Buffett Global Working Group Grants
Buffett’s Global Working Group funding supports groups of Northwestern faculty members who wish to work on a significant global/international problem in an interdisciplinary, collaborative context.
Previous projects have included both practitioners and scholars outside the university. We aim to create the conditions for new ways of thinking to emerge and for colleagues across different fields to consider, where appropriate, new forms of action. Selected groups will receive up to $200,000 spread over two to five years.
Application deadline: February 14, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
Groups must be co-led by two tenured Northwestern faculty representing two different disciplines and must include at least two additional Northwestern faculty. Group members from outside Northwestern are permitted but not required.
For more information on proposal requirements, view our call for proposals >>
Proposals must be submitted by noon on Friday, February 14, 2025. Proposals should be submitted in PDF format via the online submission portal. For any questions, please contact Harrington Weihl, Buffett’s Director of Research.
Proposals will be peer-reviewed by a multidisciplinary committee composed of three faculty members outside of Northwestern, one Northwestern faculty member and Catherine Cotter, Director of Northwestern's Office of Foundation Relations, who has served on previous Buffett Global Working Group selection committees. Decisions will be announced by the end of March.