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For expanding and enriching the study of Russia
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
30 months
Description
The importance of U.S.-Russia relations suggests the need for a comprehensive understanding of Russian domestic and foreign policies within the United States. Likewise, there is a need for better understanding of the United States in Russia. Universities and academic institutions with relevant programs play an important role in building up expert capacity. The U.S.-Russia Relations Initiative program at Tuft University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy aims to deepen the U.S. expertise on Russia while also exposing the Russian academics to American thinking. With continued support, it will conduct research, student and faculty exchanges, and bilateral meetings. The work will result in publications on a range of topics relevant to U.S.-Russia relations and international peace and security.
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For support of the Carnegie Moscow Center
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
For over twenty-five years, the Carnegie Moscow Center (CMC) has been a champion of independent research and analysis by the field’s top scholars. Part of a global network of regional think thanks of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the CMC brings its analytical outputs to wider audiences by convening meetings, round tables, and conferences. Its products and events are sought after by participants from across the Russian and foreign political spectrum and from Moscow’s media, academic, and diplomatic communities. The CMC also shares ideas and recommendations with influential policy practitioners, opinion makers, and corporate leaders. With renewed Corporation support, the CMC will continue a set of projects and activities aimed at assessing Russia’s internal and foreign policies, targeting audiences in Russia, the United States, and globally.
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For research, international engagements, and outreach on the emerging global order
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic carries implications for U.S. foreign policy and international peace and security at large. The nongovernmental expert community plays an important role in assessing trends, understanding their far-ranging impacts, developing policy recommendations, and informing the public. The Brookings Institution is among the leading think tanks globally with this mandate. With continued Corporation support, the Brookings’ Foreign Policy program will conduct policy-relevant research, international dialogues, engagements with policymakers, and public outreach on critical peace and security issues. The grant will also contribute to advancing the expertise of a rising generation of U.S. foreign policy and international relations specialists through resident fellowships. The program’s activities will result in publications and various outreach activities.
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For nuclear policy outreach and education for Congress
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The U.S. Congress plays a crucial role in shaping foreign policy through guidance and budget appropriations. To help enhance and expand knowledge among Congressional members and staffers on nuclear weapons issues, both domestic and international, the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation (CACNP) conducts bipartisan and bicameral off-the-record educational events on Capitol Hill. With renewed support, CACNP will facilitate interactive outreach programs; host individual briefings for members and staff; and produce objective, easily digestible information and analysis, all with the goal of increasing the number of members and staffers who engage substantively in the nuclear policy discourse.
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For a congressional education project on international security
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
23 months
Description
Members of Congress play a central role in determining U.S. foreign and national security policy, including during crises. This implies they know the range of foreign policy tools and options available to American decisionmakers.The Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University, in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, seeks to expand this knowledge among members of Congress by inviting a bipartisan group of Representatives to take part in “Peace Games” simulations. Participating members, drawn from relevant committees and including established and newly-elected lawmakers, will engage with regional and subject-matter experts to discuss and assess the policy choices within posed scenarios. This Corporation grant would support the organizational expenses associated with the project.
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For research, training, international engagements, and outreach on international security
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University’s hub for faculty and researchers who focus on international security and work collaboratively to seek solutions to the world’s longstanding and emerging global challenges. CISAC’s scientists, social scientists, and policy experts produce applicable and practical research findings on international security problems; teach and train the next generation of security specialists; and inform policymaking through publications and outreach events. With renewed support, CISAC will continue its programs of research,publications, dissemination, convenings, and fellowships.
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For the Project for Media and National Security
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
In the area of national security, public understanding of defense and international issues is essential to both good government and the effective functioning of democracy. The Project for Media and National Security (PMNS) broadens public access to trustworthy information on the pressing security issues of our time by providing a forum for in-depth conversations between correspondents and national security leaders. With continued support, the project will convene policymakers, reporters, broadcasters, and security experts to promote quality, fact-based journalism and strengthen the news coverage.
