Grants Database
Search grants awarded since 2004 to discover funding amounts, descriptions, dates awarded, and duration. Newer records include the geographic area served by a grant. For older grants, please refer to our archives.
7323 Results
Results:
7323 Results
Project Title
For support of the China and the World program
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The U.S.-China relationship is likely to be the most critical in global politics for the foreseeable future. However, public opinion and politically expedient decision-making can lead to hardened perceptions and reactive policy positions that increase bilateral tensions. An informed and rigorous understanding of China is critical to assessing opportunities for cooperation and collaboration. With Corporation support, the China and the World Program (CWP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs will continue to provide mentorship, an alumni-support network, and ability to help researchers connect rigorous academic concepts with current events and policy decisions. The project also has a proven track helping alumni/ae secure tenure-track academic research and teaching positions.
Website
Project Title
For support of web-based research and analysis on North Korea
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
North Korea’s continuing missile and nuclear weapons development has growing implications for U.S. national security, international peace, and the global nonproliferation regime. At the same time, public and policy discourse on North Korea is often loosely sourced, poorly reasoned, or wildly speculative, leading to skewed perceptions of what can or should be done to solve this decades-long dilemma. In response, the Stimson Center seeks to foster a more informed and measured debate on North Korea among policymakers, nongovernmental experts, the media, and the public through providing accessible content and analysis on its authoritative website, 38 North.
Website
Project Title
For a project to build capacity in the Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network on state adoptions of high-quality, standards-aligned science curricula
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
8 months
Description
Theuse of high-quality instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning are importantcomponentsto accelerate learning in classrooms. The Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network at the Council of Chief State School Officers advocates for the adoption of high-quality math and English language arts curricula in thirteen states around the country. The network, made up of Chief Academic Officers and state teams, are now interested in expanding access to and the adoption of high-quality science curricula.Through this small grant, coaches for each state team in the network will develop greater knowledge of the Framework for K-12 Science Education, the Next Generation Science Standards, and instructional materials designed for the standards in order to build capacity and facilitate work related to science curriculum adoptions in states.
Website
Project Title
For a project to disseminate The Elements challenge paper to members of several leadership organizations
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
15 months
Description
There is a significant improvement in educational outcomes for students whose school combines good professional learning with high-quality curriculum. The Corporation’s challenge paper, The Elements, was released in mid-November 2020 and is a resource to help improve outcomes for students and transform teaching through curriculum-based professional learning. Learning First Alliance (LFA) is a partnership of leading education organizations that supports improved student learning across the country. Through this small grant, LFA will disseminate the recommendations and call to action from The Elements challenge paper through multiple membership organizations that include school and system leaders.
Website
Project Title
For the Leadership Academy/La Academia del Liderazgo in support of ten fellowships
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Established in 1986, the mission of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) to promote the development of member colleges and universities; improve access to and the quality of postsecondary educational opportunities for Hispanic students. Today, HACU representsmore than 500 colleges and universities representing 17percent of all higher education institutions nationwide. HACU launched its Leadership Academy, La Academia de Liderazgo, a one-year program designed to prepare the next generation of culturally diverse leaders for the ranks of executive and senior-level positions.Fellows selected for the program participate in an array of leadership development activities that prepare them for leadership roles in institutions of higher learning, but with a special focus on HSIs and emerging HSIs. La Academia is a direct response to the declining rate of Hispanic university presidents,despite the unprecedented growth of U.S. Hispanic college student enrollment.
Project Title
For the project, "Institute for Gender, Law and Transformative Peace"
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
To advance legal approaches to gender-based issues internationally, CUNY School of Law is planning a Center on Gender, Law and Transformative Peace. Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee and Professor Lisa Davis at CUNY Law School propose the launch of this new hub for cross-sectoral feminist research and civil society engagement. The Center will work with leaders in national and international law and policy including peace and transitional justice processes, reconstruction, and human rights mechanisms. Corporation support will contribute to the Center’s fundraising efforts through a conditional grant supporting Center activities following its establishment at CUNY Law School.
