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As a one-time only grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (CHFC) was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1904 to recognize acts of civilian heroism. This year, they will honor their 10,000 hero at a ceremony in Pittsburgh. With Corporation support, the CHFC will continue their mission to recognize persons who perform acts of heroism in civilian life and to provide financial assistance for those disabled and the dependents of those killed helping others. In addition, the CHFC will continue to provide financial and advisory support to the other hero funds established by Andrew Carnegie.
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As a final grant to help bridge the gap between the academy and the policy world
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
27 months
Description
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington (Jackson School) is one of the leading members of the U.S.-based American Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). With Corporation support, the Jackson School will create an internal think tank, the International Policy Institute (the Institute), to facilitate stronger relationships between the University of Washington’s international studies scholars and the practitioner community, with a particular focus on cybersecurity, the Arctic, and religion. The think tank will allow the Jackson School to formalize and institutionalize the new models of research, collaboration, teaching, and dissemination that it developed through the Institute during its initial phase.
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As a one-time grant for an African diaspora research chair program in data science
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
75 months
Description
Transnational connections and university networks enable institutions of higher learning to share their faculty, courses, and research projects. With this in mind, the Corporation is investing in creating connections between African universities and academic diaspora communities interested in sharing intellectual capital and resources. The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), a pan-African training and research network in applied mathematics, relies on international collaboration with top researchers in the field to build capacity in mathematics education and research in Africa. With Corporation support, AIMS will create two diaspora research chairs and research teams comprised of postdoctoral, doctoral, and master’s students from sub-Saharan Africa. The intent will be to establish a research hub in data science and its applications in Kigali, Rwanda.
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For documenting postdoctoral training models and analyzing and disseminating results
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
55 months
Description
The Corporation’s Higher Education and Research in Africa program supports several different models of postdoctoral opportunities for early-career African academics across a range of disciplines and higher education contexts. To stimulate learning and draw lessons for others wishing to organize or support postdoctoral programs in Africa, South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) will organize convenings for project directors and conduct field research on the funded projects. For a wider picture, NRF will include directors and funders of other postdoctoral projects as appropriate. As part of the dissemination, NRF will link the project to the Science Granting Councils Initiative, supported by NRF and other funders, which facilitates the development of research funding agencies in fifteen African countries.
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For participation of early-career African scholars in the association’s annual meetings
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1957, the African Studies Association (ASA) encourages production and dissemination of interdisciplinary knowledge about African societies. With close to 2,000 participants, ASA’s annual meetings provide an effective platform for emerging scholars to engage with the wider scholarly community. This grant will enable ASA to select—from among the more than 1,500 Corporation-supported early-career scholars—eight fellows per year to participate in the 2018 and 2019 meetings. The fellows, chosen through competition, will take part in scholarly panels and present papers. They will also benefit from ASA’s intensive workshops on scholarly writing, drawing on expertise from the African Studies Review. The grant will support fellows’ travel, workshops, and related expenses.
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For research, training, international engagements, and outreach on nuclear nonproliferation
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, formerly the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) is a U.S. graduate school within Middlebury College. Its James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) is known internationally as the premier institution of higher education for nonproliferation studies. CNS links students, diplomats, and other officials throughout the world as part of its education approach. With renewed support, CNS will continue its programs in the United States and abroad and will also expand collaboration with Kings College London on alternative approaches to nuclear disarmament. CNS’ programs have affected hundreds of nonproliferation experts to date and have resulted in major publications.
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For support of the Carnegie Moscow Center
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Amid the unstable state of Russia’s relations with the West, the Carnegie Moscow Center (CMC), a Russia-based affiliate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, remains a champion of independent research and analysis. Focusing on Russian domestic and foreign policy, international security, and the economy, CMC publishes rigorous analysis by the field’s top scholars, convenes meetings, and shares ideas and recommendations with influential policy practitioners, opinion makers, and corporate leaders. With renewed Corporation support, the CMC will continue its research, dissemination, publication, and outreach activities aimed at promoting greater understanding of issues in Russia and the United States.