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For a legislative study group on the role of Congress in foreign affairs
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Congress has an important role to play in U.S. foreign and national security policy. The congressional staff responsible for crafting legislation need to have a clear understanding of the legal and constitutional factors that guide and constrain Congress’s action in these areas. A project at the Brookings Institution (Brookings) will continue to convene a series of study group meetings that bring together congressional staff from Democratic and Republican offices in both the House and Senate, as well as committee staff, and legal experts. The study group is a venue for sustained dialogue on these legal considerations and appropriate relevant tools. A summary of the key discussion points will be published on the Brookings website. The project director will also host the invited legal experts on the Lawfare podcast.
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For a project on enhancing predictability in U.S.-Russian Relations
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a significant impact on great power competition involving the United States, Russia, China, and Europe. The greater the strains within and among the great powers, the less predictable their relations will become. One of the most important areas of potential miscalculation lies in signaling behavior as states communicate with each other through diplomatic dialogue as well as through indirect messages about their resolve to defend vital interests. To reduce the miscalculation chances, the project would seek to improve understanding of indirect signaling in various domains where the United States and Russia are competing. The project will entail regular interactions between U.S. and Russian experts and will result in a report.
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As a final grant for open-source multimedia analysis in support of nuclear nonproliferation
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
36 months
Description
This project addresses two issues of pressing importance to nuclear nonproliferation: the effective implementation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, and the development of open source research methodologies in support of the IAEA and the nonproliferation regime as a whole.
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For the N Square innovation collaborative
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The N Square funder collaborative was established in partnership with several major foundations with the goal of bringing new ideas, resources, and talent to the nuclear security sector. While nuclear risk remains acute, public engagement on these issues is sporadic, in part because of high barriers to entry. To address this challenge, N Square has cultivated a network of innovators, with special emphasis on experts in technology, media, and the arts. The collaborative seeks to catalyze new approaches that help practitioners to adapt, scale, and amplify their work of relevance to nuclear security. N Square’s mission is to promote a renaissance in the nuclear security field that could lead to breakthroughs in reducing the nuclear risk.
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For a project on mitigating nuclear risks with independent missile defense technical expertise
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Effective missile defense policy depends on complex technical and security considerations, but relevant expertise in the government and nongovernmental community has waned. To address this gap, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will apply its long-standing technical expertise to prepare a rising generation of missile defense experts so they can weigh-in on proposals, strengthen coordination, and improve congressional understanding. Through this project, UCS seeks to increase the effectiveness, and preserve the future, of independent technical expertise on missile defense issues.
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For global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the peace and security challenges facing Africa that have a bearing on peace- and security-related issues. Among these are the continued viability of the journalism sector and obstacles to disseminating and gaining access to expertise. This sector is critical to providing credible, evidence-based information to help decision-makers on the continent and beyond to design effective policy responses, as well as to informing and empowering the public to advocate for sound policies. The Conversation Africa (TC-Africa) provides a free to read and republish platform for experts to communicate their research in easily accessible form to both policymakers and the public. Through its republishing mechanism, TC-Africa articles have been featured in numerous major publications, supplementing shrinking newsrooms and enabling the broad dissemination of rigorous and readable research.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case studies
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Addressing the ongoing need to bridge the academic-policy gap, Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) combines the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds. This project supports the expansion and improvement of the ISD’s well-established diplomacy case studies program, used by academics and students globally as teaching materials, and a series of ISD working groups on emergent, global diplomatic challenges. It also supports The Monkey Cage, a blog published by The Washington Post, where academics can publish their research in ways accessible to policymakers and the broader public.
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As a final grant for the International Policy Institute’s Global Research Group
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Applied academic research presents opportunities for improving policy debates and decision-making. The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington (Jackson School) connects cutting-edge research on imminent global concerns with outreach to the public, expert community, and decisionmakers. With Corporation support, the Jackson School will continue the development of inter-disciplinary research on pressing topics to international peace and security through its Global Research Groups. The groups connect researchers and practitioners, provide students with applied research tools, and create inter-disciplinary faculty connections. Ongoing Global Research Groups focus on cybersecurity and the Arctic.
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For a quantum bootcamp for social scientists.
