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 Carnegie
Newsline February 6, 2003
The
following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the
Trustees at the February 6, 2003 board meeting.
Contents:
EDUCATION
American
Educational Research Association
One-year grant of $17,400 for a project to convene education experts
to synthesize and disseminate existing empirical research on teacher
preparation
Brown
University
Two-year grant of $900,000 toward the Annenberg Institute for School
Reform's School Communities That Work Task Force
National
Writing Project
Three-year grant of $608,300 toward development of its reading initiative
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Association
of African Universities
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference of rectors, vice-chancellors,
and presidents of African universities
Boston
College
Three-year grant of $138,600 toward the establishment of the Journal
of Higher Education in Africa
University
for Development Studies
Nine-month grant of $50,000 for strategic planning for the University
for Development Studies
National
Council for Tertiary Education
Ten-month grant of $44,275 for strategic planning for the National
Council for Tertiary Education
National
Council for Tertiary Education
Two-month grant of $20,200 for Ghanaian scholars and academics to
attend the 45th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association
National
Council for Tertiary Education
Ten-month grant of $24,800 for leadership training for vice chancellors,
registrars and university principals
South
African Universities Vice Chancellors Association
Eighteen-month grant of $50,000 as one-time funding toward a curriculum
responsiveness project
University
College of Education of Winneba
Five-month grant of $49,900 for strategic planning for the University
College of Education
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
American
Council for International Education, Inc.
Two-year grant of $600,000 for creation of a center for advanced
study and education in Belarus
American
Foreign Policy Council
Two-year grant of$150,000 toward a U.S. Congress-Russia Duma study
group
The
Aspen Institute, Inc.
One-year grant of $639,000 toward the international activities of
the Congressional Program
Atlantic
Council of the United States, Inc.
Eighteen-month grant of $150,000 as a final grant toward a project
on Russia's integration with the West
Bard
College
Two-year grant of $350,000 as a final grant toward faculty and curriculum
development at Smolny College in Russia
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
One-year grant of $250,000 toward a project on nonproliferation
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
Two-year grant of $900,000 toward the Carnegie Moscow Center
Center
for Media and Security, Ltd.
Two-year grant of $92,000 toward forums for journalists on defense
and international security issues
Center
for Strategic and International Studies, Inc.
Nine-month grant of $500,000 as a one-time grant toward the Strengthening
of the Global Partnership project
Columbia
University
Two-year grant of $186,500 as a final grant for research and DISSEMINATION
on the effectiveness of peacekeeping interventions in self-determination
disputes
Columbia
University
One-year grant of $50,000 toward the Gulf 2000 project
Duke
University
Two-year grant of $499,300 for a project on managing external interventions
after September 11
Eurasia
Foundation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $250,000 as a final grant toward the Economics
Education and Research Consortium
Eurasia
Foundation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $1,800,000 toward interdisciplinary research and
training centers in the Caucasus
Fund
for Peace, Inc.
Two-year grant of $440,900 as a final grant toward a project on
regional responses to internal war
International
Peace Academy, Inc.
Twenty-eight month grant of $362,000 as a final grant toward a project
on state-building and the role of the United Nations
Internews
Networks
Two-year grant of$175,000 for a project on information security
policy in Russia
Moscow
School of Political Studies
Two-year grant of$230,000 toward a project to strengthen democratic
institutions and civil society in Russia
National
Council for Eurasian and East European Research
Two-year grant of $600,000 toward academic fellowships for Russian
scholars
RAND
Corporation
One-year grant of $200,000 for a joint project with the Institute
of USA and Canada Studies in Moscow to form a U.S.-Russian working
group on NATO-Russian cooperation
RAND
Corporation
Eighteen-month grant of $200,000 toward the study of the impact
of information technology on Russia
University
of Texas at Austin
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a joint project with the Moscow
State University to develop an online history course
Wilton
Park
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference on improving government
activities and policies designed to meet the threat of international
terrorism
STRENGTHENING U.S. DEMOCRACY
American
Association of People with Disabilities
One-year grant of $99,600 toward electoral reform and voter participation
activities in the disabled community
American
Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
One-year grant of $49,500 toward an effort to mobilize the private
bar to defend detained immigrants and refugees
Ballot
Initiative Strategy Center Foundation
One-year grant of $50,000 toward research and public education on
the financing of ballot initiatives
Center
for Investigative Reporting, Inc.
One-year grant of $50,000 toward an investigation of surveillance
technologies, new government intelligence-gathering policies, and
the impact on U.S. democracy, including civil liberties
Center
for Responsive Politics
Three-year grant of $500,000 as a final grant toward support
Democracy
Matters Institute
One-year grant of $50,000 toward its campus coordinator program
Démos:
A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd.
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward electoral reform research and
public education
George
Washington University
Nine-month grant of $149,000 toward a study of web-based efforts
to provide political information
Hudson
Institute, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward congressional briefings on campaign
financing issues
National
Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, Inc.
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward civic and voter participation
activities in the Southeast Asian American community, and for institutional
strengthening
Philanthropic
Research, Inc.
One-year grant of $300,000 toward support for GuideStar, a national
database of nonprofit organizations
Public
Interest Projects
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a research, mapping, and planning
project that will serve as the basis for designing a collaborative
national youth civic engagement strategy
Tides
Center
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward Youth Vote Coalition, a nonpartisan
coalition that encourages civic participation among young adults
Youth
e-Vote, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward an initiative to organize high
school students nationally to encourage their parents and peers
to vote
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward video and promotional materials
related to the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double
helix
Internews
Networks
One-year grant of $10,000 toward the Open Media Fund for Afghanistan
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