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Welcome to Research at UW Tacoma
Our Mission
As an urban-serving university, the UW Tacoma aims to "foster scholarship, research, and creativity to address the challenging problems of our time and place." Our collective Scholarship mission as included in our 2022-27 Strategic Plan is to expand and support a broad range of teaching, research, and creative innovation.
Within this framework, the Office of Research in collaboration with campus partners aims to:
- Work with faculty to identify funding opportunities for individual research interests as well as high priority areas as identified by our campus leadership and community partners.
- Support the full proposal development and submission process
- Support faculty scholarship and professional development
- Provide research administration support to Research Centers such as the Center for Urban Waters
- Provide guidance on the Research Lifecycle to all active faculty researchers and staff across the UW Tacoma campus
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Research In the News
IIGE’s Faculty Retreat gave professors at the University of Washington Tacoma the opportunity to mingle, unwind, and share their favorite tricks on how they innovate new ways for students to think in the classroom.
NextGen Civic Leader Corps Student Officers use design thinking to create their first NextGen Link event to build community with current students and draw new ones to learn about the microcredential in civic engagement and public service.
To celebrate National First Generation College Day on Nov. 8, we asked some our first-generation students, faculty, staff and alumni for their advice on what it takes to achieve your educational dreams.