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
63 months
Description
Contemporary frames of analysis in social science originate from classical Newtonian physics and logic, which are becoming increasingly outdated. In other realms of research, such as in decision and game theories, experts are starting to abandon this classical worldview and adopt a more accurate, scientifically validated, quantum reality. This project at Ohio State University’s Mershon Center for International Security Studies (Mershon Center) seeks to bring international relations scholars up to speed on the utility of quantum theory in their analysis. Through this grant, the Mershon Center will organize a two-week long bootcamp for scholars and practitioners in international relations to expose them to new findings on quantum mechanics and their broader relevance to social science. The project will aim to create a cadre of rising experts with capacities to provide analyses and insights that go far beyond the traditional frameworks.
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For strengthening international politics coverage at The Monkey Cage
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
13 months
Description
The number and scope of international challenges facing policymakers seem to be increasing exponentially. However, policymakers and the attentive public rarely have the time or patience to engage with rigorously researched academic writing. Yet, academic research contains important insights that can support evidence-based policymaking and broader public understanding of the world. To address this gap, The Monkey Cage, an independent, on-line site hosted by The Washington Post, aims to continue connecting political science scholarship on important international developments with policy and public audiences in a concise and intelligible form. With Corporation support, The Monkey Cage will promote publicly-oriented scholars, build an informed audience, and expand its international politics coverage.
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For a project to amplify the expertise of African peacebuilding practitioners and scholars
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite an increase in knowledge generated by scholars and practitioners, their ability to influence national, regional, and global policy responses to fast-moving emerging crises in Africa remains a challenge. Valuable experience residing within the practitioner community is rarely fully analyzed and presented in formats that are useful to policymakers. Search for Common Ground, a leading operational peacebuilding organization, has developed a model for forming scholar-practitioner networks that co-construct knowledge and recommend paths out of conflict to policymakers and practitioners. With support, the project will build on its successful experiences to date, focusing on the sustainability of the Forum on Farmer and Herder Relations in Nigeria and identifying and applying the scholar-practitioner network model to another pressing peacebuilding issue in the continent.
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For engaging African peacebuilding scholars and practitioners to inform policy dialogues in the United States through the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Greater inclusion of Africa-based researchers in strategic dialogues can support the development of U.S.-Africa policy by providing on-the-ground perspectives steeped over the long term in local realities. This is particularly critical as U.S. policymakers attempt to address issues of conflict resolution and peacebuilding on the continent. To provide such opportunities, the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars formed the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP), which includes twenty-two key policy and research institutes based in thirteen African countries. In collaboration with SVNP members, The Wilson Center hosts fellows and convenes meetings to reach out to U.S. and African policymakers, scholars, and practitioners. Further support will continue these activities.
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For a project on elevating African peacebuilding expertise in the media
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
African scholars produce in-depth research on peace and security issues that rarely appears in formats accessible to policymakers and the interested public. At the same time, journalists often lack access to specialist expertise to inform their reporting on these same issues. To address this disconnect, AllAfrica, a top online source of news across Africa, began working with African peacebuilding scholars in 2018 to produce compelling content for and with its network of more than 100 news and policy-oriented organizations. With renewed support for content development and media engagement activities, the project will continue its efforts to ensure that evidence-based research is accessible to policymakers, practitioners, and the general public.
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For the McCain Institute's Next Generation Leaders from Africa focused on peacebuilding
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
42 months
Description
Since its launch in 2012, the University of Arizona’s McCain Institute for International Leadership’s (the Institute’s) flagship “Next Generation Leaders” (NGL) program has identified, trained, networked, and empowered a diverse group of emerging leaders from around the world. The program offers emerging global leaders a targeted professional and personal development experience focused on value-based and ethics-driven leadership. It links successive classes of leaders together, creating a global network of advocates for the common core values of security, economic opportunity, freedom, and human dignity. Through this approach, the program offers a unique blend of professional development, exposure to top-level policymakers and nongovernmental leaders, and formal training in leadership. Recognizing the complex political, economic, and humanitarian dimensions of peacebuilding in Africa, Corporation support will be focused specifically on the training and mentoring of NGLs from the continent who are addressing critical challenges in this broad field.
