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Project Title
For project support of the 'life after high school' initiative and to continue support of the HBCU journalism fellowship
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The education journalism ecosystem has never been more essential. School as we know it — from teaching to testing to extracurriculars — has been profoundly disrupted over the last few years, with troubling consequences often falling hardest on communities of color. Education journalists need to be the public’s guide to an uncertain future, providing real-time information and analysis to stakeholders as we emerge from the pandemic and its aftermath. Open Campus, a nonprofit news organization founded in 2019 dedicated to investigating and elevating higher education, seeks to bridge this gap. Their aim is to transform local reporting on college by combining the sophistication of a national newsroom that knows a topic very deeply with the engagement of a community newsroom that also knows local issues best. With support from the Corporation, OpenCampus will launch a project to collaborate with local news outlets to assess how three local communities seek and attain information about life after high-school, inclusive of higher education and career pathways. They will also continue to strengthen reporting on HBCUs and building a pipeline of Black journalists into the news industry.
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For project support of the Public Understanding Capacity Building Cohort of Family Advocacy
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
The Corporation will partner with Columbia University’s Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) to support family engagement advocacy nonprofits in strengthening and reinforcing the home-to-school learning connection. This proposed work builds upon prior work funded by the Corporation, and CPRL now proposes to deepen and extend its work with a cohort of five advocacy organizations–diverse in geographic focus and particular activities yet united in a vision of making public education accessible, equitable, and enjoyable for low-income communities of color. This proposed grant will provide each organization with financial support and a range of individualized, structured, and targeted non-financial supports to help them achieve near- and long-term impact, while also affording CPRL the opportunity to measure, observe, support, and analyze its own and the members’ activities, inputs, and enabling conditions. The goal is to provide new and valuable insight into how effective advocacy organizations and their supporters act, thrive, and achieve impact.
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In support of the 2025 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy events in Scotland
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Andrew Carnegie endowed three institutions in Dunfermline, Scotland, where he was born in 1835: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (1901); the Carnegie Dunfermline and Hero Fund Trusts (1903); and the Carnegie UK (1913). Since the establishment of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy (CMoP) in 2001, the three Carnegies have served as hosts of the ceremony in 2005 and 2013. CMoP, held biennially, seeks to inspire a culture of giving by recognizing outstanding philanthropists who reflect the values of Andrew Carnegie and his philosophy of giving—that the surplus wealth of the few should be administered “for the good of the people.” With Carnegie Corporation support, the Carnegies of Dunfermline, led by Carnegie UK, will host the Medals ceremony, the business meeting of the Carnegie institutions, and a welcome reception in May 6 – 7 2025.
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For the development of the 2023 Education Recovery Scorecard
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
With support from the Corporation, researcher Tom Kane has released numerous reports exploring the ramifications of the pandemic on student learning loss. These reports examined learning loss due to missed instructional hours and the efficacy of specific interventions, such as tutoring, in facilitating academic recovery. In 2022, Kane, with support from the Corporation, developed the 2022 Education Recovery Scorecard (ERS), which provided district-level data that allowed the education sector, inclusive of USDOE, states, districts, and researchers, the opportunity to understand further how remote instruction, federal dollars expenditure, and other factors impacted students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. With continued support from the Corporation, Kane endeavors to develop the 2023 Education Recovery Scorecard, which will provide state and district level data on the first year of academic recovery post the pandemic, by analyzing state-level test scores relative to 2022 NAEP scores. From this analysis, Kane aims to identify exemplars of districts that had losses and have made substantial improvements to combat inertia and identify promising paths forward.
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As one-time project support for the Board on Science Education to establish an Action Collaborative initiative to support science education across the country
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Board on Science Education (BOSE) within the National Academies provides national leadership in science education across the lifespan both in and out of school through major synthesis studies, evidence-based guides for practitioners, public meetings, and outreach to leaders in science education and education policy. Through a five-day virtual summit they hosted, BOSE found that parties invested in science and engineering education needed the support of a neutral but dynamic coordinating body to develop evidence-supported strategies than can address the challenges and opportunities of implementing state-level science standards and sustain common policy and practice agendas in schools and districts. Through this grant, BOSE will establish a coordinating body that brings together a diverse cadre of stakeholders to develop a coherent strategy to support science standards, coordinate a community of practice, build evidence-based policies and tools, and develop a communication and engagement strategy to advance K-12 science education and improve outcomes for students.