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For support to the Mainstreaming Russian Expertise project at the Kennan Institute
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Russia is critical to global stability and U.S. national interests, but mainstream discussions about Russia can ignore some of the political, social, and cultural forces necessary to best understand the country. A project of the Kennan Institute, a division of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, will aim to bring in-depth analyses and research on modern Russia into the broader domestic dialogue on U.S. national security and foreign policy. Toward this end, and with Corporation support, the Kennan Institute will convene small group sessions of researchers, thought leaders, and policy figures in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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For the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, formerly the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), is an American graduate school within Middlebury College. MIIS trains students from all over the world to make a meaningful impact in the international peace and security field. Its Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) engages graduate students in active dialogue with Russian, Eurasian, and American experts on issues of Russian politics, economy, society, culture, and security, including through the Middlebury Summer Symposium on Russia. With renewed support, the MIIS and the GIRS programs will continue to strengthen the expertise and capacities of upcoming leaders on international peace and security and Russia.
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For expanding and enriching the study of Russia
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 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 Russian Foreign Relations Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University is among the Corporation-supported institutions that aim to deepen the U.S. expertise on Russia while also exposing the Russian academics to American thinking. With continued support, the program will promote research projects, facilitate student and faculty exchanges, conduct bilateral meetings, and produce publications on a range of topics relevant to U.S.-Russia relations and international peace and security at large.
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For support of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Given China’s rise and increasingly active foreign policy, it is important to understand Chinese views on matters of security. The Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (CTC) is a platform for leading Chinese and international policy research and dialogue aimed at identifying constructive solutions to common global challenges. As a partnership between the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Tsinghua University, the CTC is uniquely positioned to interpret and analyze the development of China’s foreign policy and global outlook in order to inform and advise policymakers, leading academics, and international corporations. With renewed Corporation support, CTC will continue its research, dissemination, publication, and outreach activities aimed at promoting greater understanding of issues in China and the United States.
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For a project on ethics for a connected world
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (the Council) believes that stronger communities, more effective international policymaking, and a safe world begin with public discourse. Through publications, educational and outreach programs, and a website, the Council examines the intersection of ethics and international affairs. With renewed Corporation support, the Council’s project on Ethics for a Connected World will continue a suite of programs and publications meant to spark critical thinking and ethical discussion on the moral issues of war, peace, and social justice.
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For the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Peace and security analysts have a critical role to play in proposing and communicating policy solutions. To help ensure a pipeline of expertise, the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship (Scoville) recruits and trains younger experts on global security issues. Since 1987, Scoville has offered close to two hundred fellowships, leading to the placement of young professionals in a variety of organizations in Washington, D.C., with a focus on nonproliferation, conflict resolution, terrorism prevention, and other related issues. With continued support, Scoville with offer fellowships and experiences to other cohorts issues.
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For a project to incorporate non-traditional voices in reporting on international security issues
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
At a time when peace and security problems are many and complex, and people seek simple answers to complicated issues, different perspectives can contribute to an understanding of the drivers of today’s most pressing challenges. Public Radio International (PRI) works to uncover and highlight varying viewpoints. Through its website PRI.org and international news magazine The World, PRI provides context, analysis, and storytelling through views of experts and the general public from around the world. With renewed support, PRI will expand and diversify its local sources for deeper coverage of Russia, the Arab region, and the Korean Peninsula.
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For research, training, international engagements, and outreach on international security
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University’s hub for researchers who are tackling some of the world’s most pressing security and international cooperation issues. Working collaboratively, scientists, social scientists, and policy experts at CISAC produce policy-relevant research on international security problems, teach and train the next generation of security specialists, and inform policymaking on critical security issues through publications and outreach events. With continued support, CISAC’s research and training agenda will focus on nuclear risk reduction and cyber-enabled information warfare. The grant will support research, fellowships, convenings, and publications.
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For research, international engagements, and outreach on the emerging global order
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The current U.S. foreign policy priorities, as well as global trends more generally, are affecting some of the established tenets of the post-Cold War world. The nongovernmental expert community plays an important role in assessing the trends, understanding their far-ranging implications, developing policy recommendations, and informing the public. The Brookings Institution is among the leading think tanks globally with this mandate. With continued support, its Foreign Policy program will conduct policy-relevant research, international dialogues, engagements with policymakers, and public outreach on critical peace and security issues, and will help advance the expertise of a rising generation of specialists through resident fellowships. The work will result in publications and various outreach activities.
