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As a one-time grant for a project on a political dialogue series focused on historical unhealed wounds of the Civil War
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
35 months
Description
United States public opinion shows an increasingly partisan political and social environment. Historians have argued that the current discord can be traced back to the unhealed wounds of the Civil War, prewar precedents, and the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction periods. Led by George Mason University, this project examines the current political strife in the United States through a historical lens, and its implications for domestic and foreign policymaking. This project will convene a group of distinguished historians and political scientists for three, two-day workshops to draw on the insights of history and political psychology to develop methods for engaging the current American political culture in the process of memory healing and generating opportunities for possible problem-solving.
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For U.S.-Russia Meetings on Nuclear Safety
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
25 months
Description
As the possessors of over ninety percent of the world’s nuclear weapons, the United States and Russia play a critical role in ensuring global nuclear security. The disruption of U.S.-Russian relations has put on hold nuclear weapons negotiations at a time when a host of emerging technologies and geopolitical pressures threaten global strategic stability. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will facilitate a Vatican-hosted nuclear security dialogue between American, Russian, and international experts on nuclear security. The meetings will focus on the means of preserving the existing treaties and paving the way for future negotiations.
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For African participation in the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2018
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
8 months
Description
Africa’s future development depends on scientists. According to a 2015 UNESCO Science Report, Africa has fewer than 100 scientists per million inhabitants, and will need to increase this to the global average of 800 by training millions of scientists, technicians and engineers to postgraduate levels over the next few years. Yet the general population is often not considered in the design of fora where content is made accessible to the public and to inspire future young people. Through its second gathering in March 2018, the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) will provide a central platform for science leaders from diverse communities to connect science, society and policy in Africa and the rest of the world, with the goal of leveraging science for human development. With support, sixty-two young African scientists will participate in this multi-stakeholder global forum in Kigali, Rwanda.
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For a multimedia documentary and templated digital platform on U.S.- Russia relations.
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
4 months
Description
The relationship between the United States and Russia—the world’s largest nuclear powers—is critical to global security. Continuing an ongoing Corporation-supported effort, a team of video producers and Russia experts will create a digital portal that will explore the changing dynamics in the U.S.-Russia relationship. The portal will be made available for use both as an educational resource and as a source of information and data. Included will be lessons related to the influence of security, economics, history, and culture in U.S.-Russia relations.
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For support of the Pluribus Project
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
With the proliferation of money in politics and in the United States electoral campaign system, federal policymaking has become increasingly biased toward the interests of economic elites and influential corporations. Partisan gridlock has become the norm and the average constituent feels disincentivized from participating in the democratic process. The Pluribus Project works with a broad range of stakeholders from across the political spectrum to advocate for a more equitable and engaging democratic process. With Corporation support, the Pluribus Project will promote a new model for civic engagement that enables a true diversity of people to interact with their local leaders and political representatives. The Pluribus Project is fiscally sponsored by New Venture Fund.
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For a project on understanding the global impact of transnational religious soft power
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
45 months
Description
The use of state soft power is a longstanding global phenomenon. In some countries in the Middle East, it is manifested through the propagation of religious activities overseas. To better understand this phenomenon, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center will examine the motivations, modalities, and mechanisms surrounding state sponsorship of religious soft power. The research will entail in-depth case studies in six countries that have been on the receiving end of exported influence. The case studies will identify and assess the local impact of such activity with respect to changes in religion and culture, levels of pluralism and inclusivity, the safety and status of women and minorities, and dynamics of instability, conflict, and violence. Corporation funds will support fieldwork, meetings, research, and publications.
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For research and policy on transformation of South Africa's higher education curricula
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
56 months
Description
Recent student protests in South Africa have been driven by a demand for free higher education and decolonization of curricula. Protesters assert that South Africa’s education system still mirrors colonial education paradigms and that African knowledge systems should be given equal place among worldwide knowledge systems. Several other African countries provide lessons on curricula transformation from their nations’ independence periods. U.S. African-American studies programs also provide models of curricula reform. With Corporation support, the University of Johannesburg Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation will engage African scholars, host a two-day conference, publish a book, and conduct policy dialogues to provide diverse perspectives and a way forward on university curricula reform in South Africa.
