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Project Title
For continued support for the Wilson China Fellowship program for early career scholars
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
41 months
Description
China’s role in shaping economic, political, social, and security developments in Asia and beyond is having profound implications on global peace and stability. Understanding these developments and their relevance to the United States requires a diverse range of expert voices in the U.S. foreign policy conversation. To bring these voices to the forefront, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars supports an annual cohort of sixteen China-focused fellows whose expertise and interests cross disciplinary, geographic, and institutional bounds. Through research scholarships and mentorship, the Wilson China Fellowship develops a network of scholars equipped to both inform and challenge the prevailing policy wisdom. Each cohort culminates in a collection of policy recommendations on a wide variety of timely issues promoted to U.S. policymakers.
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For a study on nuclear targeting, civilian casualties, and the laws of war
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
U.S. nuclear policy states that nuclear targeting minimizes civilian casualties and abides by the laws of armed conflict. But U.S. analytical and expert communities have questioned the accuracy of these claims.With renewed funding, the National Security Archive (NSA) will continue a project to shed light on U.S. nuclear targeting policies and their potential consequences. NSA will use Freedom of Information Act requests and oral histories with former policy officials, practitioners, and experts to create collections of primary sources on this issue.The collected materials will be analyzed by NSA staff and made available to others so as to provide better understanding of U.S. nuclear targeting policies, their consequences for civilians, and the degree to which such policies conform to international norms about armed conflict.
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For a project on geopolitics, nuclear issues, and the Middle East
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
American-Iranian tensions are on the rise since the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Iran’s indirect role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war. As such, retaining lines of communication and relationships between experts and former officials in Iran and the United States have become increasingly important. With renewed funding, the International Institute for Strategic Studies will continue to facilitate Track II dialogues and related expert workshops, as well as disseminate findings through briefings of relevant policymakers and online articles and publications. IISS has successfully established itself as a trusted avenue for these dialogues in both Washington, D.C. and Tehran. Renewed support for this project will help promote de-escalation between the U.S. and Iran and broader regional stability.
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For a project on nuclear command and control and artificial intelligence
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Concerns abound about the potential dangers created by using artificial intelligence (AI) in nuclear weapon command and control systems. But assessing how to mitigate these dangers is made more difficult because few details are known about these systems due to classification and mistrust. With this project, the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists will investigate and analyze the command and control systems of nuclear possessor states and, in the process, train a new generation of analysts in the methods of open source intelligence. The work will result in published research on command and control systems and will enable analysis of the role of AI in these systems by FAS as well as other experts in both the policy and academic communities.
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For fellowships for technical training on nuclear nonproliferation and arms control
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Analysis of nuclear policy and the development of arms control verification methods require technical proficiency and mentoring in niche applications of physics and engineering. With renewed funding, this project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Nuclear Engineering Department will help build this technical capacity by training a doctoral student or a post-doctoral fellow through a project that analyzes the vulnerability of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos to strikes from precision-guided conventional weapons.The project will also assess the implications of such a development for strategic stability and future opportunities for arms control.
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For support of University World News (Africa) higher education editorial projects
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The African higher education landscape is a rapidly evolving sector marked by both significant progress and persisting challenges. University World News-Africa (UNW-A) is an open-access online media platform dedicated to coverage of Africa’s higher education sector. It publishes on a range of topics aimed at expanding knowledge about the sector, facilitating discussions, and bridging communications divide between academia and policy officials. With continued Corporation support, UNW-A will deepen and expand its coverage throughout Africa.
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As a final grant for improving university research administration in sub-Saharan Africa
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Strengthening research management systems and structures is a prerequisite for African institutions to tap into an increasingly globalized andcompetitive funding environment, grow research portfolios, andapplyresearch to real-world problems. The University Administration Support Program (UASP), administered by theInternational Research and Exchanges Board, offersa set of training and related programs to strengthen university research offices and processes. With continuedsupport, UASPwill further grow and professionalize a cohort of university staff and alumni engaged in the advancement of research missions.