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For a project on the observation of subnational election-related violence and security in select countries in Africa
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
48 months
Description
Since the wave of democratic reforms across Africa in the 1990s, fifty-one African states now hold regular elections. For many, such as Liberia and Sierra Leone, elections have been crucial to reconstructing legitimate political order following civil war. Yet, accounts by election observation missions, journalists, and many scholars conclude that most African countries experience widespread violence during elections. Ajoint project among the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Development in Africa, the University of Michigan, and the University of Witwatersrand utilizes social science research and methods in the conduct of electoral observation missions. It aims to improve the collection of primary data on the different types and regularity of violence in the lead-up to and during elections, as well as the efficacy of electoral observer missions, more generally.
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For support of research and dissemination on shared interests on immigration policy issues among politically diverse Americans
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Americans largely agree that the country’s immigration system is broken and in need of policy reform. Yet, growing political divisions, distrust in government, and questions of media impartiality have led many to believe common ground cannot be reached on controversial issues like immigration reform. Public Agenda, a nonpartisan research and public engagement firm, is partnering with USA Today, the National Issue Forum Institute, and the Listening to America Public Media Collaborative to identify public agreement on solutions to healthcare, immigration, economic inequality, and criminal justice. The partnership, known as the Hidden Common Ground Initiative, leverages high-quality research and survey data using powerful media communications and educates voters who are looking to participate in the political process. With Corporation support, Public Agenda will conduct rigorous research on shared views on immigration and report on the findings in national and regional media outlets.
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For facilitating information sharing and nongovernmental U.S. engagement and security dialogue on North Korea
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program continues to pose major security challenges to the United States and its Northeast Asian allies.Given the uncertainties surrounding prospects for U.S.-North Korean diplomacy, there is a growing possibility that North Korea will return to a cycle of provocative behavior, creating new tensions that could lead to major conflict. Responding to this challenge, the National Committee on North Korea (NCNK),an independent project of Mercy Corps,will continue to convene organizations and individuals, including other Corporation grantees, promoting peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, to facilitate information-sharing. As part of this work, it will also produce and disseminate well-informed, balanced analysis of issues related to North Korea, and help cultivate a new generation of North Korea specialists. Additionally, when possible, NCNK will support direct engagement among relevant communities from North Korea, the United States, and Northeast Asia.
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For support of the 21st Century China Center
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
As the world’s second-largest economy and an increasingly active global power, China is having an outsized influence on other countries. As China’s international role expands, it is important to discern the patterns of policymaking in the country, thestrategic and bureaucratic logic behind such patterns, the societal impact of China’s policies and the public’s reaction to them. To meet these challenges, the University of California, San Diego’s 21st Century China Center will bring together four data-driven research projects. Each led by early-career scholars of Chinese politics and political economy, the projects will shed light on under-examined dynamics of policymaking in China, and conduct online public opinion surveys of Chinese attitudes toward various domestic policies.
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As a final grant for research, analysis, fellowships, and policy outreach on China's role in Africa
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
48 months
Description
China’s rapid expansion abroad is unprecedented in scale and complexity. Its growing engagement with Africa, in particular, has attracted attention from the media, academia, and the policy community. Established in 2014, the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies produces and disseminates accurate and nuanced analysis of current and past trends. With Corporation support, CARIwill continue to generateoriginal data, fieldwork-based evidence, and policy-relevant academic research. It will also engage with policy and practitioner communities and convene both virtual and Washington D.C.-based forums to further disseminate its findings.
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For support of a Task Force on U.S.-China policy
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
With U.S.-China relations on an increasingly adversarial trajectory in which military conflict is no longer unimaginable, the deterioration of Sino-American relations has enormous consequences for international peace and security. As tensions rise, it is more important than ever for the U.S. government and public to have an accurate, timely, and deep understanding of domestic developments in China, their impact on the U.S.-China relationship, and their implications for U.S. foreign policy. The Asia Society’s Task Force on U.S.-China Policy has encouraged the stabilization of relations between the two powers and recommended policies that seek to balance economic, political, and military competition with cooperation on global challenges—not least those presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Comprised of a bipartisan group of China specialists, former U.S. government officials and military officers, scholars, and think tank researchers, the Task Force has become a cohesive, balanced, and respected American civil society policy voice. It will continue its deliberations and outreach with renewed Corporation support.