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As a final grant for a project to continue the development of a middle school science, curriculum-aligned assessment system for state use
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Federal assessments and accountability expectations have led to evaluations that do not measure or incentivize sophisticated disciplinary content knowledge and practices, deeper learning, and higher order thinking and problem-solving skills that are associated with college and career readiness. This is particularly true in science, where a growing number of states in the State Performance Assessment Learning Community, convened by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), are seeking to establish performance assessment systems that are anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards and high-quality curriculum, such as OpenSciEd. Through this renewal grant, LPI will continue managing this state science assessment group and support states’ work with districts to pilot prototypes for statewide curriculum-anchored assessment systems in science education and integrate it into their state policies.
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In support of the Opportunities After High School Initiative
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
This past June, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (the Academy) launched a new Commission on Opportunities After High School, which will reimagine and strengthen pathways to help students succeed in both in their careers and as participants in American democracy. The Commission will draw on the convening power of the Academy to engage stakeholders from a broad array of fields to consider the various pathways between high school and career employment, including college, job training, military service, and other viable options. With Corporation support,the Academy will convene the full Commission and smaller working groups, conduct stakeholder research, draft Commission recommendations, and produce a final report for a focused dissemination and outreach plan.
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In support of the American Institute of Physics the Team Up Together Initiative
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1931, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) has pursued its mission to advance, promote, and serve the physical sciences for the benefit of humanity. AIP operates the Society of Physics Students and the Sigma Pi Sigma honors society, helping to foster support for the students who are the future generations of physical sciences professionals. In 2022, AIP launched TEAM-UP Together, a groundbreaking, collective action initiative aimed at doubling by 2030 the number of physics & astronomy undergraduate degrees awarded annually to African Americans and create systemic change in undergraduate physics education. Corporation support of this initiative will be directed to two to three schools to increase technical support and professional development for faculty and administration, an effective communications and outreach plan, and program evaluation.
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For core support of the Census Project
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1998, the Census Project is a broad-based coalition of national, state, and local organizations that support an inclusive and accurate decennial Census and American Community Survey (ACS). Its member organizations, representing the private, public, nonprofit, and academic sectors, use objective data from the U.S. Census Bureau to inform evidence-based investment, policy, and planning decisions. The Census Project monitors emerging technical and census-related issues and shares information about funding levels and operational changes at the Census Bureau with stakeholders, journalists, policymakers, and the public. With Corporation support, the Census Project will continue to conduct research, expand public outreach, and engage with policymakers and stakeholders to improve the collection and use of census data.
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As a one-time only grant for a project to develop science performance assessments in grades 3-5 designed for the Next Generation Science Standards
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
45 months
Description
There is currently a limited supply of high-quality science instructional materials, especially in the elementary grades, but organizations are working to fill this need. Elementary teachers need support to integrate science instruction into their classrooms, but instructional materials are only half of the equation. Teachers also need quality assessments aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to better understand student learning and shift instruction to improve educational outcomes. SCALE Science at WestEd supports improvements in science teaching and learning through innovative performance-based assessments designed for the NGSS. Through this grant, SCALE Science will develop and field test NGSS-aligned performance tasks for students in third to fifth grade. These performance tasks can be used to develop interim assessments aligned to high-quality science curricula, such as OpenSciEd, for districts and states to monitor student progress.
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As a final project grant to complete the development of two simulation games based on the Standards for Professional Learning and the design features of curriculum-based professional learningyour text here.