Project Title
For project support to expand education reporting through the AP Education Reporting Network
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
34 months
Description
The American education system has undergone disruption due to the pandemic, exacerbating systemic racism and inequity that has long affected school quality. Meanwhile, education coverage has been shrinking locally in the past decade. Many local news organizations are not equipped to meet the growing demands from their communities by providing high-quality, fact-based, and equitable education reporting. The Associated Press (AP), a global news agency with a mission of “Advancing the Power of Facts”, founded in 1846, aims to remake the model of education coverage in the U.S. by launching an Education Reporting Network in a 27-month pilot that would dramatically increase the availability of high-quality education coverage and transform how the entire U.S. news industry covers education. With support from the Corporation, AP seeks to transform its current education coverage into a national hub that connects journalists and editors with health and economy reporters, journalists in 50 states, local and national policymakers, and diverse experts in related fields.
Project Title
For support of the Royal Commonwealth Society Southern African collections at the Cambridge University Library
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
28 months
Description
Founded in 1416, Cambridge University Library (the Library) is a world-leading academic research library.The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) collections within the Library are an outstanding record of the written and visual heritage from over 20 African countries. The material, however, is disconnected from the communities whoseindividual lives and culturesshaped the collections. With Corporation support, the Library will catalogue, copyright research, conserve, and digitize the RSC collections. Anewly-appointed engagement officer willdevelop networks topromote community engagement through social media platforms and a series of online events, andthrough wider outreach programming, the Library will encourage new interpretations of African materials in the RCS collections.
Project Title
For a project to help enhance the NYC guided high school search
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
6 months
Description
Covid-19 has disrupted education and New York City schools are struggling to offer adequate educational services. The months and years to come will be particularly challenging for students in poverty, those with special needs, and students attending low-performing schools. InsideSchools, a trusted resource for public school families in New York City, offers online resources that provideguidanceand community. InsideSchools is poised to rapidly prototype new programmatic offerings and website features to raise families’ awareness about postsecondary pathways and to bolster their confidence in advocating for the options that best suit their children’s needs. With support from the Corporation, InsideSchools will expand their reach across an array of channels, including adding data to the InsideSchools website pages related to high schools, holding live events with and for families of high school students, amplifying existing support resources for FAFSA application completion, and more.
Website
Project Title
For a project to support a New York City Post-Secondary Resources Series
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
0 months
Description
A population disproportionatelyaffected by the current pandemic are Hispanics. Historically an underserved population that has faced language, social and cultural barriers, is now encountering an even more difficult task struggling to find reliable information and resources addressing their needs in Spanish. Univision, the country’s largest provider of Spanish-language content, reaches over 80 percent of the U.S Hispanic population. Univision will leverage its local programming and strong presence in New York to connect parents and students to resources available in their communities. With Corporation support, Univision will feature a weekly series in Spanish,which will highlight other Corporation grantees that serve at the local community level, equipping low-income and first-generation students with the tools needed to achieve post-secondary success. Each week, an organization will be highlighted during a television segment, a radio segment, and live stream through Facebook Live.
Website
Project Title
For the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows program
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Governors and other senior state-level policymakers hold enormous influence over education policy in their states, yet these officials often lack any substantive background in education. As a result, candidates adopt positions while on the campaign trail without fully understanding their implications, then feel a sense of commitment to their promises after taking office. The Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows Program (HK Fellows), named for Governor Hunt and former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean and launched in 2014, provides up-and-coming elected officials from around the country with a firm grounding in today’s education needs and policy debates. In 2021, six HK Fellows are serving as governor and six HK Fellows have launched gubernatorial campaigns. This grant supports the seventh through tenth cohorts of the Fellows Program, which includes convenings, site visits, and in-state sessions.
Website
Project Title
For support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Since the Supreme Court decision inShelby County v. Holder(2013), which gutted major voting rights protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965(VRA), states have proposed hundreds of changes to election procedures designed to increase barriers to voting, even at the risk of reducing voter participation.As advocates push policymakers to restore federal protections once offered by the VRA, voting rights attorneys have been the main line of defense against laws that restrict the right to vote in states across the country. Founded in 2013 with Corporation support, the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group is comprised of twelve organizations with historic involvement in prominent voting rights litigation. With Corporation support, the working group will continue to leverage its collective expertise to consult and collaborate on litigation and pre-litigation efforts to defend voting rights.