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For an African diaspora fellowship program in the humanities and social sciences
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
51 months
Description
The expansion and growth of universities in Africa have led to shortages of senior academics and support systems to train the next generation of academics. At a disciplinary level, institutional policies and practices in most African countries continue to underfund the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in favor of science and technology. Yet the social sciences and humanities make a central contribution to sound decision-making by national governments and transnational organizations. The presence of a large African academic diaspora can serve to strengthen SSH disciplines by assisting in teaching and research. With the Corporation’s renewed support, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa will continue to foster linkages between African diaspora academics and African universities through visiting professorships, multinational research working groups, and mentorships of doctoral students.
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For facilitating information sharing and nongovernmental U.S. engagement and security dialogues on North Korea
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Whatever the outcome of recent diplomatic developments, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program will continue to present a challenge to the global nonproliferation regime and stability in East Asia. Keeping channels of communication open with North Korea and ensuring that relevant information is shared among U.S. experts on North Korea remain important objectives of the International Peace and Security (IPS) program’s grantmaking. The National Committee on North Korea (NCNK), established in 1999 as a program at Mercy Corps, is a non-partisan coalition of individuals with extensive knowledge of, and experience related to, the society, economy, government, and history of North Korea. NCNK provides a network and convening platform linking multiple people and organizations working directly on North Korea and with North Koreans through non-governmental Track II dialogues, including those organized by other IPS grantees.
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For advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case studies
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Addressing the ongoing need to bridge the academic-policy gap, a joint proposal by Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) and Mortara Center for International Studies combines the experience and outlook of the practitioner and academic worlds. It 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 enhances two outlets where academics can publish their research in ways accessible to policymakers and the broader public: The Monkey Cage, a blog published by The Washington Post, and a new peer-reviewed journal, Research & Politics, published by SAGE. Finally, it supports early career academics by shaping their professional trajectory to focus rigorous, policy-relevant academic work on global and diplomatic issues.
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For global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Citizens and communities in Africa and across the globe need access to authoritative information to assist them in understanding and advocating for sound public policies. In Africa, as elsewhere, policymakers share the need for evidence-based analysis and information that can inform their responses to complex problems. While African media play an important role in informing policymakers, there are few opportunities for academics to share insights from their in-depth research with broad audiences. To address this gap, The Conversation Africa (TC-Africa) provides both citizens and policymakers on the continent and beyond with scholarly journalism on a user-friendly, web-based platform. Written by African experts living on the continent, articles published by TC-Africa reflect unique and informed, on-the-ground perspectives.
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For a project to convene and amplify the expertise of African peacebuilding practitioners and scholars
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite an increase in knowledge generated by scholars and practitioners, influencing global policy responses to fast-moving emerging crises in Africa remains a challenge. Valuable knowledge residing within the practitioner community is rarely fully analyzed and presented in formats that are useful to policymakers. Search for Common Ground (SFCG), a leading operational peacebuilding organization, will build on its successful experiences in Nigeria to continue supporting practitioner-scholar networks in Nigeria, and the Western Sahel more broadly, to engage on farmer-herder conflicts across the region. With support, the project will bring scholars and practitioners together in selected conflict areas to combine knowledge derived from research and practice, and to use this knowledge to recommend paths out of conflict to policymakers and practitioners.
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For a project on peacebuilding and conflict prevention in Africa and transnational conflict in the Middle East and North Africa
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
As African countries continue to face major security and humanitarian crises, detailed and well-researched commentary from the continent directed at the United States and Europe remains minimal. The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) has established itself as a go-to authority for open source analysis and policy recommendations on current and potential conflicts in Africa and beyond. Likewise, Crisis Group’s work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) responds to the need for a greater depth of understanding about the origins and root causes of local problems, as well as the wider geopolitical trends that create an enabling environment for transnational movements and increasing violence. With support, Crisis Group will continue its detailed research and analysis, while growing its policy focus and government engagement.
