Formal Program Grants in Science

The Trust has initiated five formal grants programs in the sciences. Procedures vary for applying to one or another of the formal program grants, and interested organizations should review these programs as well for specific details.

Any potential applicant or organization interested in these programs should contact Murdock Trust by email or call 360.694.8415, before serious consideration is given to making an application.

The five formal grants programs in the sciences are:

Murdock College Science Research Program

The goal of the program is to strengthen faculty and undergraduate student research efforts in the natural sciences at private four-year liberal arts colleges in the Trust's grantmaking region.

Murdock College Research Program for the Life Sciences

This program is designed to support research in the life sciences at private predominantly undergraduate colleges and universities in the Trust's grantmaking region.

Exceptional Opportunity Grants Program

These grants support projects that have special merit but require one-time funding because of time constraints, no immediate source of funding, or some other unusual circumstance.

Partners in Science Program

Provides research opportunities for high school science teachers to work for two summers with investigators in academic labs in cutting edge research.

Research Start-up Grants for New Science Faculty

Funding to supplement the establishment of new faculty positions in the natural sciences at private educational institutions.

More information on these formal programs, as well as application guidelines, are available on the specific program pages on this website.