will verify foundation non-profit status.
Many non-profit sponsor applications ask for the 91探花Technology Transfer Officer contact, the UW’s Tech Transfer Office is CoMotion and our 91探花Tech Transfer Officer: Bunny Grewal email: innovations@uw.edu
AHA uses for proposal submission. Review more information including applicant instructions at .
Most Gates Foundation awards are made by an invitation to submit a proposal with a tight timeline. Proposals resulting from these invitations are made to the 91探花Foundation (not the UW) and require using a 15% TDC F&A rate. Review instructions for preparing & submitting proposals for these 鈥渂y invitation鈥� grants to the UWF.
Other Gates Foundation applications such as their are open competitive calls for proposals. Awards resulting from these are made to the UW. These competitive proposals for the Gates Foundation should use a 10% F&A rate and follow the same steps for preparing and submitting a proposal as other competitive proposals.
The Gates Foundation has an 聽policy and聽 terms that apply to all of its grant agreements. Please work with 聽for these agreements.
Attach the following documentation to the Gates Foundation eGC1 in SAGE.
Reach out to聽osp@uw.edu to obtain the Gates Foundation Proposal Intellectual Property (IP) Package, which includes the 91探花PI Intellectual Property (IP) Questionnaire & the 91探花IP Disposition Memo needed for all Gates Foundation proposals.
Failure to submit the IP documentation with the eGC1 will result in delays and possible loss of funds. The Gates Foundation typically has a deadline to accept these terms.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund only makes awards to degree-granting institutions.
Researchers and Mentor / Sponsor must be employed by the UW, or have an affiliate appointment with the 91探花and also be a member of an affiliate institution to submit proposals to BWF at the UW.
91探花departments submitting proposals on behalf of an affiliate researcher must be willing to provide typical and extensive post award administrative duties with zero cost recovery.
BWF may require a letter of institutional commitment for items such as but not limited to, faculty appointment, salary, laboratory start-up funds, etc. These letters must be provided by the PI鈥檚 primary Institution, signed by the official authorized to make the commitment and attached to the eGC1.
BWF reserves the right to terminate a grant if this commitment is judged to be inadequate.
91探花PI:
If required in the application, attach an Institutional letter of commitment.
Affiliate Faculty:
This system is used by many non-profit organizations including:
PIs must
The PI must give OSP access, and OSP submits the application on behalf of the UW.
Many proposalCentral applications also ask for the 91探花Technology Transfer Officer contact, the UW’s Tech Transfer Office is CoMotion.
91探花Tech Transfer Officer: Bunny Grewal, email: innovations@uw.edu
PCORI instructions & links updated 1/06/2026.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers, and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions.
PCORI Online is a 鈥渙ne-stop-shop鈥� for all aspects of the award lifecycle: from proposal submission to reporting and management.
Limit preliminary discussions with prospective funding sources to the scientific aspects of the work. Full proposal documentation requires OSP approval. All industry collaborations must adhere to 91探花principles.聽 Looking for guidance on Boeing聽 project agreements? Review more information on Boeing Research Services.
Many situations may also require a separate agreement between the 91探花and the collaborators.
Such as:
SBIR is a federal program to provide research and development funding to small business concerns to stimulate innovation with a potential for commercialization. 聽The small business entity partners are encouraged to work with an institution of higher education.
STTR is a federal program to facilitate cooperation between a small business concern and an institution of higher education, with the results having potential commercial value.
Both programs typically have three phases: 聽Feasibility study, R&D, and commercialization.
Applicants to an SBIR or STTR program are the for-profit entities. 聽In order for 91探花to participate, the small business includes the 91探花proposal within its proposal to the federal agency. 聽If awarded, the small business issues a subaward to UW.
聽is available from the U.S. Small Business Association.
Incoming subawards happen when another institution (pass-through entity) receives funding from a sponsor (aka prime sponsor) and that institution subawards a portion of the work to the UW.
What’s the difference between an incoming subaward and an outgoing subaward?聽
The 91探花is a participating Expanded Clearinghouse entity. Participating organizations agree to use FDP entity profiles to verify institutional information.
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