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As a final grant for competitive fellowships for early-career academics at Makerere University and four Ugandan partner public universities
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
30 months
Description
Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prominent public universities in Africa. Over the past two decades, the Corporation has supported various programs at the University, including institutional strengthening, gender equity, advancement of faculty with PhD, and postdoctoral research and publications. With renewed grant, Makerere will continue to support early-career academics at the postdoctoral stage with emphasis on research skills, research communication, and gender inclusivity at the University and the four partner public universities in Ghana, namely Busitema University, Gulu University, Kyambogo University, and Mbarara University.
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As a final grant for Future Africa’s early-career leadership fellowship program to build transdisciplinary research skills
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Transdisciplinary research has the potential to offer solutions to some of the world’s pressing challenges. The University of Pretoria in South Africa has adopted transdisciplinary research by creating a purpose-built campus, Future Africa (FA). With Corporation support, FA’s Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-LEAF) program enables early-career scholars and scientists from a range of disciplines to focus on specific themes through a transdisciplinary approach. With renewed support, FAR-LEAF will offer competitive fellowships on the politics of sustainability. The grant will support research, training, networking, and publications.
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As a final grant for support of doctoral and early-career fellowships with expansion to four partner universities in Ghana and the region (Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa) - Phase 4)
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
The University of Ghana, Legon (UG), one of the oldest universities in West Africa, has strived to become a leading research-intensive institution by increasing faculty with terminal degrees and growing research funding and publications with support from the Corporation.UG has also aimed to strengthen universities and academic capacities in sub-Saharan Africa more broadly. With the final grant for Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa, UG will further improve research excellence and productivity at UG and four universities in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa.The grant will support PhD recruitment and training, capacity-building workshops, mentorships, research collaborations, and publications.
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As a one-time only grant for a project analyzing the designation of nuclear materials as primarily for civilian or military use
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
0 months
Description
Some technologies and materials are useful for both the production of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Such “dual use” items are governed by a system of national and international rules intended to allow the peaceful uses of nuclear energy without contributing to the development of nuclear weapons. These rules have increasingly been manipulated to allow some states to create infrastructures to build up or modernize their nuclear arsenals or create alliances with other states through the sharing of sensitive technologies. This project will analyze the implications of the flexibility with which some technologies and materials are designated as either civilian or military in nature and the consequences for global nonproliferation norms.
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For a project training journalists in nuclear weapons issues
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
With the decline in interest in nuclear weapons-related issues after the Cold War, few media organizations invested in covering these stories.Combined with the technical nature and jargon of nuclear weapons, the result has been a significant decrease in coverage and critical analysis.With this project, the Outrider Foundation will provide training workshops, educational materials, and access to non-governmental experts for journalists and editors.This will contribute to increasing media analysis and coverage of nuclear weapons issues and more opportunities for the public to engage with and be more informed about this topic.
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As a one-time only grant for a project on providing the public with information about nuclear weapons issues
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Polling shows that Americans are concerned about the dangers of nuclear weapons and want to know more.Yet there are few resources that can explain such issues to a general audience and even fewer that communicate through the diverse media needed to reach different age groups.With this project, Back from the Brink, through fiscal sponsor Los Angeles Physicians for Social Responsibility, will help fill this gap by creating and disseminating a variety of media resources to provide the public with information about contemporary nuclear weapons-related issues.These resources will be designed for non-expert audiences and, where possible, emphasize local priorities.
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As a final grant for building capacity for institutional data gathering, policy advocacy, and research at African Research Universities Alliance universities
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Recognizing the critical need to advance quality research conducted by African researchers in African universities, and the valuable role of collaboration across sectors, regions, and disciplines, several university presidents established the African Universities Research Alliance (ARUA) in 2015 with initial support from the Corporation. Today ARUA is comprised of sixteen member universities and holds thirteen centers of excellence as focal points for world-class researchers from its network. With renewed support, ARUA will continue to strengthen its members’ capacity to conduct research, provide research training, and advocate for the sector. It will also expand its on-line data collection portal for detailed statistics on Africa’s universities.
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As a final grant for research, capacity building, and international networking on African philanthropy
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Philanthropy has a long-existing history in African communities. However, the formalization of the field of philanthropic studies has onlyrecentlyemerged in Africa. Indiana University’s Lilly School of Philanthropy (LFSOP) seeks toimprove and increase the understanding of philanthropy globallyby offering education, training, and research to students and practitionersglobally. With Corporation Support, LFSOP will facilitate research on philanthropy in Africa and provide training, capacity building, and network strengthening opportunities for emerging African scholars in philanthropic studies, in partnership with African institutions focused on philanthropy.