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For general support and the Boulder Fund
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) is a membership organization founded in 2016 that is dedicated to elevating the leadership, voices, and influence of people of color in education and to leading more inclusive and sustainable efforts to improve education. Their mission is to dramatically increase the number of effective, values-aligned, third-way Black and Latino leaders in high-level positions in education and adjacent fields where they can be a transformative force in the lives of children, families and communities. Their priorities are to (1) advance leaders; (2) align members with EdLoC’s values and policy priorities; and (3) channel financial and other support to members’ work through their philanthropic arm, the Boulder Fund. Their membership includes 350 leaders representing 40 states and counting. Prior Corporation funding provided general support to launch the organization and targeted funding to launch the Boulder Fund; this grant renews support for both.
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For a project on restoring the social contract between education and society
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
The Aspen Education & Society Program (Aspen Education) advances equity for students of color and students from low-income families by inspiring, informing, and influencing education leaders across policy and practice. They provide off-the-record venues for authentic learning and honest dialogue among education leaders and produce a range of resources and tools. This project will use their convening and publishing platforms for a series of conversations about renewing the social contract of education as the great equalizer in America.Aspen Education will identify the issues and tensions that are most important to address, raise the voices of established and emergent leaders, and develop frameworks and recommendations that move the field forward. Their goal is to assist state policymakers and system leaders in making concrete changes to their strategies and resource-allocation decisions that advance a richer vision of student success in service of the social contract.
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For support of a convening of artists, scholars, and activists to raise awareness around global displacement and its accompanying humanitarian challenges
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
28 months
Description
According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR), 70.8 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Displaced children experience unique hardships emerging from family separation and socioeconomic deprivation in the communities that receive them. They are often found relocated in places without access to basic healthcare, adequate nutrition or education, consigning them to lives of limited opportunity. Founded in 1997, the Institute for Art and Civic Dialogue at New York University convenes artists, scholars, and activists to generate opportunities for raising global consciousness around social issues. With Corporation support, the institute will convene leading artists and thought leaders from around the world to explore ways to represent the myriad humanitarian challenges affecting displaced persons and refugee children, through art.
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For support of outreach and public education around the importance of a fair and accurate count of young children in the 2020 Census
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The United States Constitution mandates a full enumeration of all people residing in the country, every ten years. The data from the decennial census is used to determine not only political representation, but also federal funding for a variety of core state programs, including public schools, childcare, foster care, and school lunch programs. In 2010, two million children between ages 0-5 were miscounted or left out in the census. Such errors most heavily impact marginalized communities, including immigrants, racial minorities, and low-income persons, whose families are often in critical need of political representation and adequate public funding. Simply Put is a nonprofit publishing and programming organization that produces family-centered books, training, and educational materials. With Corporation support, Simply Put will promote a fully illustrated counting book, in multiple languages, that can encourage families to participate in the 2020 Census and ensure that their young children are accurately counted. The book will be widely disseminated to community leaders, including educators, childcare and health practitioners, religious leaders, and others who can advance community education around the census.
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For research on African philanthropy by early-career African scholars
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2016, the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) was established at the University of Witwatersrand business school, primarily in response to the dearth of knowledge, data, and research on African philanthropy, and with the aim to develop a new narrative of African philanthropy informed and driven by a new cohort of African scholars and researchers. As CAPSI enters its third year, with fourteen affiliated doctoral students and ten more to be enrolled by 2021, it will continue to focus on the development of the next generation of researchers in African philanthropy. Targeting doctoral students and junior researchers, the grant will support research, conference attendance, methodology seminars, and publication of an academic journal.
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For support to the Senior Fellows Program
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
31 months
Description
The Arabregion is a locus of internationalized armed conflicts andforeign policy interventions that require analysis and communication from the affected countries. The Center for International Policy’s (CIP)Senior Fellows Program is designed toengagea diverse group ofaccomplished scholars overseas in policy analysis to enrich and informU.S.foreign policy discourse.With Corporation support, CIP will recruit a cohort of Senior Fellows from the Arab region and beyond, produce policy-relevant research and publications on foreign policy towards the region, and provide valuable professional development opportunities to the Fellows.Corporation funds will also allow CIP to recruit a director of studies to support the advancement of the Senior Fellows program, as well as dissemination efforts by CIP’s Security Assistance Monitor (SAM).
