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Project Title
For research, analysis, fellowships, and policy outreach on China's role in Africa
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Although China began to accelerate its outward engagement in 2001, there has been little authoritative study of the many dimensions of this complex development. China’s growing ties with Africa, in particular, have attracted increasing attention from the media, academics, and the policy community. However, a lack of transparency on the Chinese side and poor reporting by many of the countries where China is engaged have complicated efforts to analyze the impact of these ties. Understanding China’s relationship with Africa requires more integrated approaches than those traditionally adopted by the scholarly and policy communities. Established in 2014, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies’ China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) supports academic research and policy outreach that provide accurate and nuanced analysis of China’s role in Africa, and contribute to more informed policy by the United States and other actors dealing with this issue.
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For a research project on China’s vision for a new regional and global order, and a Chinese Language Fellowship program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s increasing global presence has captured the attention of international relations experts, practitioners, and world leaders. For aspiring U.S. China experts to have a better understanding of China, proficiency in Mandarin has become a necessary skill. With Corporation support, a new project will encompass two initiatives at the National Bureau of Asia Research (NBR) that address both the current and future relationship between the United States and China. The first is a policy research project directly engaging Chinese scholars and policymakers, as well as their writings, in an assessment of China’s contemporary vision for a new regional and international order. The second seeks to establish a Chinese Language Fellowship (CLF) program to improve the Mandarin language skills of American doctoral candidates in political science, and bolster U.S. capacity to analyze and respond to future China-related developments.
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For support of a project on immigration and rural voting rights
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
For rural counties that grew in population and economic vitality in recent years, foreign-born residents accounted for 75 percent of that growth. Since 2001, the Center for Rural Strategies has been building bridges between urban and rural communities. The center works to give policymakers, journalists, and advocates access to the diverse, complex stories in rural America, while also creating for rural Americans a balanced information environment that fairly addresses their economic and social concerns. With renewed Corporation support, the Center for Rural Strategies will engage in an initiative to educate rural Americans on immigration policy and the importance of voting through media content development, and effective dissemination and audience development.
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For a project to protect and expand voting rights
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Approximately fifty million voting-eligible Americans are not registered to vote, and many people face unnecessary barriers to exercising their constitutional right to participate in the democratic process. In 2018, at least seventy bills restricting voting access have been introduced or passed, in twenty-four states. These bills discourage student voting, restrict absentee voting, and remove registered voters from rolls, among other provisions. Moreover, inadequate political engagement with low propensity voters has contributed to low turnout in districts where stakes are high for their communities. Since 2000, Demos (also spelled, Dēmos) has been promoting a positive voting agenda across the country. Through field investigations, lawsuits, and negotiations, Demos has helped millions of individuals access critical voter services guaranteed under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. With Corporation support, Demos will coordinate efforts to protect voting rights and expand voting access for all Americans. Demos will also work with the Black Futures Lab’s Black Census Project to collect data on issues facing Black communities across the country.
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For assessing the threat of nuclear terrorism through an actor-centric and demand-focused framework
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Governments and international organizations spend substantial effort to reduce the risks posed by nuclear materials. Nevertheless, there remain serious gaps in understanding the “demand side” of the equation. How should we think about the level of nuclear threat posed by particular sub-state actors? This grant provides seed funding toward a new framework for this sort of threat assessment. Valens Global and its consortium of experts and end-users will create a proof of concept that could be further elaborated by governments and other entities dealing with this threat.
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For investigative reporting on issues related to immigration
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1977 as the first nonprofit investigative journalism organization in the United States, the Center for Investigative Reporting uses high-quality research and investigation prowess to share groundbreaking stories on complex social issues. Since 2013, the center has been producing balanced and nuanced reporting about immigrants—shining a light on systemic barriers to integration, exposing threats to these communities, identifying the roles they play in society, and ultimately helping to humanize their experience. In addition to producing high-quality, long form journalism for readers, the center also hosts an award-winning radio show and podcast, Reveal, which reaches millions of listeners every month. The center partners with national and local outlets to distribute its content. With Corporation support, the center will continue expanding its coverage of the impact of federal and state policies on immigrant families and local communities.
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For a project to analyze the fiscal and economic impact of state-level immigration policies
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Although the fiscal impacts of immigration vary from state to state, studies have overwhelmingly revealed that over time immigrants contribute far more in tax revenues than they cost in program expenditures. Data shows that states and cities with welcoming, pro-immigrant policies have significantly benefited from the economic and labor contributions of immigrants, particularly in localities with declining populations and employment rates. The State Priorities Partnership (SPP), cofounded by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, is a network of national and state-based fiscal policy institutes, providing analyses of the fiscal implications of state-level proposals and the state-level impact of national policy proposals. With Corporation support, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and SPP members will expand and continue to provide critical fiscal data to advocates and groups working on state-level immigration policy issues.