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As a final grant to elevate African peacebuilding expertise in the media
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
African scholars produce in-depth research on peace and security issues that rarely appears in formats accessible to policymakers and the interested public. At the same time, journalists often lack access to specialist expertise to inform their reporting on these issues. To address these disconnects, AllAfrica, a leading online source of news across Africa, began working with African peacebuilding scholars in 2018 to produce multimedia content for and with its network of more than 100 news and policy-oriented organizations. With renewed Corporation support, AllAfrica will continue to produce this content, conduct briefings between media leaders and peace researchers, facilitate policy dialogues, and disseminate peacebuilding analyses. In addition to publishing original content and providing consistent coverage of underreported developments, the project will continue to fosterconnections among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
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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 a project on policy relevant research and outreach at the Global Research Institute
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) project at William and Mary seeks to increase the role of IR expert knowledge in the foreign policy process by effectively communicating IR scholars’ views, data, and theories to policy officials. TRIP researchers will continue conducting surveys of international relations scholars for their insights on pressing security threats, approaches to teaching and research, and engagement with policymakers, think tanks, and nongovernmental organizations. The project will also address the “demand side” of the Bridging the Gap equation by surveying policymakers about what they find most useful in academic research. Beyond funding these activities, the Corporation will also support two post-doctoral fellows from underrepresented backgrounds, as well as outreach to journalists, policymakers, and other practitioners.
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As a final grant for the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
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 a project on U.S.-China competition in emerging technologies
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Emerging capabilities in quantum technology and artificial intelligence (AI) complicate the U.S.-China strategic relationship and have implications for economic competition as well as national security. With renewed funding, CNAS will build upon and expand its analysis of the state of quantum technology and its applications, potential technical hurdles, and measures to mitigate technological breakthroughs by “peer competitors,” namely, China. CNAS will also continue its Track II dialogues with China and Russia on the military implications of AI, including developing a shared glossary of terms to facilitate discussions between nuclear possessor states on the implications of AI for strategic stability. Both projects will help U.S. policymakers and experts better understand and respond to advances in these emerging technologies and their applications.
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For a project assessing the consequences of China’s economic slowdown for Africa
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s economic slowdown as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that its seemingly inevitable dramatic economic growth can no longer be taken for granted. Emerging market and developing countries, particularly in Africa, face the greatest risks from this slowdown, since they have greatly counted on the benefits of China’s high-growth period. However, the magnitude and direction of these impacts are poorly understood. A partnership between the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center and the Rhodium Group aims to take stock of China’s economic footprint in Africa and develop a quantitative framework to evaluate the spillover effects of changes in China’s domestic economy on developments on the continent. This project seeks to help stakeholders plan for potential disruptions in Chinese-African economic interactions and the global economy, more broadly, as well as assess their geopolitical implications.
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For a project on peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a new era of great power competition
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached a critical juncture. The country faces escalating violence that has uprooted seven million people and resulted in thousands of deaths yet lacks a coherent strategy to tackle both the immediate and underlying causes of the conflict. Concurrently, the UN’s peacekeeping forces are in the process of withdrawing, and the newly elected government is reassessing its conflict resolution tactics. At the same time, the DRC’s strategic importance has grown in the context of the Sino-American rivalry. The scramble for DRC’s strategic mineralswill play a major role in the clean energy transition. Building on the cumulative lessons learned from previous efforts, the proposed project from the Congo Research Group (CRG) within New York University’s Center on International Cooperation aims to produce research and analysis on the current conflict and its trajectory. This work will feed into a series of dialogues with key stakeholders, as well as inform the broader public and expert community.
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For a project on African perspectives on the emerging global order
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
As the world’s multilateral system evolves, there is heightened interest in Africa from outside the continent. Amid the upheavals of recent years, Africa has begun to wield greater influence and assume a more proactive role in seeking to shape a new international order. However, the views of African policy experts, practitioners, and civil society on Africa’s role in international governance and effects of the evolving global landscape on the continent, have been given short shrift. This joint proposal from the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africawill use surveys and focus groups to capture and analyze African viewpoints on international relations, particularly given current geopolitical shifts and the need for more inclusive global governance structures. The findings will be disseminated through international convenings, publications, and high-level briefings with the aim of promoting better-informed policymaking.
