Well-Being Grants

A second round of well-being grants will open for applications in Fall 2024! Stay tuned for application dates and other details.

2023 Grants

These grants were possible thanks to a generous donation of $250,000 to support the well-being of our community. Grants support impactful activities, programming, projects, and applied research that aligns with the goals of our well-being work aimed at improving the workplace and learning environment for our community.

Our grant review committee was so impressed with the creativity and thoughtfulness of the ideas we received. In total, we received 311 proposals from across UW Medicine. It was a humbling task to figure out how to spread the funding as broadly as possible to maximize the potential impact on our community. We had $1,032,500 in total requests – which is amazing given the $5000 maximum request per grant. We are thrilled to share the 202 full and partially funded grants for 2023 representing a 65% funding rate for the proposals we received.

Read about the Well-Being Grants impact here

As members of UW Medicine completed their well-being grant projects, we highlight the diverse, creative, team-building projects.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Grants

Across UW Medicine, employees are championing equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives to grow and support the well-being of our community. From a book club to incorporating an equity lens into critical care curriculum, here is a small snapshot of a day in the life of employee-started initiatives funded by UW Medicine’s Well-Being Grants.

Read the full story featuring several grant projects at the UW Medicine Huddle here.

View grants awarded by each UW Medicine entity at the links below

Harborview Medical Center
School of Medicine
UW Medical Center Montlake
UW Medical Center Northwest
UW Primary Care
Shared, Multiple Sites, and Affiliates

Frequently Asked Questions

Our project has been completed – what do I need to do now to report on how it met the well-being goals we stated in our application?

Congratulations on completing your well-being grant project!

Please tell us about your project here. We plan to highlight some of the projects in the future to share the positive impact of these grants on the well-being of our community.

Who is on the grant selection committee?

A Grants Review Committee will review each application. The committee consists of members representing groups across UW Medicine.

Anne Browning School of Medicine	Chantal Cayo UW Primary Care	Marie Cockerham UWMC Nursing	Juan Escalante HMC Staff	Sharona Gordon Biomedical Research
Paula Houston Healthcare Equity	Andrea Kalus UWMC Faculty	Sara Kim School of Medicine	Lisa Pierce Faculty Affairs	Howard Schafer GME
	Sam Sharar HMC Faculty	Marie Westermeier Human Resources	Allyson Weymier HMC Nursing