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For a series of confidence building dialogues between select American and Russian experts
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
19 months
Description
Deconfliction hotlines between the militaries of the United States and Russia are among the most important communications in the world today. With high-level military-military strategic discussions between the two countries on hold since the annexation of Crimea, the risks posed by inadvertent escalation or miscommunication have become acute. Such risks call for developing contacts between American and Russian experts. Drawing on their decades of experience operating in bothcountries, the EastWest Institute will begin a dialogue between American and Russian retired experts to promote understanding and generate potential confidence building measures.
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For support of a project to enhance and expand an online citizenship application platform
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Naturalization offers immigrants and refugees an opportunity to more fully integrate and contribute to the communities where they already live, work, and raise their families. Yet, only 10 percent of nearly 9 million eligible legal permanent residents in the United States pursue citizenship every year. Barriers to naturalization include high legal fees for private attorneys, limited capacities of nonprofit providers, language, location (e.g. living in rural and other hard-to-reach communities), and more. Created by the Immigration Advocates Network based at Pro Bono Net, Citizenshipworks is a technological platform that aims to make the naturalization process more accessible to eligible legal permanent residents. Citizenshipworks makes it easy for anyone to go online, screen for eligibility, complete their forms, and connect to virtual or in-person legal assistance. With Corporation support, the Immigration Advocates Network will continue to reduce barriers to citizenship for immigrants and improve user accessibility for immigrants living in hard to reach areas.
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For a project on transnational trends in citizenship and authoritarianism
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Today, polities globally confront the related problems of eroded citizenship and authoritarianism. This project will build on The Century Foundation’s (TCF) initiative on citizenship and its discontents in the Middle East. Building on TCF’s existing network focused on the Arab region, the project’s next phase will focus on expanding connections between scholars working on transnational trends in citizenship in the Arab region and Europe/North America. The project will convene a research group to facilitate collaborative learning on issues that transcend regional boundaries and will result in policy-relevant publications.
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For support of a public education campaign to secure and defend election integrity
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
15 months
Description
In 2016, the United States faced unfounded charges of mass voter fraud in national elections. Although these claims were easily debunked using data and scientific analysis, they served as an important reminder that maintaining public confidence in elections is critical to preserving a strong democracy. Founded in 2007, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a nonpartisan think tank that believes a strong, inclusive democracy is necessary to meet the country’s most pressing challenges. With Corporation support, BPC will launch a national bipartisan partnership with leading state-based election officials, former members of Congress, and leaders in civil society to educate the American public about the principles of election legitimacy. BPC will organize multiple roundtables and state-based media events to explain misunderstood electoral processes and to restore trust in electoral outcomes.
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For support of a nonpartisan effort to engage and educate voters with disabilities
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Sixty-one million Americans have a disability, yet electoral candidates often fail to engage voters with disabilities or incorporate disability issues into their policy agenda. Campaign events continue to be held in inaccessible buildings without American Sign Language interpreters and other accommodations, campaign videos are being shared without captions for those who are hard of hearing, and much more. Founded in 2013, RespectAbility works to reduce implicit bias against people with disabilities and advance their opportunities in workplaces and in American democracy. Beginning in 2015, RespectAbility has helped to elevate disability issues in employment, education, and immigration to the foreground of political discourse. With Corporation support, RespectAbility will produce nonpartisan electoral resources for voters with disabilities in all fifty states, advance a disability lens in policy discussions, and implement targeted Get-Out-the-Vote efforts in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, California, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
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For a project to develop and pilot professional learning content for state regional service centers, district leaders, and teachers, and document enabling conditions for high-quality instructional materials and professional learning
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
15 months
Description
Teaching Lab partners with teachers, schools, districts, and states to integrate curriculum, professional learning, and teacher leadership initiatives and build local capacity for continuous improvement in instructional practices. With a mission to achieve educational equity through instructional improvement, Teaching Lab aims to change professional learning through a research-based model with teacher-led cycles of inquiry focused on the implementation of high-quality curricula. Through this grant Teaching Lab will develop and pilot professional learning content for state regional service centers and districts leaders to support curriculum-based professional learning for teachers. They will also develop and test high-quality professional learning cycles that help teachers meet the needs of students with unfinished learning, and document progress and challenges in shifting state-level enabling conditions.