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
School systems need to foster the conditions, content, and processes for professional learning that will support teachers to have the knowledge and skills to effectively teach their students and improve educational outcomes. Learning Forward released the Standards for Professional Learning in 2022 to inform state and district policies guiding the development of high-quality professional learning models. However, district and school leaders continue to need support translating standards to their local contexts. Additionally, leaders need to build capacity and develop better approaches to curriculum-based professional learning. WestEd plans to complete the development of two simulation games helping school and district leaders learn to implement the Standards and build cohesive models of curriculum-based professional learning in schools and systems. Simulations support deeper thinking and opportunities for collaboration and reflection. This renewal grant will pilot, finalize, and disseminate the two simulation games and associated resources.
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For next generation dialogue, research, and outreach on China
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
In recent years, there have been several dialogues addressing and making policy recommendations about the future of U.S.-China relations. With strong representation by longtime “China hands,” they have had relatively little participation from the newer generation of China scholars and analysts. To better incubate and amplify these voices at this critical juncture in U.S.-China relations, with a view to the longer-term bilateral relationship, the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) Center for the Study of Contemporary China will continue and expand its fellowship and research program involving this rising cohort of China specialists. The Penn project will also engage with two other similar emerging experts’ dialogues involving Europeans and Asians, co-directed by the Penn project’s principal investigator, and will serve as the hub for these interrelated activities
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For a project on policy-relevant responses to emerging global policy issues
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite some notable progress in Corporation-supported efforts to help bridge the gap between academia and the policy world—from the rise of a generation of faculty members committed to engaging critical global policy issues to new media outlets that help academics reach out to broader audiences—further work remains to be done. This involves consolidating the progress to date in the international relations community, devising mechanisms for more productive engagement between scholars and policymakers, and continuing to connect new ideas derived from academic work to the policy world. Building on its previous Corporation-supported work, the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) Perry World House (PWH) seeks to continue bringing together scholars, policymakers, and other key constituencies to advance debates, conversations, and policy processes on topics of critical relevance to international peace and security.
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For research and analysis on international peace and security
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Arab region is a locus of internationalized armed conflicts and foreign policy interventions that require analysis and communication from experts on and in the region. With Corporation support, the Center for International Policy (CIP) will develop more transparent and accountable U.S. security assistance policies toward the region and educate the public and policymakers on the effects of existing policies. CIP will continue its work documenting arms sales, security assistance, and military training in the region through the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) program, and launch new programming to increase the accessibility of U.S. defense-related legislative initiatives.
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For the U.S.-Russia Relations Initiative
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting war have created a new level of adversarial relations between the United States and Russia, while disrupting formal diplomatic communications and significantly curtailing academic and professional interactions. Yet scholarship and engagements remain paramount for managing conflicts, preventing miscalculations, and educating a new cadre of experts. The U.S.-Russia Relations Initiatives seeks to promote greater understanding of U.S. and Russian foreign relations and to foster expertise among upcoming specialists. With renewed support, the Initiative will continue a set of activities, including in-person and virtual academic conferences, jointly taught courses, faculty engagements, visiting appointments, and public events.
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Project Title
For international peace and security projects
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Henry L. Stimson Center (Stimson) is a leading independent think tank on international peace and security, providing analyses and outreach on a range of interconnected issues to increase understanding of global challenges and spur policy development. Created in part with Corporation support, Stimson connects American and international experts and practitioners across various societal sectors, conducts research, and develops practical suggestions for policymakers and broader audiences. With renewed support, Stimson will continue work related to China and South Asia, nuclear nonproliferation, and renewable energy’s effect on climate change. The work will result in publications and outreach activities to relevant communities in the United States and abroad. This grant is complementary to, but separate from, the grant in support of Russia’s future global and regional roles.
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For the Congressional Partnership Program for staffers
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States Congress plays a key role in shaping foreign and national security policy, but the demands on the time of both Members and their staff limit their ability to focus on complex or long-term challenges. In addition, political divides have narrowed the space for those on the Hill to engage in policy conversations with peers across the aisle. Partnership for a Secure America addresses these challenges through its Congressional Partnership Program for staffers. The program provides educational sessions with subject matter experts and bipartisan forums that build trust, negotiation skills, and relevant knowledge on peace and security issues. With continued Corporation support, the program will hold biannual sessions as well as alumni initiatives.
