Federal agency requests seek specific funding levels for a particular federal program or agency that is of importance to the University of Washington. Agency/program requests typically highlight UW interests in specific competitive grant funding opportunities. These requests are not earmarks. Potential benefits to UW should be made clear in the submission. For example, the Department of Education TRIO Programs could be selected as an area of importance to UW that warrants advocacy. In this case, it would be important to explain the existing UW activities that are funded by the program and/or UW activities that could be funded through increased competitive grant opportunities.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Contact Information: Contact person (primary investigator), school/college, UW department/center, phone number, e-mail, and partner school/college(s) (if applicable).

AGENCY INFORMATION

Federal Agency and Specific Agency Account/Program: Please select an agency from the drop down menu and provide the specific program/ account within the agency (DOE Office of Science, NSF Education and Human Resources, etc.)

Background: In one-three paragraphs, please provide any relevant background on the issue which may be helpful to UW advocacy activities in 2010.

Coalition/Coalition Contact: Is this request being advanced by a specific coalition? If so, please provide the name and a contact for the coalition.

FY2011 ADVOCACY REQUEST

Funding Request: Is there an amount the community is advocating for in Fiscal Year 2011? Please provide a reference/contact for the community request.

Regulatory/ Legislative/ Other Issues: Is there a regulatory or legislative issue with this agency and/ or account for which the UW should advocate on in 2010?

Special Requests for FY11: Is there anything that, by its inclusion in a bill or Committee report, would explain the importance of the overall program to Congress, the nation, or its relevance to other activities?

JUSTIFICATION

Use questions below for guidance to justify need.

What is the impact on the UW? How does it fit in with UW Priorities? How does this project fit in with the institutional priorities presented by the President and Provost? What benefits does the UW stand to receive?

Example of Agency Funded Research at the UW: Give specific examples of programs at the UW which have received funding from this agency and/ or program.

What is the significance to Washington State? How will this project benefit Washington State?

What is the importance/national significance of this program? What is the national significance of the project and what specific federal priority does the funding of this project or activity further?

Meeting a goal of a member of the WA delegation or that of the Administration: State the goal that your project will meet and explain how the project will do that.