Website
Project Title
For a project to promote social cohesion among immigrant and non-immigrant youth
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The rupture in America’s social cohesion has given rise to polarization, creating an environment where immigration is more divisive than at any time in recent history and where young people — both new immigrants and those within the receiving community — feel disconnected from one another and less empowered to bridge social divides and rebuild social cohesion. In 2020, the YMCA and New American Economy (NAE) jointly launched the Youth Unity Program (YUP), an after-school program designed to facilitate an experience in which young people explore the critical social issue of immigration—whether as new immigrants themselves or as members of the native-born receiving community. With Corporation support, the YMCA will expand the YUP to a total of thirtyYMCA sites and continue to build community between immigrant and native-born youth.
Website
Project Title
For strengthening and expanding the Internationals Network of schools
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Multilingual Learners (MLLs) make up an increasingly large segment of the nation’spublic schoolpopulation, yet they continue to be underserved by learning experiences that were designed primarily for native English speakers. Furthermore, immigrant youth have suffered at disproportionate rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: immigrants and MLLs have left school at higher rates than any other student group. The Internationals Network (Internationals), founded as a single school in 1985 and now comprising a network of thirty schools and academies serving 10,000 immigrant and refugee youth across six states and Washington, D.C., takes a comprehensive approach to MLL education that more effectively prepares MLLs for success. Throughout the pandemic, Internationals has supportedits networkto navigate significant shifts, maintaining academic rigor while addressing the unique socio-emotional, economic, and legal challenges faced by its students. With renewed support, Internationals will continue to refine, deepen, and expanditsnetwork.
Website
Project Title
For support of the centennial of the Nobel Peace Prize to Christian Lous Lange
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2002 The Nobel Peace Center is dedicated to preserving and engaging audiences in the Nobel Peace Prize laureates’ work. Their goal is to educate audiences about what peace is and how we achieve it, and to inspire people to large and small actions which advance peace. With Corporation support, the Center will launch a new permanent exhibition which will shine a spotlight on Christian Lange’s efforts to forge international cooperation—a life-long endeavor for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. The exhibition is part of a larger, multiyear project. This launch, exhibition, and surrounding materials will challenge audiences to learn and think creatively about how dialogue and international structures can contribute to peace and security.
Website
Project Title
For new school development, innovation, and capacity-building through Fund IV
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
36 months
Description
In order to realize our vision for student success, we support the creation of innovative schools and programs that personalize student learning experiences, as well as the capacity-building of adults and systems in support of these efforts. We believe innovative, student-centered whole-school models can be most effectively scaled through partnerships with established portfolio organizations, which have rigorous processes for identifying, vetting, testing, and supporting schools through their initial scaling efforts. Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is one such organization and an important partner in extending the Corporation’s ability to support a wide array of innovative schools. Since its founding in 2005, CSGF has supported over 200 charter networks which collectively served approximately 535,000 students across thirty-six states in 2020-21.This renewal grant will support the implementation of CSGF’s Fund IV strategy.
Website
Project Title
For increasing the supply of community-driven education innovation through Fund III and planning for Fund IV
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
The education sector is not set up to foster innovation or entrepreneurship, particularly among underrepresentedstakeholder groupswho areoftenbest positionedto understand and craftsolutions for challenges facing their communities. Founded in 2010,4.0 Schools(4.0)hasdemonstrated expertise in coaching, connecting, and investing in diverse leaders to develop breakthrough learning spaces and tools with youth and families in their local communities. Through its fellowship programming and intentionally small scale, and by leveraging its extensive alumni network, 4.0 supports aspiringeducation entrepreneurs todevelop and test innovative ideas, learn from their pilot projects, and make evidence-informed decisions about whether and how to move forward. 4.0’s approach has proven to be particularly prescient in the context of the pandemic, enabling agile and responsive action in alumni communities.
Website
Project Title
For analyzing national school data and building a data dashboard
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemicilluminated and exacerbatedlongstandingdisparities in educational opportunitiesavailable tostudents across the country. In order to address these inequities,practitioners and policymakers need access to comprehensive data about the gaps in the system andtheopportunities to improve.Building on prior analyses of national school enrollment patterns and school integration efforts in New York State,MarGradyResearch willcreatea data dashboard to track segregation in states and school districts across the country.With Corporation support,MarGradyResearch willlaunch the first phase of this work, includingcollectingnational enrollment data and designingadashboard to display this data, as well as update the New York State dashboard with recentenrollmentfigures.