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For a project to increase smart demand for high quality science instructional materials, perform K-12 science market research, and research expansion into high school science review
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
18 months
Description
Given the successful adoption of new science standards across the U.S., over 80 percent of students attend schools that aim to teach science in ways that reflect the innovations and vision of the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Standards aligned instructional materials provide the best chance to move the implementation of the Framework and NGSS forward. Yet, the complex nature of all curricular innovations has resulted in confusion in the field on what is high-quality. This creates a need for an arbiter to carry out an independent third-party evaluation to help discern between high-quality NGSS instructional materials and those not in alignment with the NGSS. EdReports is a national leader providing evidence-rich reviews of full-course curricula. The independent non-profit publishes free, educator-led reviews of materials claiming alignment to college and career ready standards. This project will: (a) shape smart demand in K-8 science; (b) support research into the K-12 science materials market; and (c) conduct a review on all fifty states’ high school science policies to be shared with the field.
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For a project to support a fifty-state convening focused on the OpenSciEd initiative
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
41 months
Description
Twenty states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and twenty-four additional states have adopted science standards influenced by the NGSS, creating a demand for high-quality science instructional materials and curriculum. Both the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) and OpenSciEd are dedicated to supporting teachers with NGSS-aligned instructional materials and curriculum. Through this grant, CSSS will organize OpenSciEd50, a convening bringing science leaders and influencers from all fifty states to: (a) hear from colleagues who have created regional supports for districts in selecting and implementing the OpenSciEd science curriculum; (b) engage with learning scientists and curriculum designers to learn how current research informs instructional material design and coherence; (c) consider how professional learning that is anchored in high-quality materials supports teacher growth in science instruction; and (d) develop regional plans to increase awareness and interest in OpenSciEd curriculum and professional learning materials.
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For a planning grant to work with Detroit Public Schools
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
Coherence and standards alignment between curriculum and interim assessments results in efficient teacher learning, use of planning time, and classroom impact. CenterPoint Education Solutions, a developer of formative assessments, EL Education, a curriculum developer and professional development provider, and Detroit Public Community Schools are collaborating to plan the design of professional learning experiences that will connect their resources to improve teacher use of assessment data to make curriculum-based instructional decisions that will increase student learning. Through this planning grant, CenterPoint will: (a) kickstart a partnership to align their curriculum and assessments; (b) assign project managers to the project; (c) collaborate with Detroit education leaders to execute this professional learning model; (d) finalize the vision for resources needed to maximize implementation of an aligned system; and (e) draft a proposal to engage funders.
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For a project for the evaluation of the Board on Science Education
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
11 months
Description
The Board on Science Education (BOSE) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides guidance to the nation on a range of issues in science learning and education for both schools and informal learning environments. At its fifteenth year, BOSE is undertaking an evaluation of its activities that will inform their strategy for the next decade and produce reports for key funders and other stakeholders. Education Development Center (EDC) will conduct the third-party evaluation of BOSE and the role it plays in science education research, policy, and practice landscape. The evaluation will help BOSE understand: 1) their impact, value, and position as an independent, standing body for increasing impact in the field; 2) their most valuable contributions to the field and why; 3) their current ties and connections to audiences across the STEM field and where they can strengthen those relationships to extend their reach and impact; and 4) how to better leverage the current, national attention to the importance of STEM education.
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For a project on emerging Anti-Satellite (ASAT) threats to U.S. nuclear Command, Control and Communications (C3) space assets
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
30 months
Description
A consensus is now emerging in the U.S. defense community that Chinese and Russian anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities pose dangers to U.S. nuclear early-warning and command, control, and communications (C3) assets. However, the scope and scale of these risks remain unclear. This project will culminate in a detailed technical evaluation of the vulnerability of nuclear early-warning and C3 satellites to ASAT attacks. The research will also explore options that U.S. policymakers might take to mitigate the impact of such attacks.
