Georgetown University
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For the Women, Peace and Security Conflict Tracker
Date
Mar. 06, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
Armed conflict poses a growing global threat that can compound humanitarian, political, and climate-inducedcrises, and disproportionatelyimpact women.The WPS Conflict Tracker, a product of Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS)is agender-sensitive conflict monitoring tool that worksto enablepolicymakers, practitioners, and researchers to better understand and address the varied impacts of armed conflict for more effective policy. Renewed support will sustain the tracker’s current activities and allow additional impactand reach.
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As a final grant for enhancing academic and public policy understanding of Russia
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The field of Russian and Eurasian studies has seen an ongoing decline in federal funding that began in the early 1990s and accelerated sincedue to reductions in both federal and private funding. With support from the Corporation, Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) has been engaged in MA training, research, international conferences, and policy outreach. With renewed support, CERES will continue its activities with a research focus Russia and its neighbors. The efforts will result in MA graduates, print and on-line outputs, international conferences, and policy outreach events.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case studies
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD), housed within the School of Foreign Service (SFS), combines the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds. Since 2016, the Corporation has supported the expansion and dissemination of the ISD’s well-established diplomacy case studies library used by academics and students at hundreds of institutions globally and a series of ISD scholar-practitioner working groups on emergent, global diplomatic challenges. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ISD expanded its outputs by producing the “Diplomatic Immunity” podcast and “The Diplomatic Pouch” online magazine, both of which address issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world. Through these activities, the project seeks to shape the professional trajectory of early career academics and policy analysts by promoting the application of rigorous, policy-relevant scholarship to pressing issues on the international peace and security agenda.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite some notable advances over the last decade, there is an ongoing need to bridge the academic-policy gap. In addressing this gap, Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) combines the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds. Another round of Corporation grant will support the expansion and dissemination of the ISD’s well-established diplomacy case studies program, used by academics and students globally as teaching materials, and a series of ISD scholar-practitioner working groups on emergent, global diplomatic challenges. It will also support the “Diplomatic Immunity” podcast and “The Diplomatic Pouch” blog, both of which address issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world. Through these activities, the project also seeks to shape the professional trajectory of early career academics and policy analysts by promoting the application of rigorous, policy-relevant scholarship to pressing issues on the international peace and security agenda.
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As one-time funding for core support to the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Unprecedented levels of violent conflict and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are threatening international peace and security, while global challenges like the COVID pandemic and rapidly accelerating climate crisis further drive instability. Research shows that inclusive approaches to advancing international peace and security result in more successful and durable outcomes. To address this need, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) will expand efforts to generate timely analysis and policy recommendations from a women, peace and security perspective; and strengthen efforts to advance gender, diversity and inclusion in international affairs education to better equip the next generation of foreign policy professionals.
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
31 months
Description
Due to the pandemic and recent political issues facing the nation, there is a strong, immediate need to provide state and local education policymakers and practitioners with evidence-backed strategies to build a sustainable infrastructure in our education system. FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented thinktankatGeorgetownUniversity’s McCourt School of Public Policy that is committed toadvancing thecauses of excellence, equity, and efficiency in K-12 and higher education on behalf of the nation’s disadvantaged students. Combining the status and assets of a national research university with education policy expertise and communications skills, they work to provide policymakers and practitioners with clear, evidence-based analyses of pressing educational problems. With renewed support from the Corporation, FutureEd will launch new projects to provide policymakers with models for scaling effective tutoring programs, increase teacher diversity, propose a more equitable model of “gifted education,” and strengthen high schools, among other work.
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For a project on the geopolitics of religious soft power
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
60 months
Description
Around the world today many states integrate religion and religious outreach activities into their foreign policy and diplomacy as a form of soft power.With initial funding from the Corporation focused on the MENA region, this project built the first globally comparative study of how states including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, China, and India incorporate religion and religious outreach into their external relations. The project developed a subfield of inquiry within international relations and foreign policy analysis, resulting in a scholar network and publications. With renewed support, the project will produce country profile reports, policy briefs, and online commentary articles, audio and visual resources. It will also continue its conferences and webinars to disseminate the research findings.