Website
Project Title
For EdPrepLab and policy efforts to build a well-prepared, stable, and diverse K-12 educator workforce
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
15 months
Description
Learning Policy Institute (LPI) was established in 2015 to bring high-quality evidence into policy and practice conversations at the federal, state, and local levels. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, LPI connects policymakers and stakeholders with the evidence, ideas, and actions needed to strengthen the education system from preschool through college and career readiness—with the goal of creating empowering and equitable learning for each and every child. LPI proposes three initiatives that will (1) strengthen equity-focused, SoLD-aligned education preparation, practice, and policy through the Education Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab), launched in 2019 with Corporation support and in partnership with the Bank Street College of Education; (2) establish a Teacher Licensure Collaborative with national organizations and a subset of states interested in advancing teacher licensure standards that align with SoLD principles; and (3) inform federal and state policymakers on key strategies for building a well-prepared, stable, and diverse educator workforce.
Project Title
For the Education Center's district-focused racial equity project
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
30 months
Description
Over the past five years, many schools and districts have recognized and sought to address the profound role of systemic racism in creating and sustaining policies and practices that disenfranchise students of color from their right to quality education. While necessary, these efforts alone do not address the many entrenched ways schools and districts perpetuate institutionalized forms of racial discrimination that limit opportunities for students of color. Bank Street College of Education proposes partnering with a school district to test out a more comprehensive, iterative and stakeholder-driven process to auditing and improving the policies and practices that act as barriers to racial equity. Bank Street proposes applying their “Throughline” approach to instructional improvement, developed with Corporation support, which is a conceptual model that articulates the baseline adult learning system that underlies system-level improvements in instructional practice. This approach recognizes that a school functions best when there is coherence among its culture, structures, and instructional model.
Website
Project Title
For continued support of the Canopy project and sustaining collective knowledge about innovative learning environments during COVID-19 and beyond
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Years of education innovation have resulted in several exemplary school models, but many of those schools aren’t known beyond the communities they serve and there is no mechanism for systematically elevating the practices and lessons that can be gleanedfrom them. The Canopy project, launchedby the Christensen Institute in 2018,addresses this gap througha data-building process designed to diversify the nation’s picture of innovative schools and document those schools’ practices in consistentways. The project is now co-ledby the Center on Reinventing Public Educationand Transcend, organizations with complementary expertise inresearch and practice. With prior Corporation support, the Canopy projecthas surfaced 483 unique schoolsfrom121 nominators, matured its systems for generating and sharing data, and publisheddataanalysesto inform the field. Over the past eighteen months, the project has focused on practices ofparticular utilityduringthe pandemic. Renewed support would sustain this knowledge for innovation during the pandemic and beyond.
Project Title
For research on the effectiveness of COVID-19 educational recovery efforts
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
Data has shown that millions of students have fallen behind as a result of the pandemic. While schools are beginning to implement new programs to address student learning loss, state data systems will unfortunately not provide the evidence that districts need to manage students’ recovery, assess the effectiveness of new programs, and adjust their strategies as needed. Through this project, Harvard and their research partners will partner with districts to track student participation in recovery interventions and utilize interim assessment data to quickly and accurately assess the impact of these interventions. The project will be the primary source of evidence on the rate of COVID catch-up and on the efficacy of alternative COVID catch-up strategies in the United States. It also will serve to maximize the impact of federal recovery dollars and will inform and encourage districts and states to allocate the dollars toward the most effective strategies.
Website
Project Title
For a project to increase adoption of OpenSciEd middle school curricula and to continue development of high school science curricula
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Meaningful science learning occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional material, and are supported through professional learning connected to both. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum designers, science education leaders, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. With the middle school curriculum released, OpenSciEd is experiencing great interest in their materials which helps solidify their brand in the education curriculum market. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will a) develop and release their high school curriculum courses, b) provide professional learning for their middle school curriculum, and c) optimize their current curriculum for virtual use.