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For the Aspen Institute Congressional Program
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The Aspen Congressional Program is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan, educational series for members of Congress. Through its work, senators and representatives get the opportunity to delve into complex and critical foreign policy issues with international experts, explore policy options, and build relationships that are critical to finding solutions to today’s global challenges. With renewed support, the program will sponsor regular breakfasts with expert speakers for congressional Members on timely international developments of relevance to U.S. foreign policy. The program will also host its annual international gathering for Members and foreign policy experts in summer 2023 and produce a conference report.
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For a project on Russia’s future global and regional roles
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major rupture in geopolitics, with far-reaching ramifications for security in the 21st century. As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to escalate with a rising possibility of a direct military confrontation between the United States and Russia, dialogue between the two sides aimed at averting the dangerous outcomes is essential. As a leading non-governmental organization working on international peace and security, the Stimson Center will aim to organize consultative meetings between American and Russian experts on the risks of conflict escalation. The Center will also conduct scenario forecasting exercises, to predict potential trajectories for the conflict and their ensuing consequences for American and world security. The research will result in reports that will be shared with the appropriate policymaking communities.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
There is an increasing need for trusted information regarding some of today’s most persistent threats, among them cyber, pandemics, climate change, and nuclear. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (the Bulletin) is a media organization that provides knowledge-based and scientifically-grounded information to serve as an authoritative guide to managing existential risks. Its iconic Doomsday Clock, which moves to mark proximity to danger, draws attention to its mission. Over the next grant phase, the Bulletin will seek to support a new generation of experts and thought leaders and connect them to a global audience advocating for change.
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For a project on Russia and the West
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Tensions in the relationship between Russia and the West, exacerbated by the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, pose immediate and longer-term security risks. The conflict has reduced official engagement with Russia and limited non-official contacts. The European Leadership Network (ELN), a non-governmental organization working on Euro-Atlantic security, engages with early career, mid-level, and senior European and Russian experts from the policy world, academia, and the private sector to build an intergenerational network that can discuss Euro-Atlantic security challenges with an eye toward identifying and providing practical, real-world approaches to addressing them. ELN also uses its international groups to conduct analyses of critical security issues and convey them to relevant policy officials.
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For a congressional education project on international security
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
35 months
Description
Members of Congress and the staffers who support them play an important role in determining U.S. foreign and national security policy, including during crises. This necessitates familiarity with the range of foreign policy tools and options available to them. The nonpartisan Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University works to raise understanding of international affairs. In partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, the Institute invites bipartisan groups of Representatives or Hill staffers to participate in “Peace Games” simulations. Participants are drawn from relevant committees and include established and newly-elected lawmakers. Through the workshops, the members and staffers engage with regional and subject-matter experts to discuss and determine policy choices within the posed scenarios.
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For a project on legal approaches to proxy warfare in Southwest Asia and North Africa
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Southwest Asia and North Africa region continues to be the world’s most lucrative market for arms transfers. Research has shown that these exports contribute to the prolongation of conflicts, as well as to human rights violations, atrocity crimes, and proxy warfare between regional powers. With initial Corporation support, the American Bar Association (ABA) convened an interdisciplinary team of senior experts to examine cases of proxy conflicts in the region, describe their legal status, and develop guidance for policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, and multilateral organizations on due diligence and compliance with international norms. With renewed support, the ABA will build on the interest and engagement demonstrated through the first phase of the project, to familiarize both governmental and civil society actors in Southwest Asia and North Africa with the available legislation and accountability mechanisms of exporting countries and international organizations.
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For a project on building political legitimacy in the Arab World
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
39 months
Description
Support for civil society is integral to promoting good governance and social cohesion. In collaboration with local researchers and organizations, a team of social scientists based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will build on current Corporation-supported work to advance academic and policymaker knowledge on civil society and the civic state in the Arab region. The project will convene working groups, facilitate professional development opportunities for early-career scholars, and propose recommendations to policymakers and civil society actors on supporting civic values in the region. With renewed Corporation funding, the project will produce research, policy publications, a comprehensive historical analysis of civil society traditions in the Arab region, and expand collaboration through workshops with local partners in the region.