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For support for the Shared Sacred Sites project
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Sacred religious sites that are shared by two or more groups have long been a source of intellectual and scholarly curiosity. The Shared Sacred Sites project is a traveling exhibition that focuses on periods of peaceful coexistence at holy sites, and includes films and photographs of sites, pilgrims, and practices, as well as contemporary artwork. In 2015, the first exhibition was presented at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille and met with wide acclaim. In 2017, Carnegie Corporation provided support to expand the project’s presentation and research at its three New York City venues. Further Corporation support will enable the curators to create and publish a catalog about the exhibit, including materials from the New York Public Library and Morgan Libraries, as well as scholarly articles from experts in the field. Capturing the essays and imagery of the exhibit in a publication will expand its impact beyond the exhibition time period and location and encourage a larger audience to engage in conversations about tolerance and coexistence among religious groups.
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For supporting critical research and strengthening scholarly capacity in North Africa
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
39 months
Description
To strengthen both institutional and individual capacity for policy-relevant research on critical topics, two American Overseas Research Centers—Centre d’Études Maghrébines en Algérie (CEMA) and Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT)—will work with university departments in North Africa to upgrade social science pedagogy and research methods. Topics of focus are structural reform, cross-border networks and labor migration, human rights, and Libyan studies. From their location within the region, CEMA/CEMAT will strengthen scholars and institutions through regularly scheduled workshops and seminars that introduce novel methodological practices, research design, and teach policy-writing techniques to specialists in the social sciences and humanities. Corporation funds will support working groups, publications, podcasts, and seminars.
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For a discussion series on international security issues
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
35 months
Description
The Soufan Center (TSC) will expand a piloted policy-relevant discussion series program on human security, political and religious violence, and related subjects. With curated international speakers and audiences bridging New York and Washington, D.C., TSC will ensure a multi-sectoral dissemination of ideas, cutting edge policy solutions, and practical interventions. TSC’s unique capacity and connections make the organization well suited to facilitate important conversations among an audience who can effect change. Corporation grantees and program issues will be featured in the series, which would result in round-table meetings, publications and podcasts.
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For the Aga Khan Museum Education Program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Aga Khan Museum was established in 2014 with the goal of fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the contributions that Muslim civilizations have made to world heritage. Through education, research, and collaboration, the Museum creates opportunities for dialogue by fostering mutual understanding and respect for cultures and communities in Canada and around the world with its diverse permanent collection of more than 1,000 objects and innovative programs – including music and dance performances, theater, lectures, workshops, and film screenings. With Corporation support, the Museum will continue to expand its global reach through significantly building robust online digital education content, and access to this content, including the development of STEM-based workshops, which will include the use of 3-D imaging and games as a learning tool.
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For an early stage assessment of outcomes of a multi-methods research course
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
17 months
Description
High quality social science research depends upon rigorous research design and application of appropriate research methods. Since its inception in 2011, the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) has sought to address capacity gaps in social science research through offering short courses in social research design and multi-methods research. To date, more than 1,000 early- and mid-career researchers from African universities, think tanks, civil society organizations, and government agencies have completed these courses. PASGR is now embarking on a comprehensive evaluation of the program to assess effectiveness and relevance of the courses and inform strategic direction of PASGR’s professional development program. This grant supports the costs and activities associated with the evaluation.
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For support to plan parent equity fellowships and state coalitions
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
5 months
Description
The responsibility to advance opportunity and achievement for low-income students increasingly rests with states and local communities as well as parents who are actively engaged in advocacy efforts. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states wide latitude in developing accountability, school improvement, and public reporting systems while also requiring plans to incorporate stakeholder engagement. The Education Trust (Ed Trust), a non-profit organization founded in the 1990s and now under the new leadership of former U.S. Secretary of Education John King, plans to harness the power of parent-leaders and state-wide stakeholder coalitions to drive equity-based policies and practices in states and local communities. With support from the Corporation, Ed Trust will pilot its Parent Equity Fellowships and build diverse coalitions in four states (including New York) that will strengthen advocacy efforts and in turn accelerate equitable and high-quality education.