Project Title
For a project of The Starfish Institute to launch the unCommission
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Starting in 2010, 100Kin10 launched and grew a national network of diverse organizations committed to providing the country’s classrooms with 100,000 excellent STEM teachers in ten years. With 2021 marking the project’s tenth year and on track to reach this goal, the unCommission on STEM learning and opportunity was launched to hear, learn from, and uplift the lived experiences of students with STEM. Through this cross-portfolio grant, the unCommission will focus on schools and systems around the country that are implementing OpenSciEd curricula to support students’ learning experiences in science education. This project will inform the Call to Action for Science Education and future goals of 100Kin10.
Website
Project Title
For support of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics’ work to develop and pilot renewed civics education curriculum
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
38 months
Description
For the last forty years, the dominant educational policy paradigm has focused almost exclusively on education’s vocational purpose: the goal has been to ensure that young people, and society generally, can compete in a global economy. The result has been increased investment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education (STEM) and correspondingly reduced outlays for the humanities. As civic-minded organizations seek to rebuild history and civic learning, however, it is also important to deepen formal understanding of success in the civic learning space. The Democratic Knowledge Project (DKP) is a K-12 civic education provider based at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. With Corporation support, the DKP will strengthen its K-12 civic education curricula by engaging families, school districts, and administrators to ensure that classroom content is equitable and adaptable enough to address the values, perspectives, and concerns of the diverse students and communities served.
Website
Project Title
For project support of Family Engagement in Education
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
14 months
Description
Families can be a force for education system transformation when working together with educators and school leaders around a co-created vision of the purpose of education. In response to growing interest in leveraging school-family relationships for system transformation, the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education launched “Family Engagement in Education”, a project harnessing the growing momentum around family engagement. Specifically, they support key actors, generate evidence, disseminate best practices, and support movement-building efforts to engage districts and other education actors across the United States. Through this first grant to the Center for Universal Education, the “Family Engagement in Education” project will engage in a movement-building strategy utilizing its convening power to engage critical stakeholders around the recommendations, tools, and evidence generated under this project. Specifically, this work will include (a) public convenings and dialogue, (b) family engagement network ambassador support, and (c) decision-maker and practitioner workshops.
Website
Project Title
For project support of the continuation of Pathways Matter and outreach to families
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
15 months
Description
Too often, high school graduates discover that they lack the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in college and/or a career and too many college graduates find themselves unprepared for the demands of the contemporary workforce. At the same time, too many parents find the lack of quality information about educational opportunities available in high school and college inhibits them from helping their children chart a path that leads to success. As an effective policy and advocacy organization that supports state leaders and policymakers in advancing a broad range of student-centered policy solutions, ExcelinEd has been working with Corporation support to address these disconnects through their research on and dissemination of national trends and state-level information about in demand credentials and pathways. ExcelinEd also developed deployed tools and resources to help families make informed decisions about high-quality pathways and employer-valued credentials. With continued support from the Corporation, ExcelinEd plans to 1. Further expand their parent and student resources to support partner outreach, and 2. Continue providing state support and technical assistance to advance comprehensive policy and implementation of education to workforce pathways using the Pathways Matter framework.
Website
Project Title
For a project to develop free custom resources for teachers and students in Advanced Placement African American Studies
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1900, the College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization focused on expanding access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. For the first time in its history, the College Board will launch an Advanced Placement (AP) course in African American Studies. This will offer hundreds of thousands of students the opportunity to immerse themselves in African American History and Culture at this pivotal moment. Two leaders in this work are Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. Professor Higginbotham leads the Association for the Study of African American Life and History – the leading group of scholars in this field. Professor Gates is the Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Bothwill work together to develop custom content for AP students and teachers to use during the course and support the College Board to advance student learning.
Website
Project Title
For supporting New York City schools, Community Based Organizations, and CUNY programs through the Braided Pathways Fund
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
To better prepare our nation’s young people for postsecondary success, and to build a more inclusive post-pandemic economy, we must integrate work-based learning opportunities with students’high school experiences. Here to Here(H2H)was founded in 2017 to dothis work in New York City,forging alignedpathways by uniting employers, educators, and community-based organizations.With prior Corporation support, H2Hhas formulated a core set of principles—Key Distinguishers—that help all stakeholders along the youth talent development spectrum understand and meet shared expectations for high-quality work-based learning.Now,H2H is working to provide capacity-building and implementation support toward the adoption of the Key Distinguishers through its Braided Pathways Fund, whichaims to identify community-based solutions for implementing the Key Distinguishers. This fundwill provide direct support as well as technical assistanceand a community of practiceforhigh school, employer, and CUNY partnersacross the five boroughs.