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For core support to Forum on the Arms Trade
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
In recent decades the Arab region has experienced devastating and protracted conflicts in several countries including Syria, Yemen, and Libya. Research has shown that conflicts in the region have been prolonged and exacerbated by the provision of conventional arms and other forms of security assistance by foreign powers. The Forum on the Arms Trade is a leading convener of experts and organizations analyzing arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use, with an aim to advance both transparency and policy alternatives. A core support grant from the Corporation will enable the Forum to expand its research and dissemination activities on the impact of arms transfers and security assistance, as well as develop alternative arms transfer approaches. The project will include efforts to train and promote the next generation of experts from a diverse range of backgrounds who will tackle these challenges in the future.
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For core support to the Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to struggle with rapid transformations and governance challenges, climate change, social vulnerability, economic hardship, and political exclusion reverberating across all countries. These issues are the focus of two arms of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and the Middle East Program in Washington, DC. Both work with experts in the region to provide in-depth analysis of the political, socioeconomic, and security challenges facing the MENA countries, as well as their global ramifications. With core support from the Corporation, the centers will engage in an array of research, outreach, and dissemination activities on regional topics, including the effects of great power competition and geopolitical shifts, with the aim of developing policy solutions that could prove constructive for MENA populations and for broader international peace and security.
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For academic partnerships in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Arab region is currently experiencing conflicts, protest movements, and increasing authoritarianism, which present unique challenges to the application of investigative research methods by social scientists and researchers. However, despite the risks, investigative research remains an essential service of journalism and the knowledge sector. With Corporation support, Arab Researchers for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) will engage in university partnerships to update and expand its investigative research curriculum and improve the capacity of regional and international academics and researchers. Corporation funds will support workshops, instructional design, university outreach, the production of digital and print copies of a curriculum, and staff costs.
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For enhancing publicly engaged scholarship in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
39 months
Description
Civil conflict and authoritarian governance have both catalyzed and constrained critical analysis across the Arab region. Over the past decade, George Mason University (GMU) has emerged as a leading institution enhancing the capacity and visibility of experts in the region across an array of academic disciplines. In collaboration with the Arab Studies Institute based in Lebanon, GMU expands the networks, research, publishing, and public profiles of Arab-region scholars working on such national and transnational problems as state-society relations, economic and cultural affairs, corruption, and prolonged conflict. With continued support, the project will expand its online tools and media outreach, host meetings and workshops, sustain international partnerships, and support scholars in emerging research fields to make their work accessible to academics, policymakers, and the general public.
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For the Costs of War project
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
42 months
Description
Through its authoritative data collection and analysis since 2011, the Costs of War project has been educating the public, media, and policymakers about three categories of costs of recent U.S. armed conflicts: human, economic, and political. The project has been successful thus far in increasing the public’s and lawmakers’ awareness of budgetary costs, but the consequences of war include human casualties – both direct and indirect – as well as environmental damage. With continued Corporation support, this network of scholars centered at Brown University will produce data and analyses with a growing focus on: environmental impacts of war; the potential for conversion of military industries; effects of militarization on democracy; and morbidity and mortality from destroyed infrastructure that endures post-conflict. Corporation support will go toward research, working meetings, reports, web design, interactive mapping, and media dissemination.
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For support to the Eurasia Program
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2019, a group of American international security experts launched a new think tank in Washington, D.C., The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft (QI), named after former U.S. President John Quincy Adams. QI’s programs, including the Eurasia Program, have been engaged in research, analyses, publications, media and policy briefings, on-line and in-person public events, national debates, and other activities. In the coming years, the Eurasia Program will further expand its activities with a focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine and its regional and global implications. QI will also organize expert working groups on topics relevant to international security, including cyber war/cyber arms control; U.S. and Russia interactions in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the greater Middle East; and European security architecture. The assessments and their outputs will aim to improve knowledge and understanding among policymakers, journalists, commentators, and the wider public.