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As a final grant for support of the American Academy in Berlin's Fellowship Program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The American Academy in Berlin (the Academy) was founded in 1994 by Richard Holbrooke, then the American Ambassador to Germany. Their mission is to maintain long-term intellectual, cultural and political ties between the United States and Germany. A major program within the Academy is the Berlin Prize Fellowships. Each year, the Academy awards up to twenty-three fellowships to outstanding scholars, writers, and artists from the United States. The fellows are given an opportunity to pursue independent projects which they in turn showcase with Berlin audiences at various public lectures, film screenings, concerts, and other events. With Corporation support, the Berlin Prize Fellows will have an opportunity to share with various audiences the many facets of American thought, scholarship, and creativity, working off a series of themes including “migration and integration”, giving the program additional focus then in years past.
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For a project on civic education and activities around the John F. Kennedy Centennial
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
17 months
Description
As the United States grapples with declining civic knowledge among young people and growing voter apathy among the larger electorate, high quality civic education continues to be a critical need in our society. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum maintains a 38-year track record of serving the public and delivering award-winning education programs in civics and American history. With Corporation support, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which works in partnership with the presidential library and museum, will promote and enhance civic learning across Massachusetts by identifying gaps in civic learning in the state’s schools, disseminating high-quality educational resources, and offering robust teacher trainings for educators. It will serve as a national model in civics.
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For support of a symposium examining race relations and economic inequality
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
As partisan politics continue to divide rather than bridge society’s differences, national conversations on social and economic inequalities have been on the rise. Income inequality in the United States has reached heights not seen since the Great Depression, and historically marginalized communities continue to struggle for their voices to be heard by elected officials. With Corporation support, Clark Atlanta University will host a two-day symposium examining race relations and economic inequality in the United States. Focusing on the still relevant scholarship of W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King, Jr., the symposium will promote a vibrant intellectual community, encourage scholarship across disciplines, and advance teaching in the social sciences and humanities, with a focus on mitigating economic and social inequality.
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As a one-time only grant for the Tribute in Light
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
7 months
Description
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc.’s “Tribute in Light” is the annual commemorative public art installation that uses two vertical towers of light to represent the Twin Towers in remembrance of the September 11 attacks to honor those who were killed, and also serves a national symbol of resilience celebrating the spirit of New York. The installation is visible for a 60-mile radius around lower Manhattan. In connection with the Tribute in Light event, the Museums offers an adverse set of inquiry-based programs designed to challenge students to think critically about a wide range of topics related to 9/11. With Corporation support the Museum will continue to expand on its educational programming.
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For a project on building political legitimacy and citizenship in the Arab world
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
Syria, and by extension its neighbors Lebanon and Iraq, have become a focal point for the clash of geopolitical interests in an increasingly complex and multipolar world. A sustainable peace in Syria could be a cornerstone for the Arab region’s stability in the long-term. The Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit (CCSRU) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is dedicated to impact-driven research and policy engagement on conflict and governance globally. A team of social scientists based at LSE and in the Arab region will advance knowledge on political legitimacy in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, and contribute to policies aiming to construct legitimate public authority. With the goal of contributing to the constitution writing and state reconstruction processes, Corporation funds will support research, meetings, policy publications, dissemination, and regional partnerships.
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For the National Museum of African American History & Culture's Audience Engagement Program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
40 months
Description
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC, or the Museum) was established by Act of Congress in 2003 and, after a successful fundraising campaign, opened to the public on September 24, 2016, as the nineteenth and newest museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The mission is to provide for the collection, study, and to curate programs and exhibitions relating to African American life, art, history, and culture. With Corporation support, the Museum will launch the initiative, the Audience Engagement Program, which will exam audience interests in order to design and develop collections-based, educational programming for visitors who come to the museum directly or experience its objects, stories, lectures, and other content digitally.
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As a one-time only grant in support of The Renaissance Center for Creativity, Knowledge Integration, Leadership and Citizenship
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Under the auspices of the University of Albany, a Renaissance Center will be developed to serve as a creative space to facilitate campus-wide discourse, collaborative learning, and research. The Renaissance Center will be mission-driven to cultivate and challenge the common interests of educators, leaders from business and government, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs. With Corporation support, the Center will expand the University’s faculty development program, design and deliver a summer workshop for future K-12 leaders, design and deliver a leadership development program to prepare the next generation of college and university leaders, and create a series of workshops and symposia to generate conversations around grand challenges facing the University’s constituencies.