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For support of the state-level elected official rhetoric project
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
A thriving democracy hinges on civil debates on policy issues rather than inflammatory language that worsens polarization. Research also suggests that the most divisive policymakers are generally the least productive when it comes to sponsoring, building support for, and passing legislation, which makes them not only destructive to the political climate, but also poor delegates for constituents and a bad investment for donors. A collaboration between Stanford University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Pennsylvania, the Polarization Research Lab (PRL) is a research group and resource hub dedicated to applying science to the study of polarization and democracy. With Corporation support, PRL will track and categorize the public statements of state-level elected officials to help the public, journalists, and donors distinguish between those who seek to perpetuate partisan discord from those dedicated to effective government.
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As a final grant for the AWARD leadership program for emerging African women in science
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Globally, women account for a significantly smaller portion of scientific research output, creating a demand for professional leadership programs. Established in 2008, the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) aims to expand the pipeline of African women scientists in the agricultural sciences leadership positions. With renewed support, AWARD will provide training and mentorship to 120 competitively selectedwomen in the agricultural sciences from sub-Saharan Africa,connecting them with mentors representing senior lecturers and university managers, scientists, international development practitioners, and civil society leaders in the agricultural research and development sector.
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For support of a nonpartisan media campaign to educate Native Americans nationally about voting rights barriers and voting
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Founded in 1992, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation is a media organization that serves the Native American population. It was established by leaders of the Alaska Native community with the aim of safeguarding their culture and languages and to challenge pervasive biases toward Native people. The organization is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, from where it runs the public radio station KNBA, the inaugural Native American station to cater to urban regions, as well as The RIVR, a streaming station dedicated to youth. Additionally, it has a national production hub in Albuquerque, New Mexico, making it the leading producer of Native American content for the entire public radio network. With Corporation support, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation will carry out a nonpartisan media campaign to educate Native Americans nationally about barriers to their voting rights and to increase nonpartisan voter education and engagement.
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As a one-time grant for a project on the effects of the U.S. presidential election on transatlantic relations
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
30 months
Description
The 2024 U.S. presidential election and its outcome will have substantial implications for the future of transatlantic relations and the United States’ role in the international system. In the months before and after the vote, the London-based Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) aims to provide balanced analysis on the international dimensions of the election from the European perspective, with the goal of ensuring long-term transatlantic cooperation on critical global security issues. Through analysis and dialogue among experts, the project seeks to engage European and U.S. policymakers and the media on the implications of the election’s outcome and on how the United States and Europe will approach relations in the upcoming years.
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In support of The Andy Warhol Museum’s 30th Anniversary
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
The Andy Warhol Museum (The Warhol) is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, which was founded in 1895 by Andrew Carnegie and includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Science Center. The Warhol’s mission is to engage and inspire through the art, life, and legacy of Andy Warhol, one of the 20th century’s most influential artists. Among the world’s most comprehensive single-artist museums, The Warhol opened in 1994 in Pittsburgh, the artist’s hometown. In celebration of its 30thanniversary, with Corporation support, the Warhol will produce museum-based arts educations experiences for youth, adults, and specialty audiences through its Learning and Public Engagement Department, engaging participants in their workforce development program, programs that center on inclusion and accessibility, student and teacher programming in and out of schools, public programs for museum visitors and community members, and develop web-based curricula and online resources.
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For project support of the College Success Awards
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
GreatSchools is the nation’s largest education-focused parenting website serving 45 million American families annually with a track record of over eighteen years. They have effectively engaged with parents, providing profiles of 200,000 K-12 schools that encompass performance metrics, detailed descriptions, and valuable feedback from over a million parents and students. The Corporation will continue to support the annual College Success Award presented by GreatSchools, which recognizes and celebrates public high schools that excel in preparing students for success in postsecondary education. The award’s primary aim is to acknowledge and honor public high schools that effectively equip students to enroll and thrive in college. This information serves as a valuable tool for families in identifying schools that are best equipped to support their children in their journey toward postsecondary success, ultimately fostering enhanced economic and social mobility. Through this upcoming grant, GreatSchools will further enhance its services by offering college guidance to families utilizing their website.