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For support of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s immigration projects and the expansion of its organizational capacity
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite high levels of economic productivity, education, and community integration among immigrants, advocates, journalists, and policymakers alike are struggling to overcome a political environment that has become mired in misinformation and false claims. As a result, unsubstantiated rumors about crime and false representation of immigration policies are contributing to widespread fear in local communities. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University works to make the actual workings of the federal government more readily accessible to the public. Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, TRAC obtains, validates, and compiles data from numerous government agencies that is frequently used by journalists, advocates, and the public. With Corporation support, TRAC will expand its technical and organizational capacities, and ensure that the actual effects of immigration policies are being properly monitored.
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For communications and advocacy to promote pro-refugee policies at state and federal levels
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the global refugee crisis worsening—with now more than sixty-five million displaced persons around the world—the current Administration has been issuing policies that reduce and restrict the number of refugees admitted to the United States. The Administration is on track to resettling only 20,000 refugees in the current fiscal year, which is less than half of its declared cap of 45,000, already the lowest rate in United States history. Church World Service (CWS) is an interfaith organization that was founded in 1946 to develop just and sustainable responses to global hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. With renewed Corporation support, CWS will sustain and elevate its work with refugee communities, push back against anti-refugee and anti-Muslim sentiment, elevate the role of refugees in the public forum, and advance systemic change on national and local levels.
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For support of a digital publication that covers the United Nations
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
PassBlue is a digital publication covering the United Nations (UN). The UN’s bureaucracy and size limit its ability to clearly articulate its objectives and happenings. This leads to misunderstanding by politicians, practitioners, and the general public. In response to this, PassBlue reports on the UN’s wide-ranging work through well-written articles and other media formats for audiences throughout the world. With Corporation support, PassBlue will continue to increase its readership, social media exposure, and dissemination partnerships. It will also aim to produce more investigative, exclusive stories, and data-driven articles on the UN’s global operations by broadening its base of international contributors.
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For research, outreach, and capacity-building activities to reduce nuclear risks
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
King’s College London (KCL) is engaged in multiple research and capacity-building initiatives to address nuclear threats. With renewed support, KCL will continue its work on nuclear safeguards and will pursue analysis in several new areas. These include strengthening implementation of maritime sanctions against North Korea, exploring the role of social media in nuclear signaling, examining how technology asymmetries affect the future of nuclear arms control, and analyzing the divide between supporters and opponents of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The grant will support KCL’s research and outreach activities by an international and interdisciplinary team of experts.
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For the N Square innovation collaborative
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The N Square funder collaborative, formerly housed at the Ploughshares Fund, was established in partnership with the MacArthur, Hewlett, and Skoll foundations with the goal of bringing new ideas, resources, and energy to the nuclear security sector. While nuclear risk remains acute, engagement on these issues is sporadic, in part because of high barriers to entry. To address this challenge, N Square is building a network of innovators, with special emphasis on experts in technology, media, and the arts. The collaborative seeks to catalyze new approaches that help practitioners to adapt, scale, and amplify their work. N Square does not seek specific policy goals, working instead toward a renaissance in the nuclear security field itself that will lead to breakthroughs.
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For countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Asia Pacific
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The reduction of nuclear risks in the Asia Pacific region is crucial for promoting regional and global security. The Pacific Forum will facilitate several dialogues to advance this objective. The first, the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), will bring together security leaders from twenty-seven countries in East and Southeast Asia to discuss regional nonproliferation and disarmament issues. In a parallel effort, Pacific Forum will support the next generation of specialists in the United States and abroad through the Young Leader’s Program, aimed at expanding the global capacity to address security challenges. Pacific Forum will also continue Track II dialogues that build on longstanding engagement with scholars and officials in China and North Korea, and will begin a pilot trilateral meeting among the United States, Russia, and China on common interests and approaches to North Korea.
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For research on African philanthropy by early-career African scholars
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The University of the Witwatersrand’s business school has established a chair in African philanthropy, in collaboration with the Southern Africa Trust. Its aim is to encourage research on the many forms philanthropy takes in the continent and to prepare practitioners to work in Africa’s growing philanthropic sector. A core of the initiative is a master’s degree program in philanthropy, which will begin in 2018, along with a research agenda and a network of African business schools with an interest in this topic. This grant will enable ten postgraduate students to conduct research and will support research methodology and results workshops. Peer-reviewed research products will be submitted for formal publication and used to augment teaching materials in the master’s program. The Ford Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation also support the activities of the chair.
