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Project Title
For core support of the Education Redesign Lab
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Despite facing greater challenges related to health, safety, and academic performance, students living in poverty continue to have relatively limited access to high quality schools and enrichment opportunities as compared to their more affluent peers. Program staff recognize that addressing this challenge will require integrated systems of support that bring together multiple community stakeholders to attend to the broad spectrum of student needs within and outside of the classroom. This is precisely what the Education Redesign Lab (the Lab) at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has begun to create through By All Means (BAM), a multi-year initiative that develops comprehensive child wellbeing and education systems in six cities by bringing together mayors, superintendents, and key community leaders from social service, recreational, and cultural institutions. Current Corporation support has enabled the launch and first iteration of the BAM initiative, as well as associated research and policy activities, and this proposal builds upon that work.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Truman Center for National Policy (Truman) seeks to facilitate more informed and effective policy by supporting the next generation of decisionmakers, an especially important goal in today’s climate of information overload. Truman is a leadership-development organization that provides training and networking opportunities for emerging national security experts. Its ethos is that America is strongest when it uses all its tools: defense, diplomacy, development, and democracy-promotion. The organization has extensive connections with congressional and administration staff, and its members have channels to both research institutes and policymakers. Truman will facilitate collaboration among policymakers, opinion shapers, community leaders, and peer organizations on nuclear nonproliferation, U.S.-Russia relations, immigration and national security, and transnational threats.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
In a sector focused on the recruitment and development of new teachers, far too little is done to address the unique needs of experienced teachers. The Center for Better Schools, an organization founded in 2009 to address this gap, offers advanced learning opportunities needed to develop experienced and effective teachers through its National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE). NAATE’s case-method approach to adult learning offers a balance of teaching and learning concepts coupled with competencies in supporting and leading peers. With the support of this final grant, NAATE will build on its former work by cultivating and supporting existing and new school partners and creating new content to meet demand of personalized learning in new school designs.
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For core support to the Paris Peace Forum
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Beginning with the centenary of the armistice that ended World War I, the French Government will inaugurate a series of international forums to promote new methods of reducing international tensions. The annual Paris Peace Forum (the Forum) will feature governance solutions in five key areas: Peace and security, the environment, development, digital and new technologies, and inclusive economies. The Forum will convene Heads of State and Government, local and national elected representatives, regional and international organizations, and civil society organizations to promote peace, strengthen existing multilateral organizations, and advance the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The Corporation grant will contribute to the Forum’s core expenses.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
In April 2018, the current Administration announced a “zero-tolerance” policy, ordering the prosecution of all migrants at the southern border, which has included asylum-seekers who arrived through legal ports of entry. As a result of the policy, nearly three thousand children were separated from their families and sent to “tender age” holding facilities and shelters across the country. Despite a federal court ordering the federal government to reunify all of the families by July 26, more than 400 children were not reunited with their parents, many of whom were deported without their children. The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is a nonpartisan organization that advocates for the human rights and dignity of domestic workers, immigrants, and families in the United States. With Corporation support, NDWA will leverage multiple communications strategies to advance messaging and advocacy around the need for humane immigration policies and practices.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
The landscape of American education is more dynamic and politicized than ever, with new reforms adding complexity to our understanding of important issues affecting K-12 education. We believe that for practitioners, education leaders, and the public, it is essential to have objective, independent, and in-depth news coverage of the education system. In the nearly six decades since its founding in 1959, Editorial Projects in Education (Education Week) has earned a unique place in the intersection of education and journalism. With over 100,000 subscribers to its print edition, and 1.8 million registered users on its website including an audience of policymakers, elected officials, teachers, and principals, Education week has earned a track record of excellence and influence, serving as the essential source of independent news on a full array of education issues from civic education to teacher preparation and personalized learning. With continued support from the Corporation, Education Week will report on crucial issues through its high-quality, objective journalism, expand their audience, and improve their digital technology infrastructure.
