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For project support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute's mapping project of U.S. civic infrastructure
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The decline in spaces of civic life has led to an era of polarization, distrust, disinformation, and societal fragmentation. These spaces provided people with the necessary experiences to cultivate the capacities for collective life in pluralistic societies. In 2017, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) founded the Agora Institute, inspired by the Greek word for assembly, to integrate research, teaching, and practice to strengthen opportunities for people of all backgrounds to participate in civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue. With Corporation funding, the Agora Institute will undertake the Mapping the Modern Agora (MMA), which will create the first comprehensive civic infrastructure map of the United States to better understand what kind of groups are cultivating a healthy democracy.
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As a final grant for the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
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Since 2015, the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON), based at the Henry Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, has been supporting PhD students from dozens of universities to help bridge the gap between academic research and policy in the international affairs field. IPSCON addresses the existing gaps in graduate education by introducing innovative teaching techniques and pedagogical strategies. This approach is aimed at students who are keen to engage in policy-relevant research but find themselves lacking the necessary skills and networks. With renewed Corporation support, IPSCON will continue to diversify the participation of PhD students and institutions, encourage interdisciplinary perspectives, promote co-authorship between junior and senior scholars, and increase opportunities to workshop and disseminate student scholarship.
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For the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
In fields devoted to international affairs there is a persistent lack of incentives for applying knowledge gained about the world to policymaking. Since its inception in 2015, the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON), housed within the Henry Kissinger Center for Global Affairs (HKC) at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), has carried out a series of programs to help close the divide between the worlds of ideas and action in global affairs. Involving an eight-university consortium, IPSCON’s seeks to address the “market failures” in international affairs graduate training and experiments with novel pedagogy and methods. With renewed Corporation support, IPSCON will continue to diversify the participation of PhD students and institutions, encourage interdisciplinary perspectives, promote co-authorship between junior and senior scholars, and increase opportunities to workshop and disseminate student scholarship.
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As one-time funding for a project to develop a post-pandemic global health treaty at the Center for Global Health Science and Security as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on "Reimagining Multilateralism"
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
51 months
Description
Preparing for and responding to the next pandemic requires new approaches to incorporating accountability, transparency, equity, participation, and the rule of law into multilateralism. A project at Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) will bring together interdisciplinary experts to focus on this challenge. CGHSS will identify gaps in the current multilateral system; develop a multilateral governance framework for pandemics; and produce a report identifying the scientific and legal bases for outbreak preparedness targeting the policymaking and civil society stakeholders.
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For support of the Advancing Research on Conflict Consortium
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
45 months
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Understanding and preparing for adverse conditions during scholarly fieldwork in conflict contexts is integral to honoring the principle of “do no harm.” However, conventional academic training in the social sciences often leaves scholars under-prepared for research in volatile and violence-affected spaces. The Advancing Research in Conflict (ARC) Consortium was founded in 2018 to directly address thisdearth of practical, methodological, and psychological resources available to social scientists working in these challenging environments. ARC runs a week-long, faculty-led residential summer training program for graduate students and early-career scholars that includes advanced field methods and ethics training.
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As a final grant for research, analysis, fellowships, and policy outreach on China's role in Africa
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
48 months
Description
China’s rapid expansion abroad is unprecedented in scale and complexity. Its growing engagement with Africa, in particular, has attracted attention from the media, academia, and the policy community. Established in 2014, the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies produces and disseminates accurate and nuanced analysis of current and past trends. With Corporation support, CARIwill continue to generateoriginal data, fieldwork-based evidence, and policy-relevant academic research. It will also engage with policy and practitioner communities and convene both virtual and Washington D.C.-based forums to further disseminate its findings.
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For the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
An advanced degree in the social sciences reflects an extraordinary investment by the student and supporting institutions, as well as the larger society. However, there is a gap between the ivory tower and the policy world, especially in fields devoted to international affairs.Since its inception in 2015, the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON), housed within the Henry Kissinger Center for Global Affairs (HKC) at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, has carried out a series of pilot programs that address and close thedivide between the worlds of ideas and action in global affairs.Building on lessons learned during the pilot phase, IPSCON plans to continue its programming whilediversifying the participation of Ph.D. students and institutions, encouraginginterdisciplinary perspectives, promotingco-authorship between junior and senior scholars, andincreasingopportunities to workshop and disseminate student scholarship.
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For the Nuclear Studies Research Initiative
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
48 months
Description
The Nuclear Studies Research Initiative (NSRI) is an interdisciplinary effort to identify, support, and inspire rigorous, accessible, and policy relevant scholarship on nuclear issues. NSRI is a network of emerging and established experts that convenes scholars from various disciplines in order to improve the quality and salience of nuclear scholarship. The initiative will examine core issues in nuclear studies, including deterrence and compellence, inadvertent escalation, and the effects of arms control agreements.