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For engaging African peacebuilding scholars to inform policy dialogues in the United States through the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
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 in long-term engagement and 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 twelve African countries. The Wilson Center hosts fellows from member organizations and, in collaboration with members, 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 to amplify African voices in global peacebuilding policy debates
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
African research and thought leadership on topics related to peacebuilding remain underrepresented in the larger policy community, even though African thinkers are at the forefront of identifying solutions to peace and security challenges on the continent. With limited exceptions, their ideas are not being heard beyond Africa. The Program for African Thought (PATH) at the World Policy Institute provides a forum for amplifying African expertise on peacebuilding issues in global policy debates. Utilizing current African peacebuilding networks, especially those supported by the Corporation, PATH will produce a variety of policy-relevant media to stimulate engagement between African thinkers and global policy audiences.
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For a pilot study on data collection in conflict-affected countries
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
46 months
Description
The scarcity of qualitative and quantitative data owned and collected by Africans with African-led methods contributes to major inequalities in knowledge production informing peacebuilding research in Africa. In response to a request for proposals, the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD) and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) will address the lack of localized peacebuilding solutions developed by African academics and practitioners, and explore the role of governance in spurring violence in specific localities. Focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, the ACORD/HHI partnership will develop a data methodology and dataset examining the relationship between citizen participation in service delivery mechanisms and localized conflict.
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For a project for elevating African voices on peacebuilding research and action
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
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, will work with African peacebuilding scholars to produce compelling content for and with its network of more than 100 news and policy organizations. With support for content development and media engagement activities, the project will aim to ensure that evidence-based research is accessible to policymakers, practitioners, and the general public.
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For support of the Public Intellectuals Program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
27 months
Description
For the most part, the American academy incentivizes China-focused scholars into narrow academic, sub-specialties and discourages involvement in the policy world. The result is that neither policymakers nor the general public benefit sufficiently from the deep knowledge and analytical skills of this academic community. Even those who want to play a greater role in shaping public policy and sharing their knowledge with general audiences typically do not know where or how to start, and often lack the necessary skills to do so. Through an established network of eminent China scholars and unique policy and cultural engagement, the National Committee on United States-China Relations’ (NCUSCR) Public Intellectuals Program (PIP) aims to deepen and broaden young China specialists’ knowledge of China beyond their academic disciplines and equip them with the tools to inform and help shape policy. With continued support, the program will expand the pool of specialists and their activities.
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For research, analysis, fellowships, and policy outreach on China's role in Africa
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Although China began to accelerate its outward engagement in 2001, there has been little authoritative study of the many dimensions of this complex development. China’s growing ties with Africa, in particular, have attracted increasing attention from the media, academics, and the policy community. However, a lack of transparency on the Chinese side and poor reporting by many of the countries where China is engaged have complicated efforts to analyze the impact of these ties. Understanding China’s relationship with Africa requires more integrated approaches than those traditionally adopted by the scholarly and policy communities. Established in 2014, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies’ China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) supports academic research and policy outreach that provide accurate and nuanced analysis of China’s role in Africa, and contribute to more informed policy by the United States and other actors dealing with this issue.
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For a research project on China’s vision for a new regional and global order, and a Chinese Language Fellowship program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s increasing global presence has captured the attention of international relations experts, practitioners, and world leaders. For aspiring U.S. China experts to have a better understanding of China, proficiency in Mandarin has become a necessary skill. With Corporation support, a new project will encompass two initiatives at the National Bureau of Asia Research (NBR) that address both the current and future relationship between the United States and China. The first is a policy research project directly engaging Chinese scholars and policymakers, as well as their writings, in an assessment of China’s contemporary vision for a new regional and international order. The second seeks to establish a Chinese Language Fellowship (CLF) program to improve the Mandarin language skills of American doctoral candidates in political science, and bolster U.S. capacity to analyze and respond to future China-related developments.
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For support of a project on immigration and rural voting rights
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
For rural counties that grew in population and economic vitality in recent years, foreign-born residents accounted for 75 percent of that growth. Since 2001, the Center for Rural Strategies has been building bridges between urban and rural communities. The center works to give policymakers, journalists, and advocates access to the diverse, complex stories in rural America, while also creating for rural Americans a balanced information environment that fairly addresses their economic and social concerns. With renewed Corporation support, the Center for Rural Strategies will engage in an initiative to educate rural Americans on immigration policy and the importance of voting through media content development, and effective dissemination and audience development.