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For a project to create a playbook of evidence-based strategies for spending federal funding for education as part of the COVID-19 relief packages
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
3 months
Description
The $123 billion in Covid-relief aid that K-12 schools are receiving through the American Rescue Plan includes a requirement that at least 5 percent of state funding and 20 percent of monies passed through to school districts and charter schools be spent on “evidence-based” interventions to help students recover from lost instructional opportunities.But many education leaders say they aren’t clear what constitutes an evidence-based intervention, as defined under federal law, and what programs would work best for their students. There is a strong, immediate need to provide state and local education policymakers and practitioners with evidence-backed strategies for spending the federal funding.FutureEd, a think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, proposes creating a series of short, easy-to-read summaries of approximately two dozen evidence-based strategies for helping state and local education policymakers and practitioners use federal funding to expedite student learning.
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For enhancing academic and public policy understanding of Russia
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
32 months
Description
The state of Russia-related research and graduate training in the United States has seen a steady decline in federal funding and scholarly interest since the early 1990s, creating a shortage of rising experts with adequate training. Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) is a primary source of trained specialists on the region. CERES graduates pursue careers in government, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and business. With previous support, CERES has been expanding and deepening its training, research, and outreach programs.
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented thinktankatGeorgetownUniversity’s McCourt School of Public Policy that is committed toadvancing thecauses of excellence, equity, and efficiency in K-12 and higher education on behalf of the nation’s disadvantaged students. Combining the status and assets of a national research university with education policy expertise and communications skills, they work to provide policymakers and practitioners with clear, evidence-based analyses of pressing educational problems. Work over the next two years will include launching projects to strengthen the teaching workforce; forging a new national consensus on school reform; rethinking the role of standardized testing and credentialing in school accountability and postsecondary pathways; crafting federal education policy proposals; strengthening student persistence rates in high school and college; improving public school choice systems; and helping states and school districts respond to the COVID crisis.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case studies
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Addressing the ongoing need to bridge the academic-policy gap, Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) combines the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds. This project supports the expansion and improvement of the ISD’s well-established diplomacy case studies program, used by academics and students globally as teaching materials, and a series of ISD working groups on emergent, global diplomatic challenges. It also supports The Monkey Cage, a blog published by The Washington Post, where academics can publish their research in ways accessible to policymakers and the broader public.
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Reform requires the commitment of a range of change agents, from thought leaders to the media, policymakers at the federal, state and local levels, practitioners, and other stakeholders. FutureEd is a non-traditional education policy center at the Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, combining the resources of a national research university with education policy expertise and strong communication skills to produce solution-oriented policy analysis specifically for these stakeholders. Their work spans many areas but currently focuses on strengthening teaching, assessment, school choice and addressing non-academic barriers to student success, such as chronic absenteeism. These areas represent high-leverage opportunities to improve the educational trajectories of traditionally underserved students. FutureEd gained traction over the past year: their monthly web traffic has tripled and their mailing list grew to more than 26,000 people. In addition, they can increasingly point to the legislative, policy, and practical impact of their communications.
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For enhancing academic and public policy understanding of Russia
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The state of Russia-related research and graduate training in the United States has seen a steady decline in federal funding and scholarly interest since the early 1990s, creating a shortage of rising experts with adequate training. Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) is a primary source of trained specialists on the region. CERES graduates pursue careers in government, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and business. With previous support, CERES has been expanding and deepening its training, research, and outreach programs. CERES will continue these programs with an added element of connecting Russia and Eurasia specialists to the concerned media.
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For bootcamps on strategic force analysis and technological change
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
50 months
Description
Technological advancements are changing deterrence dynamics, but emerging scholars have few opportunities to learn the methods necessary to assess these shifts. Few programs at government agencies or academic institutions teach these methods even as the demand for this analysis continues to grow. Through this project, Georgetown University will collaborate with Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico to organize two seminars for mid-career international security scholars on nuclear force analysis and related approaches. This grant builds on previous Corporation support to RAND Corporation to foster a network of next-generation experts with the training necessary to understand and engage in these debates.
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For a project on understanding the global impact of transnational religious soft power
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
45 months
Description
The use of state soft power is a longstanding global phenomenon. In some countries in the Middle East, it is manifested through the propagation of religious activities overseas. To better understand this phenomenon, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center will examine the motivations, modalities, and mechanisms surrounding state sponsorship of religious soft power. The research will entail in-depth case studies in six countries that have been on the receiving end of exported influence. The case studies will identify and assess the local impact of such activity with respect to changes in religion and culture, levels of pluralism and inclusivity, the safety and status of women and minorities, and dynamics of instability, conflict, and violence. Corporation funds will support fieldwork, meetings, research, and publications.