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For research, analysis, fellowships, and policy outreach on China's role in Africa
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Although China began to accelerate its outward engagement in 2001, there has been little authoritative study of the many dimensions of this complex development. China’s growing ties with Africa, in particular, have attracted increasing attention from the media, academics, and the policy community. However, a lack of transparency on the Chinese side and poor reporting by many of the countries where China is engaged have complicated efforts to analyze the impact of these ties. Understanding China’s relationship with Africa requires more integrated approaches than those traditionally adopted by the scholarly and policy communities. Established in 2014, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies’ China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) supports academic research and policy outreach that provide accurate and nuanced analysis of China’s role in Africa, and contribute to more informed policy by the United States and other actors dealing with this issue.
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For the Carnegie International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
36 months
Description
The failure of American higher education to prepare current and prospective policymakers to perform at a high-level and the irrelevance of much academic research to real-world problems remain core challenges in the International Peace and Security Program’s (IPS) Bridging the Gap initiative. The proposed project will continue efforts to train better-prepared policymakers who can understand high-quality research and apply it in practice; and better academics who can prepare practitioners and conduct research they can use. During the next phase of this project, its institutional base–which manages a collaboration among five universities, about to expand to eight — will transition from Syracuse University to Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and its new Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins-SAIS (HKC) whose mission is closely aligned with this project.
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For support of web-based analysis and outreach, international collaborative training and research and Track II dialogue on North Korea
Date
Dec. 10, 2015
Duration
24 months
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The Korean peninsula—perhaps more than any other region of the world now that a nuclear deal has been reached with Iran—has become central to efforts at building a strong international nonproliferation regime. However, as a result of the international community’s failure to halt North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, the North is emerging as a small nuclear power with a projected arsenal of 20-100 nuclear weapons by 2020. The North Korean challenge is likely to grow, requiring more effective diplomatic efforts to end its programs or, if these fail, limit their adverse impact. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), seeks to promote informed debate over the challenges presented by North Korea in policy circles, the mainstream media, and the public, through expansion of its authoritative 38 North web site, continued Track II efforts, and a comprehensive review of U.S. policy toward North Korea.
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Academic Leadership Award in recognition of Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels outstanding academic and institutional leadership
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
26 months
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For research, analysis, fellowships, and policy outreach on China's role in Africa
Date
Dec. 04, 2014
Duration
42 months
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For continuing a randomized field trial of a new high school design
Date
Jun. 12, 2014
Duration
8 months
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For support of a U.S.-North Korea Track II Meeting
Date
Sep. 12, 2013
Duration
5 months
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For the International Reporting Project (IRP) trip to Kazakhstan
Date
Jun. 06, 2013
Duration
12 months
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For support of Track II dialogue, international collaborative training and research, and web-based analysis and outreach
Date
Dec. 05, 2013
Duration
24 months
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For a web-based initiative on events related to North Korea
Date
Mar. 01, 2012
Duration
12 months
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For a new model to turnaround low-performing high schools
Date
Dec. 15, 2011
Duration
36 months
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For support of a regional conference on peacebuilding in the Balkans
Date
Jun. 09, 2011
Duration
6 months
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Toward international fellowships for journalists focusing on international nuclear proliferation issues
Date
Sep. 10, 2009
Duration
11 months
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Toward intensive training of U.S. news editors on issues facing Turkey, including the role of Islam in contemporary Turkey
Date
Jun. 12, 2008
Duration
12 months
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Toward intensive training of U.S. news editors on issues facing North and South Korea
Date
Mar. 06, 2008
Duration
12 months
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For intensive training of U.S. news editors on issues facing Nigeria
Date
Mar. 01, 2007
Duration
6 months
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Toward advancing adolescent literacy development in out-of-school time settings
Date
Jun. 08, 2006
Duration
17 months
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Toward developing key messages to support high-quality summer learning for at-risk youth
Date
Sep. 28, 2006
Duration
12 months
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As a final grant toward expediting comprehension for English-language learners
Date
Jun. 08, 2006
Duration
39 months
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Toward a summit on adolescent literacy in out-of-school time
Date
Jun. 09, 2005
Duration
12 months
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As a final grant toward a national research project that will improve the flow of information about field-based nonprofit practices to nonprofit teaching, technical assistance and research institutions
Date
Jun. 09, 2004
Duration
18 months
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For expediting comprehension and English-language literacy
Date
Feb. 05, 2004
Duration
28 months
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Toward administrative costs of the Next Generation Venture Fund, a preparatory program for college-bound students from underrepresented communities
Date
Dec. 02, 2004
Duration
12 months