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As a final grant for project support of the District Leader Family Engagement Clearinghouse
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Family engagement is a crucial instructional strategy that has been proven to improve student achievement. However, superintendents, chief academic officers, and school leaders often underestimate its importance. This grant will enable the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to finalize a comprehensive database of evidence-based family engagement interventions that improve student outcomes. This database will serve as a useful tool for superintendents, school leaders, and chief academic officers to select evidence-based interventions that can support student learning. The National PTA will partner with the American Association of Superintendents to launch a pilot, refine the database, and collect data. They will also execute marketing plans to raise awareness of the database and its uses.
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For support of the 21st Century China Center
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As U.S.-China tensions rise and Chinese government limitations on foreign researchers tighten, creative approaches to compiling and analyzing original datasets will become even more crucial to understand China’s internal policy processes. The digital age has unlocked a trove of information that needs to be explored by experts with training in both Chinese politics and society and digital data analytic methods. The 21st Century China Center is a leading U.S. institution focused on contemporary Chinese politics and economics, with data as a driving force in its work. With Corporation support, the center will continue research projects to better understand internal Chinese political, economic, and academic developments as well as host conferences between U.S. and Chinese experts to address the impact of Sino-American tensions on scientific cooperation and knowledge generation.
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As a final grant for youth mental health investments
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
The Corporation invests in the creation of new schools and education programs through a select number of national partner organizations adept at sourcing, vetting, and scaling new ventures. Founded in 1998, New Profit is a leading venture philanthropy organization that has allocated over $350 million and provided strategic advisory support to more than 200 organizations working to strengthen education, economic mobility, and democracy. In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic along with heightened demand from educators, students, and families, Corporation support enabled New Profit to develop a portfolio of ventures, the Mental Health Equity Cohort, focused on supporting student and educator mental health. With Corporation support, New Profit provided extensive coaching to expand the reach and impact of the cohort, which includes sixteen organizations working across ten states and virtually on key issues such as access to mental health services and social connections to peers. This final grant will enable New Profit to capture learning from those investments and empower entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers to engage in the youth mental health sector.
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In support of The Sister's Place safe house and education center
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) was established in 2012 by Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, Nobel Peace Laureate, and Carnegie Corporation trustee Leymah Gbowee. GPFA aims toprovide women and youth with outstanding education and leadership opportunities, empowering a population committed to a transformed,peaceful, reconciledAfrica. However, outside the classroom, students do not always have access to the most basic needs, such as adequate food, healthcare, and shelter,along with protection from physical and sexual abuse which has been on the rise in recent years.To meetthese requirements, the GPFA purchased 12 acres of land on which to build two dormitories that will accommodate 40 students, aninnovation and technology lab, conference rooms, a kitchen, a study hall, and library. Arable land has been set aside for scholars to practice and teach crop maintenance and animal husbandry. With Corporation support, the Gbowee Peace Foundation will finish the architectural and structural phase of the project. A brick-making machine has already been purchased and is being used to not only facilitate the construction project, but to sell the finished product to otherswho are in need of building materials.
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For support of its bipartisan efforts to ensure electoral integrity in the upcoming election
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
The decline in trust in elections has led to attacks on the integrity of the administration of elections throughout the 2020 and 2022 election cycles and an increase in threats of violence and intimidation of election officials and poll workers. The vulnerabilities posed by gaps in current laws demonstrate that measures must be taken to restore faith in the electoral infrastructure. Founded in 1970, the Former Members of Congress (FMC) is a bipartisan nonprofit focused on engaging former and current Members of Congress and their staff members to work together on educating the public about Congress as an institution. A recent poll of its members found that 84 percent of former members from both parties are worried about violence surrounding the 2024 Presidential election. In addition to its ongoing public education on college campuses and through civic associations, FMC will focus its efforts on developing a bipartisan rapid response network in six states expected to be the most contentious: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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For support of its reception center for migrants in New York City
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Hardship and active conflict have forced many to seek asylum in the UnitedStates. Over 150,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City in the last year, a rise from approximately 35,000 cases filed in the New York Immigration Court in 2022. Despite government and private resources ramping up services, many asylum seekers remain unserved or misinformed about the process, their rights, and the services available to them. Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides emergency relief and assistance to vulnerable populations affected by humanitarian crises, serving over 32.9 million people worldwide. With Corporation support, the IRC will develop an effective model of asylum reception in New York City to provide over 100,000 asylum seekers with accurate information, case management services, and legal assistance.