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For support to displaced and at-risk Ukrainian and Russian scholars
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s war on Ukraine has led to the loss of thousands of lives and has caused immeasurable damage to the country, including its educational sector. Opposition to the war inside of Russia has also led to the displacement of academic professionals within Russia. Given the magnitude of scholars at risk from Ukraine and Russia, major efforts are under way to enable them to stay within their academic professions. Following a successful pilot program, the American Councils for International Education will leverage its geographical presence and institutional partnerships across the former Soviet region to aid the war-affected Ukrainian and Russian scholars. Beyond the fellowships, scholars will be given access to academic programming and will be included in invitations for proposals for international conferences, seminars, publications, study tours, and international exchanges.
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For fostering the role of social scientists in policy development
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
27 months
Description
Over the past decade, a growing number of social scientists in the Arab region seek to bring their academic and research expertise to bear on public policy agendas. The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) bridges academic expertise with policy analysis in the Arab region. It provides social scientists with capacities, resources, and venues to inform terms of debate in the public sphere with the ultimate goal of influencing policy development. With renewed Corporation support, ARI will provide capacity-building opportunities for next-generation scholars to expand policy-relevant research and strengthen partnerships between educational and civil society institutions in the region.
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For the Non-Resident Fellows Program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Over the past three decades, the United States has increasingly deployed its military in pursuit of foreign policy objectives resulting in protracted engagement in conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere. The Quincy Institute (QI) aims to open the space for a national debate about U.S. national security and foreign policy with greater emphasis on alternative approaches to achieving policy objectives. With Corporation support, the QI will continue and expand its Non-Resident Fellows program with a variety of activities to amplify the fellows’ work and make them visible and influential participants in the local and national debate on U.S. foreign policy.
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For Scholars without Borders
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused significant security, economic, and social disruption in Europe, including the dislocation of thousands of academic professors and researchers from Ukraine, Russia, and other states in the region. With Corporation support, the Davis Center at Harvard University will initiate a pilot program to support Ukrainian and Russian academics to continue their scholarship and maintain connections with their peers around the world. The program will entail the development of professional services to help displaced academics outside or within their countries, alongside the formation of an international network. Program principals will cooperate with other nongovernmental institutions assisting displaced scholars in the region in developing and implementing a comprehensive and longer-term approach to supporting trans-national scholarship.
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For research, analyses, and publications on Russia’s war on Ukraine
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s war on Ukraine is an event of world historic importance that will influence the course of geopolitics through the 21st century. To date, understanding of the war has lacked a comprehensive approach as most analyses have been focusing on disparate episodes, providing narrow and often competing perspectives. This is due to the lack of accurate information from the ground as well as to inadequate expertise on the Russian military. The Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), a leading non-governmental provider of critical analyses on Russian military capabilities will undertake an extensive assessment of the war and its implications for European security order. With Corporation support, the Program will engage in research, publications, dissemination, and policy and public outreach.
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For the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s war on Ukraine and its isolation from the Euro-Atlantic community call for reliable and high-quality analyses about Russia’s domestic and foreign policies. With Corporation support, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)’s Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program (EREP) will examine the internal dynamics of wartime Russia with a particular focus on the effects of Western sanctions on Russia’s economy and political stability. It will do so by analyzing internal and external drivers of Russia’s decisionmaking through gathering and interpreting data gathered by EREP and its collaborators. EREP will also focus on Russia’s relationship with the countries of the Global South, by examining economic, trade, and energy policies and interactions. The work will result in publications that will be disseminated through briefings to policymakers, public events, expert roundtables, and a podcast series.
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For the Roundtable on Military Cyber Stability
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Understanding the risks of cyber competition among the three leaders in military cyber power—the United States, Russia, and China—is critical to international security. The Round Table on Military Cyber Stability (RMCS) brings together some 40 practitioners, academics, former government officials, experts, and technologists from the United States, Russia, China, and other countries, into regular virtual and in-person discussions of issues relevant to strategic cyber stability. With renewed support, RMCS will continue to serve as a mechanism for fostering essential interactions aimed at mitigating the threats posed by cyber technologies in such areas as nuclear command and control systems, space systems, and artificial intelligence. The discussions will result in publications and outreach to respective governments.
