Before you apply (via the link at the bottom of the page), please review the information below and contact the Whiteley Coordinator (hrwctr@uw.edu) with questions and to check on space availibility.
Eligibility & Priority
New applicants and those well established in their fields will have highest priority. Applications by graduate students for dissertation-related work are not considered, though graduate students may be included as part of lab groups or collaborations. Applications by individuals that include some form of interaction with other scholars or scientists are especially encouraged. The HRWC Administrative Committee reviews all applications and decides on space allocations.
Scholars wishing to work at the Whiteley Center but needing financial aid to make a visit possible are encouraged to apply for a Whiteley Fellowship; see details under Whiteley Costs.
Availability
Unless your requested stay dates are more than a month in advance we recommend that you check on the availability of space before submitting an application. Flexibility in starting date will increase the probability of securing space. Please provide more than one preferred arrival and departure date on the application for the scheduling coordinator to choose from when fitting you into the schedule.
No need to check on dates that are more than 30 days out from arrival or for the Summer.
Summer Deadline for Applications (stay dates June 1*- September 30): February 1
*any stay in the Spring with a departure date that takes you beyond June 1
HRWC is a small facility that must judiciously allocate space and time to visitors, especially during peak season. Non-emergency cancellations may result in the denial of future applications.
Note that children (< 18 years old) are not allowed in the Whiteley Center or Cottages. However, there may be alternative housing available for Whiteley Scholars with families on the FHL side of the campus. If you plan to bring children, please make a note of that on your Whiteley application and the Whiteley Coordinator will assign you to FHL housing if available. During the Summer it will be even more difficult to house Whiteley Applicants with children – as housing on the FHL Campus will go priority to course students, faculty, and researchers in marine based science. If there is housing remaining after all of that is assigned, then approved Whiteley applications w/ family will be assigned.
Groups
The HRWC is ideally suited to house and provide study space for individuals and for groups of up to six collaborators in our busier seasons and at most ten collaborators in our off season. Larger groups should consider applying for use of the conference facilities at FHL. Two kinds of group applications may be submitted.
- Groups that are collaborating on a single project. Please submit one application with: A single project description, and the names, roles, and CVs attached of each collaborator.
- Groups that are working on a set of individual projects. Separate applications and project descriptions are required for each group member, and each application will be evaluated on its own merits. The need for the group to visit together, in terms of how group interactions will benefit each project, should also be described in each application and may be considered in evaluating the need to accommodate the group together.
Length of stay
The time requested should be appropriate for the proposed project. During busy summer months, stays longer than one month will be disfavored in order to accommodate more visitors. Repeat visits are allowed, but during a twelve-month period are limited to a cumulative total of three months.
Deadline
Applicants for space during the busy summer months (June through August) should apply before the February 1 deadline. Summer applications received any time after February 1 will be considered depending on availability of space. Applications submitted for other periods are sent to the committee every Wednesday will generally receive a response within 2 weeks, though not normally more than six months in advance of the intended start date.
Applicants from one of the UW campuses wishing to come for a short stay on short notice can receive more rapid consideration. Please still submit an application.
Application
Before submitting an application, contact the Whiteley Coordinator to ask about bringing children and/or date availability if you hope to visit in the next 30 days, otherwise, please submit your application and the Whiteley Coordinator will get back with you. Pets are not allowed on FHL Campus. Please let us know if you have a service animal. You may view a complete list of the application questions and required documents Whiteley Center Application Preview.
Applicants returning to the HRWC to work on the same project–for up to a week within the calendar year of the original application–are not required to submit a new application.
Click on the link below to submit an application: