The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the October 12, 2000 Board Meeting.

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DISSEMINATION

Carnegie Corporation of New York
One-year grant of $1,500,000 for program dissemination of the Corporation’s work


EDUCATION

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Two-year grant of $520,200 for accreditation assistance to teacher preparation institutions and strengthening teacher candidate assessment

American Youth Policy Forum
Three-year grant of $400,000 toward public education activities to improve policies in urban secondary education

Carnegie Corporation of New York
One-year grant of $380,000 for technical assistance and management services for the Schools for a New Society initiative

Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc.
Two-month grant of $25,000 toward production of a television program on school reform

Families and Work Institute Inc.
Three-month grant of $25,000 toward planning a national school readiness collaborative fund

Finance Project
Eighteen-month grant of $311,400 for publications and technical assistance materials for policymakers to promote young children’s school readiness

National Center on Education and the Economy
Six-month grant of $300,000 toward planning and DISSEMINATION activities for a National Institute for School Leadership

National Governors’ Association Center for Best Practices
Eighteen-month grant of $299,900 for assistance to states in implementing policies that promote young children’s healthy development and school readiness

National League of Cities Institute Inc.
Three-year grant of $511,100 toward Municipal Leadership in Education

National Parenting Association, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward an election year survey on parent voters’ attitudes

North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc.
Two-year grant of $521,200 toward DISSEMINATION of a model state comprehensive early childhood education initiative

Public Agenda Foundation, Inc.
Four-month grant of $25,000 toward an online guide to early childhood education and child care issues

Teach for America, Inc.
Three-year grant of $500,000 toward support of expansion activities

WGBH Educational Foundation
Two-year grant of $1,500,000 toward production and educational outreach for a public television series to promote young children’s literacy skills

Wheelock College
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a consultative meeting on strengthening the early childhood education workforce

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward support of the Commission on the High School Senior Year


INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Association of African Universities
Eight-month grant of $25,000 toward a study on variants of university education provision in Africa

University of Dar Es Salaam
Three-year grant of $3,491,000 for implementation of institutional transformation

University of Dar Es Salaam
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward preparation of a strategic plan for achieving gender equity at the university

Foundation for Library and Information Service Development (Pty) Ltd.
Six-month grant of $46,000 for development of an inventory of public and community libraries in South Africa

International Council of Scientific Unions
Three-year grant of $1,062,200 for public library projects conducted by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications

International Institute for Educational Planning
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a study of innovations in African higher education by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa’s Working Group on Higher Education

Yale University
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a seminar series on International Higher Education Problems and Opportunities


INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

American Council of Learned Societies
Three-year grant of $1,065,000 for fellowships in the humanities for scholars in the former Soviet Union

American Council of Learned Societies
Thirteen-month grant of $25,000 toward an organizational meeting to begin a multiyear collaborative research network on national identities and political borders

Aspen Institute, Inc.
One-year grant of $360,000 for discussion between U.S. and Russian policymakers conducted by the Aspen Strategy Group

Boston University
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward an international conference on education in the twenty-first century

Brookings Institution
One-year grant of $20,000 for research on the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework

University of Cambridge
Two-year grant of $379,700 for a project to conduct interdisciplinary, comparative case studies of power-sharing arrangements in recent self-determination disputes

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference on nonproliferation and arms control

Conflict Management Group
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward a project on strengthening human capital in the former Soviet Union

Council for a Livable World Education Fund
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward research and writing on nonproliferation issues in South and East Asia

Fund for Peace Inc.
Two-year grant of $440,100 for a project to examine the feasibility of regional military responses to self-determination disputes from a comparative perspective

University of Georgia
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a project on export control awareness for members of the Russian Duma

University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward policy research seeking new solutions for controlling proliferation trade

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $334,700 for a project to promote dialogue between the military and human rights communities about the means of external intervention in self-determination disputes

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc.
Three-year grant of $476,000 for research and dialogue on weapons on mass destruction on the Korean peninsula

International Institute for Strategic Studies
Three-year grant of $275,000 for policy-relevant research on external intervention in self-determination disputes

University of Maryland Foundation, Inc.
Three-year grant of $225,000 for symposia in international affairs

Nautilus of America Inc.
Three-year grant of $385,000 for a project on South Asia nuclear policy futures

College at New Paltz Foundation, Inc.
Four-month grant of $25,000 for a concluding seminar of the Independent International Commission on Kosovo

The Research Foundation of State University of New York
Two-year grant of $260,200 for policy-relevant research on external intervention in self-determination disputes

Project on Ethnic Relations, Inc.
Two-year grant of $1,000,000 as a final grant toward support

Public International Law and Policy Group
Two-year grant of $338,000 for a project to evaluate the suitability of the concept of intermediate sovereignty as a means of resolving self-determination disputes

Stanford University
Two-year grant of $1,890,000 toward research and training in international security


SPECIAL PROJECTS

African Women’s Development Fund
Three-year grant of $500,000 toward establishment and general support

Alliance for Justice Inc.
Fifteen-month grant of $200,000 toward training and mobilizing youth to become civically engaged

Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward the creation of a searchable database of ballot initiative campaign donors

Camera News, Inc.
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward educational outreach and DISSEMINATION of a documentary on Ralph Bunche

Carnegie Corporation of New York
One-year grant of $175,000 for expenses related to research and writing by David A. Hamburg, M.D., in the areas of conflict resolution and education and health of children and youth

Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Inc.
Seven-month grant of $17,000 for a research study on Raphael Lemkin, founder of the Genocide Treaty

Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc.
Eighteen-month grant of $239,000 for research and DISSEMINATION on the positive example of Moorish Spain to assist the development of Israeli-Palestinian comity

Citizens Research Foundation
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference to formulate a research agenda on campaign finance reform

City University of New York
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference that will analyze future prospects for independent and third party electoral politics at the national, state and local levels

Foundation of America Youth in Action
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward its ²Youth in ActionÓ campaign

Harvard University
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a research project on affirmative action

Library of Congress
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward planning a national commission on adult literacy

Millennium World Peace Summit, Inc.
Three-month grant of $25,000 toward the participation of Muslim leaders in its Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders

New School University
One-year grant of $57,500 toward support of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 for a study to compare traditional and Internet sources of campaign information to assess their effects on voter cynicism and trust in political processes

Public Campaign
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward shadow political conventions in Philadelphia and Los Angeles that will raise public interest on income inequality and campaign reform

Research Triangle Institute
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a nationwide study that will track and analyze Census 2000 participation

Rutgers University
One-year grant of $25,000 for a conference at the Eagleton Institute of Politics to explore strategies to make academic research more useful to state legislators

Rand Corporation
One-year grant of $25,000 toward its Science and Policy Institute’s efforts to educate policymakers on key science and technology issues

Twenty-First Century Initiative Inc.
One-year grant of $200,000 toward educational outreach and DISSEMINATION of a documentary on John W. Gardner

Women’s Leadership Fund
One-year grant of $25,000 toward research and public education on youth engagement