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For a project on Euro-Atlantic Security
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
The continuation of the war in Ukraine demonstrates the challenges of identifying a possible negotiated settlement that might bridge the current positions of Ukraine and Russia. To address this, a project at the RAND Corporation will carry out two sets of activities. The first will entail a diplomacy game. Leveraging RAND’s expertise in game design and execution, it will bring together nongovernmental experts and former officials from the countries in conflict to identify possible pathways toward a negotiated settlement. The second activity will entail research and development of mechanisms to uphold a ceasefire as a step toward reaching a negotiated settlement. The project will build on previous Corporation-supported work at RAND on Russia-West relations and will result in publications and policy and media outreach.
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As one-time funding for a project on the role of populism in democracies as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on “Reimagining Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy”
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The project presents an innovative and rigorous approach toward understanding and responding to populist rhetoric on social media. It builds on work that started in September 2020 with the collection and analysis of data from 87 democracies. By extending their existing research on elite communications on social media, the project intends to create a comprehensive dataset, analyze the data, and conduct surveys to shed light on the prevalence and consequences of populist rhetoric. The goal is to contribute to the development of effective strategies to combat democratic erosion and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide.
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As one-time funding for a project on centering cities in the global peace agenda as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on “Reimagining Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
28 months
Description
Urban violence plays an increasingly outsized role in people’s daily lives, accounting for four times as many deaths as within conflict zones, yet it receives insufficient attention and investment, particularly in multilateral systems. By leveraging the Peace in Our Cities network, the project aims to use global action to address local problems and reduce the most serious forms of violence in urban communities as part of exploring multilateral approaches to pressing problems. It will support city leaders with on-demand research, small-scale assistance through pilot projects, and training on effective international engagement. In addition, the project will elevate the issue of urban violence and the role of city actors as essential stakeholders in multilateral institutions through convenings and expanded partnership.
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As one-time funding for the research project, "Understanding and Reimagining US Beliefs about Militarism," as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Reimagining Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
30 months
Description
Defense spending absorbs much of the discretionary budget in the United States, yet there is comparatively little public debate about the role of military and norms of militarism in American foreign and domestic policy. Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) will conduct a comprehensive empirical study on the assumptions that underpin U.S. attitudes on foreign and domestic American militarism that will be analyzed with an ethnographic method of focus groups and stakeholder interviews. The work will entail media analysis of national and local news. Webinars will be used to disseminate research results to relevant nonprofit organizations and research briefs to civil society and Congressional offices. The project will catalyze an informed public debate centered on foreign policy and domestic concerns, as well as enable policy actors to reimagine security beyond military solutions.
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As one-time funding for "a project on multilateral urban investments " as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on “Reimagining Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
28 months
Description
The Berggruen Institute works across cultures, disciplines, and political boundaries to develop and promote long-term answers to some of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century as part of developing multilateral approaches to global problems. With this funding, it will develop a model for networking the procurement and financing policies of cities in different countries to seed new green industries in construction materials and transportation. It will use the model to create a set of guidelines for coordinating financing and industry development and convene mayors and purchasing officers through partner networks to disseminate the guidelines. Allowing cities to pool purchasing and borrowing power will lead to price reductions and encourage scaling new industries.
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For the Scholar Rescue Fund
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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As the number of scholars facing threats to their safety or work has increased globally, IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund has been receiving a record number of applications each year since 2017. Scholar Rescue Fund places professors, researchers, and public intellectuals at academic institutions around the world. Renewed funding from the Corporation will enable IIE to provide direct support to scholars at risk from the Arab region and neighboring countries, and to strengthen and expand partnerships with academic institutions focused on the region.
