Institute for Advanced Study
Project Title
As a one-time only grant for the Director's Visitor Program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study is a private, independent academic with a mission to encourage and support fundamental scholarship, the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. The Institute’s Director’s Visitor Program exemplifies one of the Institute’s founding principles “to enable the curiosity-driven pursuit of knowledge with no view to its immediate utility or the expectation of meeting predetermined goals”. With Corporation support, the Institute will continue to invite Director’s Visitors that bring a richness and depth to their pursuit of knowledge that can only be achieved by a community of people with diverse backgrounds.
Project Title
For a matching grant to support collaborations between African diaspora scholars and African science academies
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Until science investment on the African continent improves, the existing environment characterized by sparse financial, human and capital resources will continue to lead to science brain drain. To address this risk, African science academies seek to offer authoritative credible advice to governments in Africa and worldwide for formulation of policies that could lead to economic, social and cultural development. Scientists in the African diaspora are contributing to these efforts. With Corporation support and matching funding, science academies in Africa will invite African diaspora scientists from science academies around the world for short-term fellowships, enabling them to develop strategic plans and conduct joint policy studies to inform government officials responsible for national science policy.
Project Title
For the Shii Studies Research Project
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
48 months
Description
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), an internationally recognized center for the study of Islamic cultures and history, proposes a research project to expand and enhance the field of Islamic studies. The Shii Studies Research Project seeks to redress the under-representation of Shii Studies within the field of Islamic Studies, enriching contemporary understandings of the historical roots of current crises and regional tensions in the Middle East. IAS seeks Corporation funds in support of growing this field through a variety of activities, including hosting scholars in residence and publishing the Shii Studies Review (journal) as well as a companion books series. IAS will also establish a workshop series for training young scholars in the field of Shii Studies and will hold two annual conferences mobilizing leading scholars in the field.