Website
Project Title
For conducting a learner-centered, whole child ecosystem mapping and gap analysis
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
7 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated and exacerbated longstanding inequities in K-12 education, creating the opportunity and imperative to reimagine the system. Furthermore, school systems have received an unprecedented infusion of federal funding to support recovery andtransformation. These circumstances havealready led toa number ofnew innovative approaches and practices in K-12 education, which have the potential to drive systemic changeif they can be aggregated, coordinated, and disseminated effectively. With Corporation support, Cambiar Education will analyze the current education ecosystem, conduct a gap analysis,engage diverse stakeholders and innovative leaders,and develop a set of recommendations for the field to seize this moment of opportunity in acoordinated way.
Website
Project Title
For support of district capacity building efforts
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
8 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated and exacerbated longstanding inequities in K-12 education, creating the opportunity and imperative to reimagine the system. Furthermore, school systems have received an unprecedented infusion of federal funding to support recovery and transformation. School district leaders need strategic planning and implementation support to meet the challenges of this moment and rebuild a system that provides all students with high-quality learning opportunities. Kitamba has deep expertise in large-scale system transformation and implementation support and has worked with dozens of diverse districts, states, and community-based organizations. With Corporation support, Kitamba will provide strategy support to district leaders and teams to drive systemic change at this moment of both unprecedented adversity and unparalleled potential for transformation.
Website
Project Title
For a project supporting NextGenScience at WestEd to review OpenSciEd instructional units for three high school science courses
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
16 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials are an essential component of any meaningful effort to improve K–12 science outcomes at scale. The science instructional materials market, however, currently includes few high-quality, standards-aligned K–12 science programs, particularly curriculum for high school science courses. NextGenScience at WestEd provides formative feedback to instructional materials developers so they can improve the quality of their materials designed for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Using a Peer Review Panel of teachers and the EQuIP rubric for science, NextGenScience will review OpenSciEd’s instructional units for three high school science courses in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Each unit will be reviewed twice, once prior to field testing and a final review after units are revised. Those that earn the highest rating will be designated with the NGSS Design Badge, a recognized mark in the field indicating high-quality science instructional materials. This 15-month grant will complete initial reviews of ten units across three high school science courses and three final reviews prior to the public release of new high school science units designed for the NGSS.
Website
Project Title
For supporting critical research and strengthening scholarly capacity in North Africa
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
0 months
Description
Recognizing the engagement of North African university faculty and departments with critical issues of the region, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers will build on earlier Corporation-supported work to expand collaboration with and among North African researchers and universities. The Centre d’Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA) and Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) will focus on the Maghrib’s political, economic, and social conditions to promote collaborative research on regional developments, disseminate scholarship through a variety of print and electronic media, and support a new generation of scholars through capacity-building efforts. Corporation support will go toward research, scholarships, workshops, and publications.
Website
Project Title
For the Congressional Program
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
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 Aspen Congressional Program will sponsor regular breakfasts with expert speakers for congressional members and similar lunches for senior congressional staff on timely international developments of relevance to U.S. foreign policy. The program will also host its annual international gathering for congressional members with foreign policy experts, scheduled for summer 2021, with a focus on the U.S. and global impact of COVID-19.
Website
Project Title
As a final grant for strengthening Russian Area Studies
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
40 months
Description
Since the end of the Cold War, the study of Russian domestic, economic, political, and security developments has atrophied at American universities, leading to diminished capacity in the United States to assess and understand Russia. To expand and deepen both the study of and training on Russia within U.S. academic institutions, the Corporation supports a few Russian area studies programs, including at Indiana University (IU).In this next and final grant phase, IU will continue a variety of advanced research and training programs including seminars, fellowships, visiting appointments, and research publications to integrate scholars at various stages of their careers into an international network based on a shared commitment to research onRussia.