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As one-time funding for a project on "Meet the Parties: Strengthening Inclusion within the UN Security Council" as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on “Reimagining Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
27 months
Description
The multilateral processes of the UN Security Council (UNSC) are siloed and focused on engagement between states to address crises. They include civil society voices occasionally and randomly, but limit them to consultations about advocacy versus substance. The Meet the Parties project will strengthen inclusion within the UNSC by creating procedures and a platform to break down barriers. Its goal is to systemize inclusion within multilateral diplomacy. In addition, the project will contribute to academic knowledge on inclusive diplomacy and apply the knowledge to the diplomatic arena.
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As one-time funding for a research and education project on the 1122 Program as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on "Reimagining Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Center for International Policy, working with Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, will address openness and accountability in the 1122 program of the Department of Defense (DOD). The initiative is part of a web of DOD programs that allow states and local governments to access federal sources of military equipment to support counter-drug, homeland security, and emergency response activities. By examining the impact of police militarization on marginalized communities, the project will shed light on the ways in which excessive defense spending and the militarization of law enforcement have global implications for democratic values and institutions, as well as international peace and security.
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For core support to the Governance and Local Development Institute
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
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Predicted to be the first region in the world to run out of water, 60% of the Middle East’s population already has limited or no access to safe drinking water. The poverty, refugee, and climate crises are expected to exacerbate existing governance inadequacies. Research and policy development have been hindered by a lack of comparative indicators of governance processes at the local level. Over ten years the Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD), located at the University of Gothenburg, has developed tools to analyze variation in governance, public services, and economic participation, including its flagship Local Governance Process Indicators. With Corporation support, GLD will continue transdisciplinary, transregional research and capacity building, resulting in dissemination through podcasts, reports, academic articles in popular media, and one-on-one meetings with key stakeholders.
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For the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
As the peace and security field works to reduce the threats of nuclear weapons, climate disruption, conflict, and emerging technological advances, think tanks and institutions need young professionals to contribute diversity and new perspectives. To help ensure the flow of that talent, the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship (Scoville) recruits emerging scholars and leaders to the field through a competitive national fellowship. Selected fellows work with senior-level policy experts at think tanks; attend policy talks and congressional hearings; receive active mentoring; and network with former fellows and the broader community. Many Scoville fellows have gone on to prominent positions in government, domestic and international nongovernmental organizations, academia, and media.
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For archival programs on U.S.-Russia relations, nuclear security, and cooperative threat reduction
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The National Security Archive (the Archive) is an independent non-governmental research institute and library with the largest repository of declassified U.S. documents outside the federal government. Its documents inform and enrich the latest scholarship on foreign policy and nuclear security. As political tensions continue to drive public narratives, the Archive will advance its mission to advocate for more open government to bolster mutual security; highlight the trends in U.S.-Russia relations; call attention to the persisting dangers of nuclear weapons; and inform key military, scholarly, policy, and media audiences in the United States and abroad.
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For the University Consortium project
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
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The deterioration in U.S./EU-Russia relations, alongside the decline in Western expertise on Russia, prompted the creation of the University Consortium (UC) in 2015 with support from the Corporation. UC’s original concept connected six universities from the United States, Europe, and Russia to pursue intensive academic and policy-relevant dialogue, training, and exchanges. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine dramatically transformed UC’s composition. With renewed support, UC will continue to promote engagements among Americans, Europeans, and Russians to better comprehend the profound conflict between Russia and the West, but without the participation of Russian individuals or institutions from inside Russia. With renewed funding, UC will also expand its alumni network of professionals.
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As a one-time grant for research and convenings on multilateralism and democracy
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Most of today’s global challenges cannot be managed effectively at the national level and require multilateral approaches. Yet international weaknesses and divisions are significant impediments to reaching effective agreements and solutions. The Kofi Annan Foundation, founded in 2007 with a mission to build a fairer and more peaceful world through dialogue and international cooperation, will use its global standing and reputation to highlight the essential links between democratic leadership and multilateralism in solving global challenges. The project will focus on aspiring young political leaders from around the world as energetic and creative drivers of social change, and will entail research, training, networking, publications, and public and policy outreach.
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