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For a study on the dynamics of conflict and accommodation in Arab-Iranian relations
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
The relationship between the Arab states and Iran carries significant ramifications for regional and international stability. Its complexity and ongoing evolution merit in-depth examination. A project on Arab-Iranian relations under the auspices of Georgetown University will assess the relative roles of historical, ethnic, sectarian, cultural, and ideological factors in shaping the trajectory of this relations and its potential impact. The case study will also shed light on the broader issue of ethnic and sectarian factors in inter-state relations. The project will result in the publication of a major volume along with several shorter pieces for policy, scholarly, and other journals.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case studies
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Addressing the ongoing need to bridge the academic-policy gap, a joint proposal by Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) and Mortara Center for International Studies combines the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds. It supports the expansion and improvement of the ISD’s well-established diplomacy case studies program, used by academics and students globally as teaching materials, and a series of ISD working groups on emergent, global diplomatic challenges. It also enhances two outlets where academics can publish their research in ways accessible to policymakers and the broader public: The Monkey Cage, a blog published by The Washington Post, and a new peer-reviewed journal, Research & Politics, published by SAGE. Finally, it supports early career academics by shaping their professional trajectory to focus rigorous, policy-relevant academic work on global and diplomatic issues.
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Pockets of comprehensive reform in recent years have demonstrated that it is possible to substantially improve human capital systems in public education and that such changes can make meaningful differences in students’ educational lives. But improvements have not scaled widely and in recent years, powerful political forces on the left and the right have weakened the national movement to strengthen teachers and teaching. FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation’s schools on behalf of disadvantaged students. Their reports and policy roadmaps reach key thought leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders. This grant is for core support of FutureEd’s work.
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Academic Leadership Award in recognition of Georgetown University President John DeGioia's outstanding academic and institutional leadership
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
16 months
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For a case study for education leaders, policymakers, and practitioners on the District of Columbia Public Schools' instructional reforms
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
9 months
Description
FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation’s schools on behalf of disadvantaged students. Ensuring that every student is taught by capable teachers is central to that work. FutureEd recently published a 5,500-word analysis in the Washington Monthly magazine of the efforts over the past decade to improve the teaching force and teachers’ daily lives in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Through its comprehensive human capital reform efforts, DCPS has strengthened students’ chances of academic success and has created an important reform blueprint for others to follow. The proposed project draws on their extensive research for that project to develop a new 10,000-word case study designed to support the development of education leaders, policymakers, and practitioners in other school systems who would like to learn from the DCPS reform blueprint to strengthen instruction in their school systems.
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For strengthening graduate training and research in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
The field of Eurasian and East European studies has seen a steady decline in federal funding and scholarly interest since the early 1990s. As a result, the ranks of Russian analysts and speakers have fallen to levels that could take years to rebuild. Training at U.S. universities is needed to build up the national expertise on the region. The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) in Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service houses one of the nation’s preeminent training and research programs on Russia and Eurasia. With renewed Corporation, CERES will engage in a host of activities, including policy-relevant research, training, and public outreach to improve the U.S. understanding of the region.
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For a project titled "Outlook for the Geopolitics of the South Caucasus in the Aftermath of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Exploring Possibilities for Regional Economic and Security Cooperation"
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Recent events pose the opportunity to promote regional security and economic cooperation in the South Caucasus. A notable example is the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPOA), an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program among Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nation’s Security Council plus Germany. To show how Iran’s return to the international community could be used to improve security and economic conditions in the region and help in the resolution of long-standing conflicts, a project of Georgetown University will research and assess the potential for advancing that these goals in the South Caucasus. The project will also help design policies that will be shared with the policy making community in an effort to help achieve U.S. interests in the region.
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For a research project on the human capital strategy of D.C. Public Schools
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
11 months
Description
FutureEd is a think tank at Georgetown University that combines the methodological rigor of sound educational research with a focus on effective policy analysis and clear communication. Its goal is to broaden and deepen the national commitment to creating a high-quality, performance-based teaching profession through research, analysis, thought-leadership, and convenings. For nearly a decade, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has pursued one of the most comprehensive efforts in the nation’s history to reshape the public school teaching profession, strengthening its human capital system to support high quality teaching. However, these changes have not been well-documented and the results have not been widely disseminated to policy makers and the public. This grant will support FutureEd to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the DCPS reforms and to disseminate the final report, thereby providing education leaders with a detailed portrait of an approach to improving educator effectiveness and large-scale human capital reform.
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For the project "Twenty-five Years of U.S.-Russia Relations: What Should We Have Learned?"