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For project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program in three selected regions
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Integrating into a new society makes English languageproficiencycritical for migrants and refugeessettling in theU.S.However, the English as a Second Language (ESL) field only caters to a small fraction of individuals needing these services. This unmet demand leaves an estimated one in fiveof the 12 million non-English speaking adults without language instruction, hindering their socioeconomic and civic integration. To bridge this unmet need, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a global humanitarian aid organization that offers emergency aid and long-termassistanceto migrants and refugees, will implement the ‘English for Newcomers’ program for adults. The IRC will employ proven ESL instructional modelsto prepare adults for labor-market integration and career progression toactivelyparticipate incivic life. This grant will offer 300 individuals the opportunity to unlock new channels for economic mobility and civic life in the U.S.
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For project support of the English as a Second Language program
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Immigrants account for almost 40 percent of New York City’s population and almost half its workforce. They contribute billions of dollars to the economy and create jobs by establishing new businesses. However, they face several challenges that prevent them from accessing employment and other opportunities, such as limited English proficiency and a lack of knowledge about American workplace norms. The Riverside Language Program, a non-profit organization serving refugees and recent immigrants, implements a variety of ESL, citizenship, and workforce programs. With support from the Carnegie Corporation, their ESL program, recognized as one of the best programs in New York City, will enroll an additional 100 new individuals and provide them with 140 hours of immersive language instruction, job readiness, digital literacy, and community and civic engagement training. By the end of the program, all participants will have a plan to achieve their key priorities in employment, education, social services, and civic engagement, contributing to a better future for countless immigrants and their families.
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For project support to launch the Carnegie Scholarship Program and Community Initiatives in selected regions
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
In the United States, high school graduates from high-income backgrounds are two times more likely to enroll in postsecondary education than their low-income peers. To support low-income high school graduates in the enrollment process and to close this opportunity gap, college preparation opportunities and support networks are critical. Founded in 2005, the Squash Education Alliance (SEA) leads a network of youth development organizations that work to tackle this enrollment gap, especially for low-income families. Since its inception in 2002, SEA’s core program model addresses academic inequities by emphasizing long-term and consistent student engagement through high-quality academic and college-focused support by responsive and trusted staff. Since 2002, nearly 1,600 SEA participants have obtained a high school diploma, and 92 percent of these students have pursued a postsecondary education. The Corporation’s support to SEA will make possible two initiatives: 1) Carnegie Community Engagement Initiative that will bring more than 2,000 new community members into SEA’s network of community centers 2) The Carnegie Scholarships will also increase college guidance and access opportunities for SEA students, many of whom are immigrant and first-generation students, enabling SEA to double the amount of scholarship and financial aid funding distributed to college students.
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For project support to prepare local newsroom editors and their teams for meaningful community engagement over education issues
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
The Education Writers Association (EWA), the largest professional organization serving education journalists proposes developing an education editor training program with Corporation support. The “New to the Desk” program will train new education editors to lead reporting teams covering school communities during a crucial time in our history, ensuring they receive needed support as they advance in their careers. With newsrooms and budgets shrinking, the ability to cover local community issues is endangered. As Election Day 2024 approaches, threats to an informed electorate persist, including misinformation. Editors must ensure fair, accurate reporting. The project will launch a pilot program with about ten editors in a co-learning space focused on education coverage leadership. EWA aims to recruit a diverse pool of editors with less than five years of experience through relationships with editor-serving organizations and a dedicated recruitment plan.