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For building knowledge connections in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Gaps in the knowledge sector underlie key issues of unemployment, citizen participation, and governance in the Arab region. The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) is an independent professional organization dedicated to strengthening social science research and knowledge production to address key challenges in the Arab region. With support from the Corporation and other funders, ACSS fosters a new generation of social scientists, integrates them into regional networks, and facilitates their policy-relevant research. With renewed support, ACSS will continue to establish itself as a an effective field-building institution. The grant will enable ACSS to offer early career fellowships, promote research and publications, organize issue-oriented working groups, and hold a lecture series in honor of the late Moroccan scholar Fatima Mernissi.
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For policy-relevant research and outreach on terrorism and counter-terrorism
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) of the United States Military Academy at West Point is an influential, standard-setting center of excellence bridging civilian and military expertise on counter-terrorism and political violence. Its work is focused on key aspects of violent transnational groups, their goals, and their ability to continue to generate interest and support around the world. With Corporation support, the CTC will host researchers and produce analysis that will be communicated to key counter-terrorism policymakers and practitioners primarily in the United States, in order to help formulate more effective policies to combat the influence and impact of terrorist organizations. The project will result in research and policy development, publications, and briefings.
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For an initiative to expand voting access for underrepresented constituencies, including young people
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In the 2014 midterm elections, college student voter turnout was 19.9 percent, a testament to the challenges young voters face when navigating an unfamiliar election process often coupled with policies that discourage their participation. In the 2016 general election, their turnout was 48.3 percent, an indication that young voters actively exercise their right to vote when equipped with the resources and information they need. The Fair Elections Center is a nonpartisan voting rights, legal support and election reform organization committed to removing barriers to voting for traditionally underrepresented constituencies. In addition to using litigation to remove obstacles to voter participation, the center works with hundreds of colleges and educational institutions across the country to educate and mobilize tens of thousands of student voters. With Corporation support, the Fair Elections Center will engage in efforts to expand voting access and protect voting rights for young voters.
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For a project to promote social cohesion and civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Although working-class Americans in urban and rural communities are struggling to adapt to the same forces of globalization, deindustrialization and low-wage work, partisan interests have been exploiting people’s anxieties around economic and demographic change to divide the country along lines of race, geography, economy, and culture. Founded in 1972, Faith in Action (previously known as PICO) works with more than 1,000 faith-based organizations in 150 cities and seventeen states to create innovative solutions to problems facing rural, suburban, and urban communities. Faith in Action recognizes the importance of understanding local culture and identity for effective civic engagement, and it has found great success in working with local pastors and faith leaders to build broad, cross-cultural solidarity in communities. With Corporation support, Faith in Action will work with national partners, including the Center for Rural Strategies (a Corporation grantee), People’s Action and HOPE not hate, to engage rural and urban voters and bring communities together to advance shared policy priorities.
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For a project on religion in public life and institutions in the Arab region
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
42 months
Description
The Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) based at the University of Jordan is a leading Arab-region think tank with longstanding capacity in surveying and polling. Working with regional partners, CSS will conduct policy-relevant research and communication on the role of religion in the public sphere. To generate the data, the project will include polling initiatives in five Arab countries. Analysis based on polling data will inform policymakers, media, and civil society organizations, and will contribute to an expandable knowledge base on the role of religion in public institutions as viewed from within the Arab region. Corporation funds will support polling, research, meetings, and publications.
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For Senior Fellow Fabrice Jaumont to take part in two philanthropic conferences
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Philanthropy has always been integral to higher education in the United States, and it is increasingly important to higher education abroad. Fabrice Jaumont, a Senior Fellow at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme, has dedicated much of his scholarly career to researching philanthropy’s impact on higher education in Africa, having recently published the book Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa. With Corporation support, Dr. Jaumont will travel to two conferences–one hosted by the Comparative and International Education Society in Mexico City in March, the other by the China Global Philanthropy Institute in Beijing in October–to present his research and work. In doing so, he will aim to facilitate greater understanding and collaboration between foundations, policymakers, and academics at the nexus of philanthropy and higher education.
