Profs and staff give UW a failing grade for budget and bureaucracy troubles

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 940

Last Updated: 2 days, 2 hours ago

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SEATTLE — Genome sciences professor Doug Fowler a few months back got word from the federal government that his $3 million per year grant would be renewed.

The grant pays for about a dozen researchers at the University of Washington. But because of a problem in the university’s finance platform, which launched a few years ago and cost $340 million, the school hasn’t been billing the feds, Fowler said.

This has Fowler fearing he …

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