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For a project to protect and expand voting rights
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Approximately fifty million voting-eligible Americans are not registered to vote, and many people face unnecessary barriers to exercising their constitutional right to participate in the democratic process. In 2018, at least seventy bills restricting voting access have been introduced or passed, in twenty-four states. These bills discourage student voting, restrict absentee voting, and remove registered voters from rolls, among other provisions. Moreover, inadequate political engagement with low propensity voters has contributed to low turnout in districts where stakes are high for their communities. Since 2000, Demos (also spelled, Dēmos) has been promoting a positive voting agenda across the country. Through field investigations, lawsuits, and negotiations, Demos has helped millions of individuals access critical voter services guaranteed under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. With Corporation support, Demos will coordinate efforts to protect voting rights and expand voting access for all Americans. Demos will also work with the Black Futures Lab’s Black Census Project to collect data on issues facing Black communities across the country.
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For assessing the threat of nuclear terrorism through an actor-centric and demand-focused framework
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Governments and international organizations spend substantial effort to reduce the risks posed by nuclear materials. Nevertheless, there remain serious gaps in understanding the “demand side” of the equation. How should we think about the level of nuclear threat posed by particular sub-state actors? This grant provides seed funding toward a new framework for this sort of threat assessment. Valens Global and its consortium of experts and end-users will create a proof of concept that could be further elaborated by governments and other entities dealing with this threat.
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For investigative reporting on issues related to immigration
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1977 as the first nonprofit investigative journalism organization in the United States, the Center for Investigative Reporting uses high-quality research and investigation prowess to share groundbreaking stories on complex social issues. Since 2013, the center has been producing balanced and nuanced reporting about immigrants—shining a light on systemic barriers to integration, exposing threats to these communities, identifying the roles they play in society, and ultimately helping to humanize their experience. In addition to producing high-quality, long form journalism for readers, the center also hosts an award-winning radio show and podcast, Reveal, which reaches millions of listeners every month. The center partners with national and local outlets to distribute its content. With Corporation support, the center will continue expanding its coverage of the impact of federal and state policies on immigrant families and local communities.
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For a project to analyze the fiscal and economic impact of state-level immigration policies
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Although the fiscal impacts of immigration vary from state to state, studies have overwhelmingly revealed that over time immigrants contribute far more in tax revenues than they cost in program expenditures. Data shows that states and cities with welcoming, pro-immigrant policies have significantly benefited from the economic and labor contributions of immigrants, particularly in localities with declining populations and employment rates. The State Priorities Partnership (SPP), cofounded by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, is a network of national and state-based fiscal policy institutes, providing analyses of the fiscal implications of state-level proposals and the state-level impact of national policy proposals. With Corporation support, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and SPP members will expand and continue to provide critical fiscal data to advocates and groups working on state-level immigration policy issues.
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For support of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s immigration projects and the expansion of its organizational capacity
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite high levels of economic productivity, education, and community integration among immigrants, advocates, journalists, and policymakers alike are struggling to overcome a political environment that has become mired in misinformation and false claims. As a result, unsubstantiated rumors about crime and false representation of immigration policies are contributing to widespread fear in local communities. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University works to make the actual workings of the federal government more readily accessible to the public. Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, TRAC obtains, validates, and compiles data from numerous government agencies that is frequently used by journalists, advocates, and the public. With Corporation support, TRAC will expand its technical and organizational capacities, and ensure that the actual effects of immigration policies are being properly monitored.
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For communications and advocacy to promote pro-refugee policies at state and federal levels
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the global refugee crisis worsening—with now more than sixty-five million displaced persons around the world—the current Administration has been issuing policies that reduce and restrict the number of refugees admitted to the United States. The Administration is on track to resettling only 20,000 refugees in the current fiscal year, which is less than half of its declared cap of 45,000, already the lowest rate in United States history. Church World Service (CWS) is an interfaith organization that was founded in 1946 to develop just and sustainable responses to global hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. With renewed Corporation support, CWS will sustain and elevate its work with refugee communities, push back against anti-refugee and anti-Muslim sentiment, elevate the role of refugees in the public forum, and advance systemic change on national and local levels.