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For the podcast series "Things That Go Boom"
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
The mission of Carnegie Corporation of New York is to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Public Radio International (PRI), one of public radio’s leading producers, works to help translate foreign policy issues for a broad public audience. PRI generates and distributes innovative content to bring new voices and global perspectives to the American public. With this grant, PRI will provide editorial and production support to the Things That Go Boom podcast series, with a specific analytical focus on the complexities of the Iran nuclear deal.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In September 2018, the current Administration proposed new “public charge” guidelines for legal immigration, targeting low-income immigrants who are aiming to secure permanent status. Under these guidelines, immigrants who use public benefits may receive a “strongly weighted negative factor” on their applications for status adjustment. For context, approximately 50 percent of the 18 million children living in immigrant families, of whom 15.9 million were born in the United States, live below the poverty line. Since 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) has been one of the leading legal advocacy organizations in the United States dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of immigrants and their families. With renewed Corporation support, NILC will continue to advocate for humane, common sense policies that make it possible for immigrants to emerge from poverty and live with dignity, and use legal advocacy and litigation strategies to defend fundamental due process and civil rights.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Over the past two years, immigrants have experienced a sharp increase in anti-immigrant policies at the federal level, affecting their ability to work and contribute to their communities. Immigration enforcement under the current Administration has targeted immigrants who are not only without criminal records but are also established members of their communities, including business owners, religious leaders, parents of young United States citizens, and others. Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a national donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will continue to support state and regional groups across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, strategic collaboration among grantees, effective communications, and alliances with other constituencies.
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For core support of its immigration program
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Immigration Project is committed to forging bipartisan support for immigration reform through 1) working toward renewed policy consensus; 2) producing substantive research and analysis to reorient and inform the debate; and 3) serving as a source for media, policymakers, and reform advocates for facts and messaging that can bridge partisan divides. As part of this work, BPC launched the Immigration Task Force, which is comprised of leading immigration experts, business and labor leaders, former elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders who are dedicated to providing credible economic analysis around reform and developing consensus recommendations to move legislation forward. With Corporation support, BPC will advance a broad scope of immigration-related activities, in order to help shift the immigration debate back to finding solutions at the federal level.
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For core support of the Family Engagement Lab
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Research shows that parents who are engaged in at-home learning serve to improve student test scores regardless of their education levels or socioeconomic status. But for many low-income and immigrant parents, knowing how or where to begin at-home learning activities can be difficult. Founded in 2016, Family Engagement Lab, a subsidiary organization of GreatSchools, seeks to cultivate the home-to-school connection through technology, creating communication channels between teachers and parents with a focus on families who do not share a common language with their children’s teacher. Through FASTalk, their text messaging program which launched in fourteen high-need schools in the Bay Area, parents receive simple at-home learning activities in their preferred language, while teachers receive tools on messaging with diverse families. To date, Family Engagement Lab has improved student grades and increased literacy through FASTalk. With support from the Corporation, Family Engagement Lab will deepen its FASTalk engagement in schools, expand its literacy content, increase parents’ access to FASTalk by testing alternative communication channels, and plan for a randomized control trial to further study FASTalk’s impact.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
We believe that an informed public together with independent news organizations are vital to a healthy democracy and to ensuring educational equity. From teachers’ strikes advocating for larger school budgets and higher wages to the March for Our Lives student-led demonstrations, this past year has signaled a surge of public demand for equity and access to high-quality education. In order to enable demand-driven improvements in our education system, we need in-depth coverage of the system at the local, state, and national levels. Founded in 2013, Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization producing in-depth local and national reporting that enables the public, particularly low-income communities, to engage in the democratic process around public education. With continued support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat will create and disseminate news that supports families in navigating the education system, as well as policymakers in making decisions that improve outcomes in the communities they are elected to serve.