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As a one-time grant for a fellowship for an artist threatened by violence, war, natural disasters or political unrest
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1894 the American Academy in Rome (AAR) is one of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. The Academy offers support and an inspiring environment to some of America’s most gifted artists and scholars who come to the Academy as Rome Prize Fellows, Affiliated Fellows, and Residents, and return to the United States to enrich the cultural landscape with the rewards of their time in Rome. With Corporation support, The AAR will offer a threatened artist safety and security, time and space to think and create, mentorship, a stimulating and supportive environment with the companionship and collegiality of artists and scholars, and exposure to gallerists, patrons, and the international artistic community. The fellowship will include a studio time, room and board.
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For the Peacemakers in Action Network interreligious capacity building and training
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding will pilot an adapted version of the successful Nigerian interfaith peacemakers model in the Balkans, where ethnic and religious tensions remain fraught. This two-year Peacemakers in Action Network Intervention aims to empower Balkan women and youth of different faiths through capacity building and training activities offered by a Muslim Tanenbaum Peacemaker and a Christian Tanenbaum Peacemaker. Corporation funds would support workshops, training, travel, and residency costs.
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For new approaches and partnerships to analyze proliferation-related trade flows
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In recent years, sophisticated analytic platforms have created new opportunities to use public data to monitor and verify nonproliferation agreements. Shifting from proprietary sources to open, unrestricted data allows for novel insights, reduces barriers to sharing data, and creates new avenues for coordination. Through earlier work, C4ADS has demonstrated how publicly available data and network analytics can supplement traditional monitoring and verification techniques. Through this grant, C4ADS will provide proofs of concept that can be adapted and scaled, including a data-sharing blueprint that can serve as a foundation for future partnerships.
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For planning for the development and implementation of a linked education data center for evidence-based change in New York state.
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Efforts to improve education systems at the state and local level are often thwarted by the fragmentation and lack of comprehensive data that characterize these systems, in which different institutions fail to take responsibility or clearly see how the children and youths in their care progress (or fail to progress) from their first years through their entire educational experience and their encounter with the workforce. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, established in 1981, is the public policy research arm of the 64-campus SUNY system and they aim to tackle this problem for New York state. The Institute’s mission is to bring rigorous, objective evidence to bear on policy and administrative decisions in state and local governments—and disseminate relevant, politically neutral knowledge to citizens and public officials on key public issues. The proposed project—to build, use, and make available to others a state-wide longitudinal data system, from pre-school through K-12, higher education, and the workforce —will be a cornerstone of the Institute’s newly established Center for Education Pathways Systems Change. This grant is for the first phase of planning for the design and implementation of the data system.
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For a project on finding a diplomatic solution to the North Korean crisis
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
North Korea continues its progress toward a nuclear-armed missile capable of striking the United States, raising the prospects for armed conflict. This project by the Aspen Institute will provide opportunities for members of Congress to gain insights into the current crisis and options for mitigating risk. Specifically, it will support a congressional conference on this theme to be held at Stanford University.
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For modifying liability structures and market incentives to give insurance and financial institutions leverage tools to enhance nuclear security
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
51 months
Description
An obstacle to strengthening fissile and radiological material security is that current regulatory and legal structures tend to lead to underinvestment in nuclear security measures. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) will convene a small task force of experts from legal, nuclear, and financial domains to generate and review options for improving nuclear-security-related incentives that apply to insurance companies, banks, and corporations. The task force will seek areas where the law is unsettled or inadequately focused on security risks, and will identify and promote practical steps to address these gaps.
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For a project on capacity building and training in communications for nuclear security experts
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Concern over nuclear weapons and the threat of military action is once again on the minds of Americans. This creates opportunities for scholars and analysts to shape the conversation and present options that reduce nuclear risks. Through this grant, Spitfire Strategies (Spitfire) will help organizations to create and implement more effective communications strategies that will reach and influence their most important audiences. Spitfire’s learning program will combine in-person training sessions with webinars and tailored one-on-one coaching to ensure that organizations are well-equipped to move an agenda that addresses today’s nuclear threats.