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For a scenario exercise to anticipate nuclear dangers
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
41 months
Description
The nuclear dangers the United States will face in twenty or twenty-five years may differ significantly from those it faces today, but few attempts have been made to investigate these possible futures or understand their implications. New America Foundation will engage thirty-five Weapons of Mass Destruction experts in an intensive, scenario-based exercise that uses multiple visions of the future to challenge perceptions of the present and understand options. This project will help participants to question their assumptions and gain a set of tools for thinking about future possibilities, and will yield a report that encapsulates and makes accessible the findings.
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For engaging and activating the U.S. physics community in nuclear threat reduction
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
42 months
Description
Physicists have long played a special role in nuclear threat reduction but are less engaged with these issues today. In partnership with the American Physical Society, Princeton University seeks to reconnect with physics communities across the country about the threat posed by nuclear weapons. The joint effort will entail a variety of activities, including lectures, discussions, and workshopsdesigned to highlight risks and identify practical threat-reduction measures. This effort will also generate outreach materials to further increase awareness among physicists and concerned citizens about nuclear threats, and the steps that can be taken to mitigate them.
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As a one-time only grant for support of the Edinburgh International Culture Summit 2022
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2012, The Edinburgh International Culture Summit (EICS) provides one of a very few global platforms for the purposes of exploring the contributions made by arts and culture to overall society. This biennial event brings together culture ministers, artists, and arts leaders from around the world to share ideas, expertise, and best practices, with a view to inspiring positive change in cultural policy and investment. The Summit will focus on three central themes: culture and education, culture and social cohesion, and culture and infrastructure. With Corporation support the EICS seeks to expand its international outreach, engaging with a wider number of countries who might not otherwise be able to access the Summit, thus increasing the reach and impact of our global conversation.
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For project support to conduct a feasibility study on the role of New York City community colleges around career education
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Opportunity America is a Washington-based nonprofit promoting economic mobility for low-income and working families. The organization’s principal activities are research, policy development, dissemination of policy ideas and working to build consensus around policy proposals. One of the organization’s primary interests is community college workforce education. Opportunity America will conduct a feasibility study on the role New York City community colleges should play in career education. The project will explore labor market demand in growing industries; build in the perspective of college-age and older students; and identify existing strengths and obstacles within The City University of New York (CUNY) as it revamps its workforce offerings. Ultimately the project aims to build support among New Yorkers – employers, educators, policymakers and CUNY faculty and staff – for a far-reaching reform agenda.
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For project support of the Young People’s Campaign for Education 2020
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Students in underserved communities are often left out of the national conversation about education policy and reform issues that continuously affect their lives. These students often seek opportunities to utilize their voice and leverage their civic leadership to advance social justice and racial equity in their communities. Students for Education Reform (SFER), founded by a college student in 2009, provides students the opportunity to play a significant role in developing public narratives around effective solutions for education equity. SFER coalitions help identify and prepare college students with the tools and strategies for successful grassroot organizing to advance educational reform in their communities. With continued support from the Corporation, SFER will launch the Young People’s Campaign for Education 2020, which will be informed by national polling and focus groups to improve education centered messaging in national and local conversations to encourage public debate and policy change. The campaign will also feature compelling student stories to shape a narrative around education equity that transcends divisions and polarizations of the past.
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For refining and disseminating school district change management strategies
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
28 months
Description
Many visionary school operators have begun to forge paths to new models, yielding proof points of what is possible through school-based innovation. However, scaling these models to the system level continues to be a challenge. With current Corporation support, Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) has begun to address this challenge through the development ofa framework entitledTransformation Science, a new approach to school district change management. Specifically, NGLC has conducted deep research into the design and practice of change management from across sectors, and has worked with six exemplar school districts and leading experts in educational change to build a foundational set of next generation change management constructs, strategies, tools, and resources. With continued support, NGLC will partner with a greater number of districts to implement this new approach, testing and verifying whether it is an effective and scalable strategy to support district-level change.
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