Grants

Stevens Institute of Technology

Project Title

For a project on nuclear history and policy outreach

Date

Jun. 03, 2021

Duration

59 months

Description

Improving nuclear policies often requires understanding the historical context in which those policies were initially devised. The Stevens Institute of Technology will engage in two related research projects that employ an historical, comparative, and unclassified approach to nuclear questions. The first project will compare launch authority procedures in various nuclear possessor states, an especially relevant question given recent Congressional interest in reforming U.S. launch authority. The second project will investigate a 1960s incident in which large quantities of enriched uranium went missing from a facility in Pennsylvania. The projects will result in publications and/or a podcast aiming at specialists and the broader concerned public.

Project Title

For a project on Reinventing Civil Defense: Returning Nuclear Security to Civil Society

Date

Jun. 01, 2017

Duration

48 months

Description

While any use of nuclear weapons would have dramatic global consequences, American attitudes toward nuclear risk reveal little urgency or understanding. Through this grant, Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) will seek to identify new ways to communicate about nuclear risk that have greater potential to resonate with target audiences. While building on the prior history of Civil Defense, Stevens will investigate alternative forms of engagement: art, new media, and interactive digital technologies. The ultimate goal is to identify a new approach to effective, non-partisan, level-headed nuclear risk communication for the 21st Century.

Project Title

Academic Leadership Award in recognition of Stevens Institute of Technology President Nariman Farvardin's outstanding academic and institutional leadership

Date

Sep. 07, 2017

Duration

24 months

Project Title

For a leadership summit on engineering education, workforce development, and economic growth

Date

Jun. 12, 2014

Duration

12 months

Project Title

For support of a conference to promote nuclear issues education

Date

Sep. 12, 2013

Duration

9 months