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For support of a digital publication that covers the United Nations
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
PassBlue is a digital publication covering the United Nations (UN). The UN’s bureaucracy and size limit its ability to clearly articulate its objectives and happenings. This leads to misunderstanding by politicians, practitioners, and the general public. In response to this, PassBlue reports on the UN’s wide-ranging work through well-written articles and other media formats for audiences throughout the world. With Corporation support, PassBlue will continue to increase its readership, social media exposure, and dissemination partnerships. It will also aim to produce more investigative, exclusive stories, and data-driven articles on the UN’s global operations by broadening its base of international contributors.
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For research, outreach, and capacity-building activities to reduce nuclear risks
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
King’s College London (KCL) is engaged in multiple research and capacity-building initiatives to address nuclear threats. With renewed support, KCL will continue its work on nuclear safeguards and will pursue analysis in several new areas. These include strengthening implementation of maritime sanctions against North Korea, exploring the role of social media in nuclear signaling, examining how technology asymmetries affect the future of nuclear arms control, and analyzing the divide between supporters and opponents of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The grant will support KCL’s research and outreach activities by an international and interdisciplinary team of experts.
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For the N Square innovation collaborative
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The N Square funder collaborative, formerly housed at the Ploughshares Fund, was established in partnership with the MacArthur, Hewlett, and Skoll foundations with the goal of bringing new ideas, resources, and energy to the nuclear security sector. While nuclear risk remains acute, engagement on these issues is sporadic, in part because of high barriers to entry. To address this challenge, N Square is building 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. N Square does not seek specific policy goals, working instead toward a renaissance in the nuclear security field itself that will lead to breakthroughs.
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For countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Asia Pacific
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The reduction of nuclear risks in the Asia Pacific region is crucial for promoting regional and global security. The Pacific Forum will facilitate several dialogues to advance this objective. The first, the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), will bring together security leaders from twenty-seven countries in East and Southeast Asia to discuss regional nonproliferation and disarmament issues. In a parallel effort, Pacific Forum will support the next generation of specialists in the United States and abroad through the Young Leader’s Program, aimed at expanding the global capacity to address security challenges. Pacific Forum will also continue Track II dialogues that build on longstanding engagement with scholars and officials in China and North Korea, and will begin a pilot trilateral meeting among the United States, Russia, and China on common interests and approaches to North Korea.
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For research on African philanthropy by early-career African scholars
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The University of the Witwatersrand’s business school has established a chair in African philanthropy, in collaboration with the Southern Africa Trust. Its aim is to encourage research on the many forms philanthropy takes in the continent and to prepare practitioners to work in Africa’s growing philanthropic sector. A core of the initiative is a master’s degree program in philanthropy, which will begin in 2018, along with a research agenda and a network of African business schools with an interest in this topic. This grant will enable ten postgraduate students to conduct research and will support research methodology and results workshops. Peer-reviewed research products will be submitted for formal publication and used to augment teaching materials in the master’s program. The Ford Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation also support the activities of the chair.
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For the Adrienne Minassian Professorship in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honor of Marilyn Jenkins-Madina '62
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
86 months
Description
In 2005, the Adrienne Minassian Visiting Professorship was established at Brown with a bequest from Mrs. Adrienne Minassian in honor of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina ’62, former Curator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With Corporation support, the University will secure a professor of Islamic Art and Architecture to help strengthen the History of Art and Architecture Department’s programming and scholarship.
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For support of its Inclusive America Project
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The United States is the most religiously diverse country in the world, and for many Americans, religion continues to be an important part of identity. In recent years, tensions have risen nationwide as global and domestic events, as well as divisive political rhetoric have accentuated, rather than bridged the country’s differences. Since 2011, the Aspen Institute’s Inclusive America Project has been bringing together people from across the political spectrum to build partnerships across different faiths. With Corporation support, the Aspen Institute will host a religious pluralism summit in 2018, following several convenings it will host with leaders of the faith community and philanthropic sector. The project is committed to developing an ecosystem for religious pluralism and to generating robust dialogue on how to promote constructive engagement among people of different faith backgrounds.