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As a final grant for advancing policy and building public understanding in support of socio-emotional learning and development
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Today’s students require high-quality learning experiences that equip them with the social, emotional, and academic skills needed to succeed in college, career, and our increasingly complex world. For nearly three decades, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has been a leading organization producing educator tools and building the evidence base for high-quality socio-emotional learning (SEL), including direct support for more than twenty school districts serving 1.7 million students and forty state partners. Over the past year, Corporation support has enabled CASEL to engage education stakeholders and policymakers through targeted bi-partisan outreach and briefing. The Corporation’s grant has also allowed CASEL to conduct broader communication efforts aimed at engaging families and communities in supporting SEL as a critical part of the student learning experience. This final grant will enable CASEL to deepen this influential work by leading an extensive coalition of SEL partners, disseminating toolkits and messaging to school and district leaders, amplifying the voices of parents, students, and educators through storytelling efforts, and leveraging CASEL’s well-established media presence to build public support for SEL.
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For project support to expand access to high-quality youth apprenticeships and industry sector partnerships
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
36 months
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A high-quality educational experience can serve as a springboard for economic and social mobility, particularly for students from low-income and other marginalized backgrounds.CityWorks DC (CityWorks) aims to create an equitable education-to-employment pipeline for low-income young people in Washington, DC by providing the paid career-based training, social capital, and credentials needed to achieve strong early career outcomes and long-term mobility. CityWorks operates three programs that fill critical gaps in the District, including an exemplary youth apprenticeship program, a career planning and development program, and a high-support college degree program run in partnership with Arizona State University. Continued support will enable CityWorks to expand the number of participants served through its core programs and mobilize local educators, employers, and policymakers to provide work-based learning opportunities so that all DC youth from disadvantaged backgrounds are equipped to compete for and secure the high-demand, high-wage jobs in the region.
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For continued support of the Carnegie College Comebackers Initiative
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
The Burning Glass Institute (BGI) was founded in 2022 to advance data-driven research and practice on the future of work and on the future of learning. BGI works with educators, employers, public agencies, regional coalitions, and policymakers to develop solutions that build mobility and opportunity through skills. BGI’s expertise in mining new datasets for actionable insight draws attention to pressing problems and frames the potential for new approaches. With Corporation support, BGI established the Completion Hub allowing for the exploration of a strategic merger in service of education equity. In this initial period, the Hub created a strategic roadmap detailing quantitative and qualitative analysis serving as a backbone for goal setting, a scaled approach, target audience, initial locations, defining the elements needed to scale to support adults with some college, no degree to re-enroll in college, persist, and complete a degree beginning with the 56k municipal workers in NYC who aspire to a BA. Continued Corporation support will launch this initial work around the Carnegie College Comebackers initiative.
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For support of the 2024 Summit on Improvement in Education
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
6 months
Description
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) launched their Summit on Improvement in Education with a simple but ambitious idea: if education leaders combined the discipline of improvement science and the capabilities of networks to foster innovation and social learning, then the rate and spread of improvement in education might accelerate dramatically. CFAT is now preparing to host its 10th annual Summit, entitled Improvement in Education. The Summit is a unique educational event that connects a diverse cross-section of educators, researchers, funders, and policymakers around pressing problems of practice. Its aim is to build capacities across the education field for a robust national improvement infrastructure, one that can accelerate, impact, and enable equitable outcomes for students.
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As a final grant for the Adolescent Learning & Development Project
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
15 months
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The science of adolescent learning and development illuminates key lessons for how to create learning environments that more effectively support student success. However, this knowledge has not yet been broadly disseminated into the education field nor translated into practical recommendations that educators and leaders can enact. The Adolescent Learning and Development Project (ALDP) provides targeted, science-informed training to select district and high school leaders who are committed to addressing the comprehensive learning and development needs of their middle and high-school age students. With Corporation support, ALDP has deeply engaged several communities across multiple states to advance evidence-based policies and practices at scale. For example, ALDP leadership worked with the Mayor, civic leaders, the school superintendent, and a local partner, Southern Echo, in Sunflower County, Mississippi to develop policies and practices aligned to the science of adolescent learning that address the community-identified concern of youth gun violence. This final grant will enable ALDP to engage with communities that escape national and funder interest including those in the rural South.