Website
Project Title
For a project on Russia and the West
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Tensions in the relationship between Russia and the West have the potential to impact global stability. Such discord can also elevate the importance of unofficial communications between academic and expert communities to avert risks and improve understanding on both sides of the divide. The European Leadership Network (ELN) is dedicated to building bridges between the West and Russia. It engages with early career, mid-level, and senior European experts from the policy world, academia, and the private sector to provide practical, real-world solutions to political and security challenges. ELN also uses its international networks to conduct analyses of critical issues of relevance to Euro-Atlantic security, bringing a strong European voice and providing a conduit to convey policy ideas to European governments.
Project Title
For the Foreign Policy Fellowship Program to educate congressional staffers
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
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 leave limited opportunities to focus deeply on complex or long-term challenges. The Foreign Policy Fellowship Program (FPFP) of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offers the opportunity to improve staffers’ knowledge of foreign policy issues and reduce polarization and partisanship on Capitol Hill. The FPFP brings professional committee staff and legislative staff from Republican and Democratic offices from both chambers of Congress together for a series on critical peace and security challenges. It also organizes learning visits to different countries for alumni. The FPFP will continue these programs with Corporation support.
Website
Project Title
For the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia)
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
For almost three decades, the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), created with Corporation support, has served as an international network of scholars from North America, Russia, and other countries in post-Soviet Eurasia, aimed at advancing the members’ research, publications, and outreach in the areas of security, politics, economics, and society. Currently comprised of over 140 academics, PONARS Eurasia has become a source of authoritative information and analyses, as well as policy-relevant conferences in the United States, Russia, and select countries of Eurasia. With continued support, PONARS Eurasia will sustain and expand its activities that include policy-relevant workshops, conferences, task forces, briefing papers, and a podcast series.
Project Title
For Expanding and Enriching the study of Russia in the Social Sciences at Columbia University
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
48 months
Description
The state of Russia-related research and graduate training in the United States has seen a steady decline in federal funding and scholarly interest since the early 1990s, creating a shortage of rising experts with adequate training. The Harriman Institute at Columbia University is committed to promoting Russia-related training and research, as well as broadening interest in Russia among faculty and graduate students who might not otherwise pay attention to the country. Building on previous Corporation support, the Harriman Institute will engage in a set of activities, including training, research, policy-relevant conferences, public and media outreach, and exchanges with Russian institutions. The intent of these efforts is to deepen and expand the knowledge about Russia in the United States.
Website
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
There is an increasing need for trusted information regarding some of today’s most persistent threats, among them cyber, pandemic, climate change, and nuclear risk. Helping to provide such is the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (the Bulletin), a respected media organization that informs the public about threats to the survival and development of humanity. For seventy-five years, the Bulletin has been the only outlet both devoted to the study of existential threats and established specifically to engage the public by reaffirming the importance of trustworthiness and transparency. Over the next grant phase, the Bulletin will develop new platforms and vehicles for engaging and motivating new and younger audiences. Using its iconic Doomsday Clock to draw attention to its mission, the Bulletin will strengthen its role as a ‘go-to’ site for exploring the intersection of science and global security.
Website
Project Title
For the Congressional Foresight Initiative
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Congress plays a central role in determining U.S. foreign and national security policy, yet the need to respond to current crises and work within political cycles implies it is often focused on the short-term. The Center for Strategic and International Studies Congressional Foresight Initiative works to empower congressional staff to examine the world and consider policy decisions through the analytic lens of strategic foresight. Through a workshop series, staffers will deepen their understanding of the long-term trends and challenges of key international peace and security issues and learn how foresight tools can support the development of far-sighted solutions. Select staffers will participate in a fellowship program to engage with counterparts from foreign governments who have integrated strategic foresight into their policymaking.
Website
Project Title
As one-time funding for a project on environmental multilateralism through small states' empowerment as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on "Reimagining Multilateralism"
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
59 months
Description
Despite increasing awareness and intergovernmental agreements on climate change and global warming, carbon dioxide levels continue to increase. While multilateral institutions are required to address these collective threats, they are proving ineffective. To invigorate efforts to address global warming and environment management, and drawing on examples of successful international action,the University of MassachusettsBoston’s Center for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) proposes to create an action network of smaller states to advance environmental multilateralism. CGS willprovide research inputs and national and multilateral policy options to relevantgovernmentswith the intent of enabling smallerstates toparticipate in internationalnegotiations on environment management andclimate change andassert collective leadershipon the global stage.