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For core support of the Aspen Education and Society Program
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Currently, our nation’s collective aspirations for student learning far outstrip the capability of our public education systems to deliver, particularly for students of color and those from low-income families. Achieving the vision of student learning that policymakers and educators have embraced requires a clear focus on coherence, learning, and systemic human capital improvements in order to avoid exacerbating the existing lack of coordination among programs, organizations, and systems. By focusing on coherence and the development of learning organizations, the Aspen Education and Society Program aims to improve leadership and strategy in key districts and states, and to frame critical issues and opportunities for the broader field. They will do so in the context of three inter-connected priorities: (1) advancing a richer vision of student success that integrates the social, emotional, and academic dimensions of learning as essential to advancing equity; (2) transforming education systems so that they can sponsor and model exemplary learning and continuous improvement practices; and (3) developing education leaders to achieve transformation in learning, equity, and efficacy.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Less than a quarter of a student’s time in class is spent on assignments that are aligned to grade-level standards, which is critical to student success. This finding from a recent report from TNTP, an organization with a commitment to addressing educational inequity, demonstrates the need for teachers to be equipped with the knowledge and resources that support grade-level aligned instruction. TNTP recognizes that the impact a high-quality teacher can make is limited by the conditions they operate within. TNTP has taken a holistic approach and developed a suite of multiple support services. Through this renewal grant, TNTP will continue to implement five strands of work: 1) build diverse and effective educator pipelines at scale; 2) deliver academic services; 3) develop partnerships with stakeholder groups; 4) measure students’ outcomes; and 5) execute a business development plan and learning agenda.
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As a final grant for core support of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
An extensive body of research shows that socio-emotional skills are essential for students to thrive in school, career, and life. While momentum for socio-emotional learning (SEL) has been increasing, efforts to innovate and build knowledge in response have played out in isolation. The work of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (the Commission) coordinates these efforts and provides a national framework for policy, practice, and research. With current Corporation support, the Commission has led a national conversation about social, emotional, and academic development in preK-12 education; built a strong network of diverse stakeholders; and produced several seminal documents to guide the work of policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. With renewed support, the Commission will finalize and release a Report from the Nation, which will position the Commission’s recommendations within a broader frame that creates a sense of relevance, urgency, and impact across the education sector to embrace an evidence-based, whole-child approach to learning and development.
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For core support of the PBS NewsHour
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Public perception of the news media is the lowest it has been in decades. According to a 2017 Gallup and Knight Foundation poll on trust, media, and democracy in the United states, sixty-two percent of respondents said the news they see on television, hear on the radio, or read in newspapers is biased. Despite this widespread mistrust of the media, the PBS NewsHour remains a trusted news source for millions of Americans. The 2017 Erdos and Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey rated the NewsHour as the most objective among all media and the most credible TV news program. Also, in a 2017 Politico Poll, the NewsHour was ranked as the most trusted major news outlet, ahead of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, and others. In this era of political polarization and “fake news,” supporting trusted sources of news is of critical importance. With renewed support from the Corporation, the NewsHour will continue its coverage of international affairs, states at risk, and science and technology and devote extra focus to the immigration and education policy changes.
