The Latino Center for Health (LCH) at the University of Washington provides leadership to promote the health and well-being of Latinos in Washington State across the lifespan through innovative community-engaged research partnerships and culturally responsive professional development for students and faculty. To support our mission statement, we’ve introduced the Small Grants Program! The purpose of the program is to support academic-community-partnered research.
LCH is pleased to announce the 2025 Small Grants Program. Three small research grants of $25,000 are available to support research collaboration between academic investigators and community-based organizations serving Latinx communities in Washington state. The research project should focus on addressing the health of Latinx individuals, families, or communities.
Applications are due February 10, 2025.
For more information, please view the full Request for Applications here.
2022 Awardees
$15,000 Award to Build Community-Academic Partnerships
Dr. Jessica Hernandez (UW Bothell School of STEM & Center for One Health Research) & Sustainable Seattle/Basilica Bio
Project Title: Colectivo para la Salud y Justicia de Nuestra Tierra (Collective for Soil Health & Justice)
2019 Awardees
$5,000 Award to Build Community-Academic Partnerships
Dr. Barbara Baquero (UW School of Public Health) & several community partners
Project Title: Unidos por Acción: Planning to Strengthen Ties, Resources, and Vision among Promotores in Washington
$15,000 Award for Pilot Research
Dr. Mark Jensen (UW Rehabilitation Medicine) & Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Project Title: Validation of the Spanish version of the PEG scale (PEG-S) in UW primary care populations
2018 Awardees
$5,000 Award to Build Community-Academic Partnerships
Dr. Bea Gandara (UW School of Dentistry) & Casa Latina
Project Title: The Urban Oral Health Promotores Project
Dr. Kathleen Kieran (Seattle Children’s Hospital) & Yakima Children’s Village
Project Title: Identifying Barriers to Transition of Care for Rural Latino Children in Yakima with Special Healthcare Needs
$20,000 Award for Pilot Research
Dr. Lorena Alarcón-Casas Wright (UW Medicine) & Valley Medical Center
Project Title: Project Title: Compañeros en Salud: Adapting and Pilot Testing Culturally-Tailored Diabetes Self-Management Program for Urban Latinos
Dr. Carmen Gonzalez (UW Dept. of Communications) & Washington State Coalition for Language Access (WASCLA)
Project Title: Evaluating the Use of Technology in Language Assistance Programs Serving Latino and Other LEP Communities in Washington State
Dr. Sara Chrisman (UW Medicine) & SeaMar Community Health Centers
Project Title: Developing Support Materials for Provider-Initiated Conversations About Concussion Safety with Limited English Proficient Hispanic Families
To learn more about the projects, click here