Website
Project Title
As one-time only funding for support of a One Health framework to prevent future pandemics of zoonotic origin as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on "Reimagining Multilateralism"
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
32 months
Description
COVID-19 has highlighted the interconnection among people, plants, wildlife, and their shared environment. Yet, no unified multilateral mechanism exists that would help operationalize a collaborative approach to prevent future global epidemics. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is proposing to developa pathway to improving international coordination. The effort would include key stakeholders with broad geographic, cultural, and demographic representation and target potential champion governments, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, and will culminate in a multilateral conference designed to chart a new path forward for health and the environment.
Project Title
As one-time funding for a project to develop a post-pandemic global health treaty at the Center for Global Health Science and Security as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on "Reimagining Multilateralism"
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
51 months
Description
Preparing for and responding to the next pandemic requires new approaches to incorporating accountability, transparency, equity, participation, and the rule of law into multilateralism. A project at Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) will bring together interdisciplinary experts to focus on this challenge. CGHSS will identify gaps in the current multilateral system; develop a multilateral governance framework for pandemics; and produce a report identifying the scientific and legal bases for outbreak preparedness targeting the policymaking and civil society stakeholders.
Website
Project Title
As one-time funding for a comparative research project on overseas and domestic counterterrorism as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on “The Domestic-International Connection”
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
31 months
Description
The Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point conducts independent and critical research on both terrorist groups and counterterrorism policies. In collaboration with terrorism researchers at the University at Albany, the Center will bring together experts from the international and domestic counterterrorism fields to conduct comparative analyses of terrorist group behavior and counterterrorism methods. Relying onmultiple sources of data and lessons from past experiences, the project will to offer options for addressing domestic terrorism while safeguarding civil rights and liberties, and will share its findings through published reports and dissemination activities
Project Title
As one-time funding for a study on the roles of international institutions in space governance, as part of a Request for Proposals (RFP) on “Reimagining Multilateralism”
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
37 months
Description
As the United States, Russia, China, and other great powers position themselves to defend their space-based assets, and a number of private businesses seek to capitalize on business opportunities, space is rapidly emerging as a significant zone of military and economic competition. The multilateral legal frameworks governing behavior in space are woefully outdated, increasing uncertainty in an already volatile environment. To address this, the Ostrom workshop at Indiana University will study the applicability of other polycentric governance models to the space domain. The project will result in policy recommendations, publications, and briefings for policy and public stakeholders.
Website
Project Title
For archival programs on U.S.- Russia relations, nuclear security, and cooperative threat reduction
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
National security secrecy impedes the broader policy debate and hinders individual scholarship. 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. 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 importance of 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.
Website
Project Title
For a University Consortium on the relationship between Russia and the West
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The deterioration in Russia-U.S.-EU relations alongside the decline in Western expertise on Russia prompted the creation of the University Consortium (UC), a cohort of six world-class universities from the United States, Europe, and Russia that aim to foster academic interactions relevant to the relationship among their respective countries. The UC brings together young scholars and experts for intensive dialogue, policy-relevant forums, joint training, and an array of other activities that can facilitate better mutual understanding. Over the course of the grant, the UC will convene four academic modules, two policy conferences, and multiple alumni events.
Website
Project Title
As a one-time grant for the Rhodes Scholar Ambassador Program in Africa
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
48 months
Description
The Rhodes Scholarship, established in 1903 at the University of Oxford, is the oldest and most pre-eminent international graduate scholarship program in the world. Through over 5,000 living alumni, of which 350 are currently based in Africa, it aims to champion social and health equity, navigate complex policy issues, and advance innovative ventures. A Rhodes Scholar pilot Ambassadors in Africa Program, organized by the Rhodes Trust, will bring together a cohort of eight African Rhodes Scholars to serve as Ambassadors and interact with students at partner universities across Eastand WestAfrica. Corporation support will cover convenings, workshops and mentoring sessions.
Website
Project Title
For the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
As the peace and security field works to reduce the threats of nuclear weapons, climate disruption, conflict, and emerging technology trends, think tanks and institutions need young professionals to contribute new perspectives and diversity of thought. 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.
Website
No results have been found.
Please try another search.