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As a final core support grant for The Sentry project
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
A number of countries in Central and Eastern Africa have been locked in a cycle of conflict and fragility. Illicit financing is one of the causes of the perpetual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan. The Sentry, headed by John Prendergast, conducts investigation to map and expose the financial networks used to hide assets and fund mass atrocities. In addition to in-depth research on funding flows, The Sentry’s strength is a proven ability to mobilize international actors’ attention around these long-term and often over-looked conflicts. Through these efforts, The Sentry seeks to support peace processes that are increasingly accountable to local and well-informed constituencies operating in the public interest.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite its reputation and history of being a nation of immigrants, the United States has been unable to enact meaningful reform of its broken immigration system. There is a backlog of 714,000 cases in immigration court; 2,550 migrant children have been separated from their families at the Southern border; and the current Administration has attempted to strip hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants of their residency status, right to work, and protections from deportation. The American Immigration Council was established in 1987 to help the United States work toward a more fair and just immigration system. In addition to being a primary resource on immigrants and the immigration system for policymakers and the media, the council employs its expertise in immigration law and policy to defend the due process rights of immigrants and noncitizens through litigation and advocacy. With Corporation support, the council will grow its legal team and litigation capacity, in order to continue defending immigrants and advocating for a fairer immigration system.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Over the past twenty years, immigrants have been settling in suburbs, rural towns, and cities without recent histories of receiving immigrants. However, the current political environment around immigration has made evident the anxieties that Americans may feel about cultural and demographic shifts. This has resulted in tensions that leave both newcomers and native residents feeling isolated. Founded in 2009, Welcoming America is a national, grassroots-driven collaborative that builds mutual respect and collaboration between immigrants and their U.S.-born neighbors. Working with approximately 200 municipal governments and nonprofits in nearly 500 communities nationwide, Welcoming America is promoting policies and practices that build bridges across cultures and ideological spectrums, and address systemic barriers to integration for immigrants. With Corporation support, Welcoming America will continue to work with its network of partners and member communities to help immigrants and native-born residents find common ground and shared prosperity.
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For general support.
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
An informed public is key to an engaged citizenry and a healthy democracy. Most Americans agree that news organizations play a crucial role in maintaining our democracy—80 percent say they need accurate reporting to make decisions about important local and national issues, according to a 2017 Gallup and Knight Foundation poll. However, high-quality news is hard to find, with a majority of Americans reporting that they find it increasingly difficult to be well-informed, due to a decline in local news sources. National Public Radio (NPR) is known for providing accurate, fact-based reporting and is one of the most trusted news organizations in the country. With an extensive network of newsrooms in more than 200 member stations across the country, NPR has helped to fill gaps in local and regional news coverage. NPR also bolstered its national news coverage in preparation for the recent midterms and 2020 presidential election to ensure that voters have the facts needed to make informed decisions. The organization has added reporters and specialized beats to its Washington desk and has worked with member stations to dig deep into the issues that matter most to voters. In addition to local and national reporting, NPR covers international stories, with seventeen foreign bureaus and journalists stationed across the globe. While many news organizations are closing offices abroad, NPR is expanding its presence, launching a new bureau in the Philippines and relocating and enlarging its office in India. Over the next two years, operating support from the Corporation will allow NPR to continue to provide comprehensive fact-based local, national, and international reporting.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Since its opening in 1988, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum seeks to preserve and interpret the history of immigration thorough personal experiences of the generations of newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Today, immigrants are once again becoming increasingly marginalized and blamed as the root cause of a divided America, an “us vs them” mindset. With Corporation support, the Museum, through guided tours of its historic tenement homes and educational programming, will continue its quest to bring a more holistic understanding of immigrants, combating false narratives and dispelling anti-immigrant myths that have gained a pernicious foothold in the national consciousness.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Four times a year, Lapham’s Quarterly, published by the American Agora Foundation, chooses an issue of national importance and assembles primary texts—essays, letters, and speeches—that put the issue in historical context. By maintaining a focus on a single theme in each issue, and by employing a wide-ranging and rigorous editorial process, the Quarterly brings together some of the most engaging pieces of literature, poetry, prose, and art, with the aim of fostering an understanding and a love of history in a generation of 21st-century readers. With renewed Corporation support, Lapham’s Quarterly will continue to reach new audiences through the popular World in Time podcast launched last year and the publication of special issues on contemporary matters, such as fake news and Alexander Hamilton, capturing the public’s attention.
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For core support of the Nuclear Policy Program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s (CEIP) Nuclear Policy Program (“NPP”) is one of the leading voices globally on nuclear issues. NPP’s team includes experts from twelve nationalities and deep expertise on nuclear issues ranging from nuclear safeguards and export controls to regional challenges in North Korea, South Asia, and Iran. This core support grant will allow NPP to continue its interdisciplinary work on deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear energy. The work will result in policy-relevant recommendations and publications.
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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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