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For a project on citizenship, identity, and belonging in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
48 months
Description
Today’s global conflicts have led to millions of people without citizenship, services, or legal identities. The Boston Consortium for Arab Regional Studies (BCARS), hosted by Northeastern University, will create and develop an international Working Group on the Crisis and Future of Citizenship in the Arab Region. Comprised of experts on regional issues, law, and human rights, the Working Group will document, research, and analyze failed citizenship transactions with the aim of developing policy alternatives that could reverse the negative trends in the region. Corporation funds will support workshops, research, and publications.
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For research and policy outreach on drivers and consequences of conflict in the Arab region
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
27 months
Description
Building on the Century Foundation’s prior research, publications, and consultations on Arab politics and regional security, the new project will develop policy frameworks for managing the fallout from expanding regional conflict. By convening small groups of experts in targeted areas, the project will foster a regional security dialogue taking into account the regional impact of non-state actors. The work has relevance both for emerging regional security architecture and for Syrian reconstruction. The project will result in publications with policy recommendations and meetings with decisionmakers in the United States, Europe, and the Arab region. Corporation funds will support Track II dialogues, research, publications, and public events.
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For support of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics' Democratic Knowledge Project
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
In 2012, the United States Department of Education acknowledged that civic learning and democratic engagement have become “add-ons” rather than “essential parts of the core academic missions” of schools and college campuses. Over the past decade, many civic leaders—including former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Florida Senator Bob Graham—have been actively working to revamp and recalibrate civic education in the United States. The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, housed at Harvard University, has been working to amplify the university’s own renewed focus on civic education. With Corporation support, the Safra Center will help develop a robust, ideologically diverse civics program at Harvard University, as well as set the foundation for the university’s broader civics initiative, which will aim to serve as a national model for higher education. The center will also explore the possibility of a national commission to disseminate a new generation of innovations in civic education and learning, as part of its effort to engage universities in a national conversation on rejuvenating American civic education.
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For support of University World News (Africa) higher education editorial projects
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Substantial growth in the higher education sector in Africa is bringing about changes in policy, leadership, mobility, and financing at institutional, national and continental levels. University World News (UWN) Africa, celebrating its ten-year anniversary in 2018, is the only regular news publication dedicated to covering the sector’s developments, informing stakeholders, and increasing the visibility of African higher education through traditional and new forms of media. Over the last decade, changes in the media environment, audience interfaces, and profit models have become increasingly challenging. With Corporation renewed support, UWN Africa will continue to improve editorial content, dissemination and reach from 30,000 to 35,000 subscribers, and advance its operations including development of a mobile interface.
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For inclusion of sub-Saharan Africa in global indices of philanthropy
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
32 months
Description
The number of high net worth individuals in Africa grew by 150 percent between 2000 and 2013, more than double the global rate according to a 2014 Africa Wealth Report. Remittances by African diaspora to their region or country of origin reached $35.2 billion in 2015, over three times the amount of aid given to the continent according to the World Bank. Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis seeks to advance knowledge of how the philanthropic context is changing in the continent by generating knowledge on African philanthropy and remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on African higher education. Corporation support will contribute to expanding an Index of Philanthropic Freedom and an Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances within Africa, and disseminate findings at academic conferences and at an African philanthropy forum.
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For a study on the dynamics of conflict and accommodation in Arab-Iranian relations
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
The relationship between the Arab states and Iran carries significant ramifications for regional and international stability. Its complexity and ongoing evolution merit in-depth examination. A project on Arab-Iranian relations under the auspices of Georgetown University will assess the relative roles of historical, ethnic, sectarian, cultural, and ideological factors in shaping the trajectory of this relations and its potential impact. The case study will also shed light on the broader issue of ethnic and sectarian factors in inter-state relations. The project will result in the publication of a major volume along with several shorter pieces for policy, scholarly, and other journals.
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For the Nuclear Studies Research Initiative
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
48 months
Description
The Nuclear Studies Research Initiative (NSRI) is an interdisciplinary effort to identify, support, and inspire rigorous, accessible, and policy relevant scholarship on nuclear issues. NSRI is a network of emerging and established experts that convenes scholars from various disciplines in order to improve the quality and salience of nuclear scholarship. The initiative will examine core issues in nuclear studies, including deterrence and compellence, inadvertent escalation, and the effects of arms control agreements.
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