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As a one-time grant for support of the project "Advancing Public Knowledge and Understanding of the U.S. Constitution"
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania found that only 26 percent of Americans could name all three branches of government, and more than 40 percent of college graduates did not know that the Constitution grants the power to declare war to Congress While there is a renewed effort for teaching civics in grades K-12 education, the 18-40 year old demographic (the millennials especially) have missed opportunities to learn about the genesis and framework of the American constitution. With such a paucity of knowledge in civics, citizens have less opportunity to make informed decisions about legislative matters. With Corporation support, the project seeks to produce a marked change in Americans’ understanding of the significance of the separation of powers and system of checks and balances, as originally conceived by the Constitutional Framers through new and creative communication channels.
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For support of the Security Studies Program
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
With support for the field of security studies on the decline, tomorrow’s scholars and practitioners have fewer opportunities to develop the interdisciplinary skills needed to address complex challenges. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Security Studies Program (SSP) is a research group and graduate-level educational center with a dual mission of improving public understanding of national security and training future scholars, teachers, and analysts. SSP’s work is rigorous, policy-relevant, and interdisciplinary, combining political science, history, and other social sciences with the physical sciences. Corporation support will allow SSP scholars to continue their research, training, and policy outreach activities.
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For continued work in three sites to better serve students with interrupted education
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
More than five million youth in the United States today experience education disruption related to traumatic life events such as incarceration, homelessness, frequent mobility, pregnancy, or severe mental health crises, and have some of the lowest educational outcomes of any student group. While they are served by multiple, overlapping social service agencies, their needs are still not fully met, due in part to the deep silos that exist between systems of care. This grant enables the expansion of a project, launched in 2017 as part of the Corporation’s Integration Design Consortium, to streamline care for these students in order to improve their educational outcomes. Bellwether is now working with three sites: the state of Utah, El Dorado County in California, and the Louisiana Recovery School District in New Orleans, to conduct needs assessments and implementation planning for how to better serve these students. This grant enables continued planning for each site, community of practice convenings across all sites, and the creation of field-facing publications and story-telling assets to raise awareness and share lessons with the field.
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For Strengthening Engagement on Shared Challenges in International Finance, Energy Security and Climate Change among Four Key Powers
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Tensions in the international system, both between Russia and the West as well as among rising Eurasian powers, threatens the global peace and security environment. With Corporation support, the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) has administered a multi-year Track II effort to provide a forum for leading scholars and practitioners from the United States, Russia, China, India, and Germany to exchange ideas and build networks. The symposia bring together experts from the four countries to deliberate on topics that are more often discussed bilaterally, and enable the participants to share insights and frame complex policy issues for possible consideration by their governments. The symposia result in published reports.
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For improving educational outcomes through the integration of systems change, collective impact and an equity framing
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
For too long the education field has focused on solving educational challenges through individual content reform initiatives, rather than examining the interplay of deeper sources of problems steeped in power, race, and equity. FSG, a mission-driven consulting firm, aims to partner with PolicyLink and the Society for Organizational Learning to transform the relationships among people and organizations that shape education systems, by combining the discipline of Systems Thinking with the structure and process of Collective Impact and an Equity frame of reference. They will use these disciplines to build capacity for systems change at the district level and have launched a pilot in Staten Island, NY. This grant supports an additional pilot in Oceanside, CA.
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For field-building around the need for improved and expanded civic learning in K-12, through planning and launch of a National Commission on Civic Learning
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
America’s cultural and political life is in upheaval, surfacing fundamental questions about the state of our democracy and democratic institutions. At the same time, civic education has been minimized in recent decades, such that many students finish their education with limited understanding of the fundamental civic, historical and political concepts of America, and limited experience engaging as a citizen. As a result, there is substantial momentum for innovative civic learning now. While interest is high, questions remain: What impact would an investment in civic learning have on our nation? What tools should we leverage to improve civic learning in our schools? How should we evaluate progress? What does civic learning that is relevant to students today look like? iCivics, founded in 2009 by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor after retiring from the bench of the United States Supreme Court, aims to lead a field-building effort to develop some of the tools to answer those questions and to launch a campaign to focus attention on the need for civic learning.
