Sharing a great opportunity from Earthlab. Please share as appropriate. The EarthLab Innovation Grants Program is happy to announce the release of the 2020 - 2021 Request for Proposals (RFP). The Innovation Grants Program invests in teams of University of Washington (UW) researchers, UW students, and non-academic partners seeking to develop innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges. There is $300,000 available and teams may apply for up to $75,000 per project. Funding is intended to support new partnerships that are led by and with those most impacted by a particular environmental challenge, seek to co-define research priorities from multiple perspectives, and seek to generate actionable science and knowledge (i.e., research that is usable and used). Project teams must include at least one non-academic partner, a minimum of two UW researchers from different disciplines, and at least one UW undergraduate or graduate student or postdoc. To see the full RFP, please visit earthlab.uw.edu/grants<https://earthlab.uw.edu/grants/>. The deadline for Letters of Intent is January 10, 2020 at 5:00 pm PST. Please share the attached funding announcement widely! To learn more about the program and to ask questions about the application, please join us at information sessions on the University of Washington Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell campuses. Snacks will be provided! Please RSVP<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXUSDavdmX_eK1uVnVJQkiv5iSVBnVJX7lXNGzrz7XTS7sGw/viewform> to assist us in ordering food. For questions or assistance, please email elgrants@uw.edu [cid:1eaff538-a4ce-4f9c-9fe4-0bb17f0c4bf5]