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
10 months
Description
Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S.-Russia relationship has gone through several phases of both cooperation and confrontation. Understanding the past trajectory, and the reasons for it, are essential for charting the future course of this important relationship. The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) at Georgetown University will host a major international conference, “Twenty-five Years of U.S.-Russia Relations: What Should We Have Learned?” Conference participants will include leading former policymakers, analysts, and private sector representatives from the United States, Russia, and elsewhere. The conference will be retrospective and prospective with the goal of bringing its findings to the attention of a new U.S. administration and the Russian policymaking community. A podcast of the conference will be available on the CERES website.
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For one-time core support of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security was established in 2011, as the University recognized an opportunity to deepen and extend its engagement with the critical issues of our time involving women worldwide. Through research, convenings, and partnerships, the Institute explores women’s roles not only the challenges relating to war and peace, but also on a number of global threats such as violent extremism, mass displacement, and climate change. Moreover, the Institute supports an online research repository, the Profiles in Peace Oral History Project, the International Council on Women’s Business Leadership founded by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellowship Program. With Corporation support, the Institute will continue to work through a diverse array of platforms and networks building a base around how women engage in global peace and security processes and aims to contribute to the ongoing efforts in building a more prosperous and peaceful world.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case study development
Date
Dec. 10, 2015
Duration
30 months
Description
Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) and Mortara Center for International Studies’ joint proposal weaves the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds into a mutually supportive whole. It supports the expansion and improvement of ISD’s well-established diplomacy case studies program, used by academics and students globally as teaching materials, and the return of a series of ISD working groups on emerging global diplomatic challenges. It also enhances two outlets where academics can publish their research in ways accessible to policymakers and the broader public: The Monkey Cage, a blog published by The Washington Post, and a new peer-reviewed journal, Research & Politics (R&P) published by SAGE. Finally, it supports early career academics by shaping their professional trajectory to focus rigorous, policy-relevant academic work on global and diplomatic issues.
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For support of the Center on the Future of American Education
Date
Dec. 10, 2015
Duration
8 months
Description
The new Center on the Future of American Education (CFAE) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy is being founded with the goal to make American education more effective, equitable, and efficient by breaking the ideological log-jam in education policy circles and by making the complexities of education policy clear and compelling for policymakers and practitioners. It will bring together leading researchers, policy experts, and professional writers under an innovative staffing strategy to promote sound, pragmatic solutions to the nation’s education challenges. With support from the Corporation, CFAE will launch in early 2016 and build its capacity to share important new research and analysis on education reform with multiple audiences, in support of the Corporation’s efforts to build public and professional understanding and will for school reforms that raise student achievement.
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For a project on new directions in Russian studies
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
8 months
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For investigating disruptive technologies, strategic vulnerability, and the future of deterrence
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
36 months
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As a one-time grant for a project on U.S.-Russian threat reduction cooperation
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
16 months
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For a project to strengthen graduate training and research in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Date
Dec. 10, 2015
Duration
21 months
Description
The current crises in U.S.-Russia relations raise questions about how prepared the U.S. analytical community is to understand Russia now and into the future. A recent Corporation-sponsored survey noted strong features in the Russian studies field but emphasized the dearth of recently trained political science scholars in Russian and Eurasian studies. It also cited challenges emerging in maintaining ties between the Russian and U.S. academic and policy research communities, including restrictions placed on Russian academics and policy researchers as the space for independent expression continues to shrink. Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) will undertake steps to strengthen its research and training activities and outreach to policymakers about Russia’s relations with the West.
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As a one-time only grant for assessing the role of religion in international affairs
Date
Mar. 06, 2014
Duration
18 months
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As a one-time grant for scholar mobility fellowships to U.S. universities in support of social scientists from the Arab region
Date
Sep. 12, 2013
Duration
24 months
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Toward a study on undocumented migrant children
Date
Mar. 04, 2010
Duration
24 months
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Toward an online tool to assist teaching civics education
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
12 months
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Toward a conference in Doha, Qatar on America's role in the world
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
6 months
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Toward a conference on Kofi Annan's legacy for Africa
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
12 months
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Toward research, dissemination and policy forums on Eurasia
Date
Sep. 27, 2007
Duration
27 months
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Supplemental funding toward research and publications on nontraditional security by the European University at St. Petersburg
Date
Sep. 28, 2006
Duration
16 months
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Toward a conference on the value of an independent judiciary
Date
Jun. 08, 2006
Duration
18 months
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For a volume providing a review of reformist and moderate thinking on Islam
Date
Jun. 09, 2005
Duration
24 months
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For research and publications on nontraditional security by the European University at St. Petersburg
Date
Dec. 02, 2004
Duration
30 months