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For incubating and building capacity of new organizations to inform policy and practice
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Education models based on personalization, mastery, and positive youth development have been shown to have positive impacts on student achievement, yet many practitioners don’t have the capacity to scale such models broadly. One strategy for promoting scale with quality is through the cultivation of a variety of intermediary organizations (such as New Visions for Public Schools in New York City) that can partner with schools and districts to launch new program models. New Profit has a twenty year track record of doing just that, and with Corporation support, will expand upon its intermediary capacity building efforts in two key ways: 1) Working with partner social entrepreneurs and education nonprofits to specifically support the needs of diverse learners (students with disabilities, English language learners, racial/ethnic minority students, and low-income students) and 2) Building the capacity of actors that work in concert with nonprofits, such as parents, youth, and policymakers, to drive transformation of learning environments nation-wide.
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For support of national seminars, fellowships, and reporting resources and coaching
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
After decades of education reform efforts, the need is more urgent than ever to improve student outcomes, especially for students of color and children from low-income families. Policymakers, educators, families, and the general public depend on strong and thoughtful news coverage of the field to inform practices and decision-making at all levels of government and education, including for individual families. With continued support from the Corporation, the Education Writers Association (EWA), the only national professional organization for reporters, editors, producers, and others who focus on education, plans to build on their previous work to support education journalists nationwide. Their proposed project will expand the capacity of education journalists to produce a larger volume of insightful, nuanced, and consequential news coverage, with a special emphasis on building public understanding of priority topics, such as new designs and pathways to postsecondary success, through events, resources, fellowships, and services aimed at building journalists’ knowledge, awareness, and skills.
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For support of The Hechinger Report in its coverage of connections between education and job preparation
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
While the American public education system aspires to prepare students to become active participants in a contemporary economy, inequities in the education system seem to be perpetuating divisions among students, often based on their geography and income. In turn, as students are unequally taught skills, or receive a different quality of schooling, they are also unequally prepared for careers that improve their lives and communities. The Hechinger Report (Hechinger), an independent, nonpartisan, newsroom based in Teachers College, Columbia University is committed to uncovering the nuances in the connection between education and career preparation. With support from the Corporation, Hechinger will conduct a deep exploration of critical regions that represent larger trends related to dynamic shifts in American society. Hechinger will illuminate the successes and growth areas, in order to inform educators, policymakers, families, communities, and the public at large on how to ensure that all students are properly prepared, and especially, how stakeholders can best support the next generation growing up with the fewest resources.
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For support of the parent equity fellowships and state equity coalitions
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
14 months
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American educational policies and practices have systematically disadvantaged low-income students and students of color by providing inequitable access to high expectations and rigorous coursework, less well-supported teachers and school leaders, as well as less supportive learning environments and extracurricular opportunities. Neglecting to include low-income parents and parents of color at the decision-making table leaves well-intentioned policies and initiatives vulnerable to political influence. The Education Trust (Ed Trust), a national advocacy organization founded in 1992 and dedicated to advancing opportunity and achievement for historically underserved students, proposes to grow the number and efficacy of advocates, specifically parent advocates demanding equitable policies and practices, primarily through a fellowship program and state equity coalitions. With support from the Corporation, Ed Trust plans to develop its advocacy efforts by cultivating a cohort of parent advocates through equity fellowships and integrating these advocates in statewide coalitions comprised of state and local civil rights and social justice advocates, business leaders, and educators, while also supporting state coalitions in facilitating parent participation.
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For support of a national convening to address the information gap
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
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There is a disconnect among many parents and teachers that millions of American students are off track for success in college or career. This “information gap” is partly because classroom grades signal to parents that students are performing at grade level, while students’ performance on tests such as the SAT, NAEP, and ACT show otherwise. Understanding the nuances that cause the information gap, would enable teachers, administrators, and parents to troubleshoot solutions. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute uses quality research, policy analysis, and commentary, to inform the public with knowledge and ideas that advance educational excellence. With support from the Corporation, Fordham will host a National Convening to address the information gap in the summer of 2018. By bringing together various thought-leaders, such as parent-facing groups like the National PTA, teacher groups like the AFT, and communications experts to participate in a productive conversation and engage with background reports, the convening would construct solutions and in turn support students’ trajectory toward college and career success.