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As a one-time grant for leadership training for women in East Africa’s higher education sector
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Universities in East Africa experience gender disparity among researchers and leadership due to institutional and cultural barriers to career advancement. To address this, Higher Education Resources Services-East Africa (HERS-EA), founded by alumni of Higher Education Resource Servicesheadquartered in the United States,provides leadership training for women faculty and administrators working in East African higher education institutions. The trainings are designed to equip participants with the skills necessary to navigate barriers to their career advancement. Corporation grant will support a variety of training programs.
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For project support of an artificial intelligence ratings system designed to assess the ethical use, transparency, safety, and impact of AI products for families
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Children and education are at the forefront of rapid advancements and disruptions in artificial intelligence (AI), which holds the potential to deliver significant benefits such as creating immersive virtual learning environments, overcoming language barriers, providing real-time feedback, developing personalized learning plans, and fostering creativity. However, children are also vulnerable to ethical issues like biases, misinformation, privacy breaches, and the digital divide in AI usage. Without a deeper understanding and responsible adoption of AI practices, today’s youth face significant risks. Established in 2003, Common Sense is a leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering children, parents, educators, and policymakers with unbiased information and clear guidance on navigating AI’s impact, thus fostering clarity, trust, and understanding among millions of families and educators while influencing industry practices positively. With support from the Corporation, Common Sense will enhance the safety and practicality of AI tools for children, families, and schools, focusing on research, AI product ratings and reviews, and AI literacy initiatives.
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In support of the Music Education Program
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Since its opening in 1891, Carnegie Hall has set the international standard for musical excellence through extraordinary artistic experiences and innovative educational programs. Its mission is to present the world’s foremost musicians on its three stages, to bring the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience, to develop visionary education programs, and to foster the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences. Moreover, it is their belief that every child deserves access to great music and that creative experiences at an early age can stimulate a child’s curiosity and lead to a fulfilling lifelong relationship with music. With Corporation support, Carnegie Hall will continue to provide educational programming through their Musical Explorers, Link Up, Music Educators Workshop, and the B-Side initiatives to students and teachers throughout the 2024-2025 season.
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In support of the Early Childhood Program
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Since its opening in 1891, Carnegie Hall has welcomed the world’s foremost musicians to its three stages; brought the transformative power of music to the widest possible audience; developed visionary education programs; and fostered the future of music through the cultivation of new works, artists, and audiences. Music is a powerful tool to foster family engagement, and Carnegie Hall’s free and affordable early childhood programs are helping to strengthen connections and spark curiosity, growth, and lifelong learning between parents and their young children. With Corporation support, Carnegie Hall will continue to provide families from the most underserved and underrepresented communities musical education and programming through the Lullaby Project, the Big Note Little Note program, and its live performances for babies and toddlers.
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For support of We Are CASA’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) initiative
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
The recent Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations, redesignations, and extensions for eligible individuals from Venezuela, Cameroon, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador have opened opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people to apply for work authorization. However, many of these individuals are unable to fully take advantage of their eligibility for TPS. The lack of reliable information and trusted voices in the immigration law space creates obstacles that prevent those eligible from securing their status against potential future changes or program eligibility. Founded in 1986, CASA provides critical services to immigrant and working-class families, and advocates for their rights. It has over 155,000 lifetime members across forty-six states, making it the leading immigrant organization in the mid-Atlantic region. CASA will support 1,700 individuals from at least 200 families staying together in the U.S., engage at least 5,000 eligible TPS applicants through peer-to-peer outreach, and hold twelve work authorization clinics. With Corporation support, CASA will provide reliable information and assist those navigating the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) system to apply for TPS.
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For support of convenings to consider pragmatic policy solutions for immigration
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
While immigration is a contentious issue in the United States and in many other countries around the world, it also remains as one of the most important sources of economic, social, and cultural vitality. Founded in 2001, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is the only independent policy institution in North America dedicated to the study of migration, refugee trends, and policies worldwide. In response to the inaction at the congressional level, most recently visible with the federal border bill focusing on the needs at the southern border, MPI is collaborating with Niskanen Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to rebuild a solutions-driven nonprofit ecosystem that shapes immigration policymaking and advances border security imperatives, humane treatment, and legal norms. With Corporation support, MPI will coordinate partners from the center-right and center-left, including a number of current Corporation grantees and the corporate, labor, business, and faith sectors, to develop practical solutions grounded in border management and security and in legal immigration and competitiveness.
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