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For support of the Lindsay Leads initiative
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
23 months
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Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) is a small, low-income, rural community with a diverse and high need study body. As part of an ambitious reform strategy, LUSD developed a Performance Based System (PBS) that focuses on personalized, student-centered learning that prepares each child academically, socially, and emotionally. Districts around the country are seeking out successful school and system level approaches to personalized models that show promise for supporting the learning needs of all students. Recognizing this need, LUSD established the Lindsay Leads initiative to lift up LUSD’s work so that other schools/districts/educational entities can adapt and employ their strategies. Specifically, this grant will enable Lindsay Leads to build the capacity of their team to engage in this partnership work and support the initial cohort of three to five transformation partnerships through the 2018-2019 school year.
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As a final grant for the Journal Donation Project
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
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For political or economic reasons (often both), many universities and libraries in the developing world do not have access to scholarly journals. Since 1990, the Journal Donation Project (JDP) at the New School has aimed to change that. Over the past twenty-seven years, JDP has worked with nearly 500 institutions in some forty countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It now provides subscriptions to over 5,000 journals in fields ranging from the social sciences and humanities to medicine, technology, and agriculture. With Corporation support, JDP will continue to provide these important services to dozens of libraries and scholars across the globe.
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For sustainable residency-based teacher preparation programs
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
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Since its beginnings Bank Street has been at the forefront of understanding how children learn. Now Bank Street College is addressing two crucial human capital and system challenges that enable district-wide scale-up of professional learning focused on instructional improvement and effective teaching. The first challenge is the lack of sustainable funding for clinically rich teacher preparation programs. The second challenge is the lack of coherent supports for district wide improvement. Through this renewal grant, Bank Street’s Sustainable Funding Project will bring districts and teacher preparation partners in New York state together into partnerships to enact a shift toward sustainably funded, district-aligned, high-quality teacher preparation. Through the Education Center, Bank Street will strengthen its organizational capacities to support districts in designing and implementing coherent professional learning systems for district-wide instructional improvement and effective teaching that include all roles in districts (school leaders, coaches, teachers, district officers and district leaders).
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For continued support of the State Human Capital Alliance
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Urban Schools Human Capital Academy (USHCA) began in 2011 working with urban districts across the country on creating strategic human capital systems to ensure all schools had effective teachers and leaders. This makes USHCA uniquely positioned to support the work of states as they embark on a shift, catalyzed by the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), from compliance-oriented to strategic institutions that influence the human capital ecosystem. With Corporation support, USHCA developed the State Human Capital Alliance (the Alliance) to work at the state-level and launched the first cohort of eight states in 2017. This renewal grant to USHCA aims to expand the work of the Alliance with a second cohort of eight states, and continue the progress made with the first cohort of eight states. The new cohort will complete a diagnostic assessment to understand their current practices and support they provide to districts. They will convene, along with the previous cohort of states, to learn from experts and one another on strategies for improvement. Additionally, states will receive ongoing technical support and tools from USHCA.
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For preparation and development of teachers in three high-need urban school districts
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
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Teachers in urban schools are routinely underprepared to meet their students’ needs. Founded in 2009, Urban Teachers thinks that the quality of teachers matters, and that the quality of instruction can make an enormous difference to a child. Through its clinical approach to teacher preparation, Urban Teachers is redesigning teacher preparation in order to build a highly effective urban teacher workforce. Clinically rich teacher residency programs allow candidates to combine practitioner experience with academic knowledge. This renewal grant will enable Urban Teachers to increase its impact by (a) strategically focusing on objectives related to increasing the number of teacher residents, (b) developing a new undergraduate program in the field of early childhood education in cooperation with the University of Virginia (UVA) Curry School of Education, and (c) reducing reliance on philanthropy.
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For support of an initiative to expand student voter engagement, including on community colleges
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
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Although millennials have the lowest voter turnout of any age group, they potentially hold one of the largest shares of the American electorate. Research shows that the most important method of shaping a person’s long-term civic engagement is getting them involved in a successful political or policy effort between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four. With more than 10,000 members organized on 130 campuses and cities in nearly forty states, the Roosevelt Institute provides young people the tools, trainings, and guidance they need to engage their peers and community in the political process. With Corporation support, the institute will strengthen its national network of student leaders by increasing community college student engagement and expanding the institute’s regional presence in the Midwest.
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