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For the Adrienne Minassian Professorship in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honor of Marilyn Jenkins-Madina '62
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
86 months
Description
In 2005, the Adrienne Minassian Visiting Professorship was established at Brown with a bequest from Mrs. Adrienne Minassian in honor of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina ’62, former Curator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With Corporation support, the University will secure a professor of Islamic Art and Architecture to help strengthen the History of Art and Architecture Department’s programming and scholarship.
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For support of its Inclusive America Project
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The United States is the most religiously diverse country in the world, and for many Americans, religion continues to be an important part of identity. In recent years, tensions have risen nationwide as global and domestic events, as well as divisive political rhetoric have accentuated, rather than bridged the country’s differences. Since 2011, the Aspen Institute’s Inclusive America Project has been bringing together people from across the political spectrum to build partnerships across different faiths. With Corporation support, the Aspen Institute will host a religious pluralism summit in 2018, following several convenings it will host with leaders of the faith community and philanthropic sector. The project is committed to developing an ecosystem for religious pluralism and to generating robust dialogue on how to promote constructive engagement among people of different faith backgrounds.
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For a project on citizenship, identity, and belonging in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
48 months
Description
Today’s global conflicts have led to millions of people without citizenship, services, or legal identities. The Boston Consortium for Arab Regional Studies (BCARS), hosted by Northeastern University, will create and develop an international Working Group on the Crisis and Future of Citizenship in the Arab Region. Comprised of experts on regional issues, law, and human rights, the Working Group will document, research, and analyze failed citizenship transactions with the aim of developing policy alternatives that could reverse the negative trends in the region. Corporation funds will support workshops, research, and publications.
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For research and policy outreach on drivers and consequences of conflict in the Arab region
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
27 months
Description
Building on the Century Foundation’s prior research, publications, and consultations on Arab politics and regional security, the new project will develop policy frameworks for managing the fallout from expanding regional conflict. By convening small groups of experts in targeted areas, the project will foster a regional security dialogue taking into account the regional impact of non-state actors. The work has relevance both for emerging regional security architecture and for Syrian reconstruction. The project will result in publications with policy recommendations and meetings with decisionmakers in the United States, Europe, and the Arab region. Corporation funds will support Track II dialogues, research, publications, and public events.
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For support of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics' Democratic Knowledge Project
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
In 2012, the United States Department of Education acknowledged that civic learning and democratic engagement have become “add-ons” rather than “essential parts of the core academic missions” of schools and college campuses. Over the past decade, many civic leaders—including former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Florida Senator Bob Graham—have been actively working to revamp and recalibrate civic education in the United States. The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, housed at Harvard University, has been working to amplify the university’s own renewed focus on civic education. With Corporation support, the Safra Center will help develop a robust, ideologically diverse civics program at Harvard University, as well as set the foundation for the university’s broader civics initiative, which will aim to serve as a national model for higher education. The center will also explore the possibility of a national commission to disseminate a new generation of innovations in civic education and learning, as part of its effort to engage universities in a national conversation on rejuvenating American civic education.
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For support of University World News (Africa) higher education editorial projects
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Substantial growth in the higher education sector in Africa is bringing about changes in policy, leadership, mobility, and financing at institutional, national and continental levels. University World News (UWN) Africa, celebrating its ten-year anniversary in 2018, is the only regular news publication dedicated to covering the sector’s developments, informing stakeholders, and increasing the visibility of African higher education through traditional and new forms of media. Over the last decade, changes in the media environment, audience interfaces, and profit models have become increasingly challenging. With Corporation renewed support, UWN Africa will continue to improve editorial content, dissemination and reach from 30,000 to 35,000 subscribers, and advance its operations including development of a mobile interface.
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For inclusion of sub-Saharan Africa in global indices of philanthropy
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
32 months
Description
The number of high net worth individuals in Africa grew by 150 percent between 2000 and 2013, more than double the global rate according to a 2014 Africa Wealth Report. Remittances by African diaspora to their region or country of origin reached $35.2 billion in 2015, over three times the amount of aid given to the continent according to the World Bank. Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis seeks to advance knowledge of how the philanthropic context is changing in the continent by generating knowledge on African philanthropy and remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on African higher education. Corporation support will contribute to expanding an Index of Philanthropic Freedom and an Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances within Africa, and disseminate findings at academic conferences and at an African philanthropy forum.
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For a study on the dynamics of conflict and accommodation in Arab-Iranian relations
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
The relationship between the Arab states and Iran carries significant ramifications for regional and international stability. Its complexity and ongoing evolution merit in-depth examination. A project on Arab-Iranian relations under the auspices of Georgetown University will assess the relative roles of historical, ethnic, sectarian, cultural, and ideological factors in shaping the trajectory of this relations and its potential impact. The case study will also shed light on the broader issue of ethnic and sectarian factors in inter-state relations. The project will result in the publication of a major volume along with several shorter pieces for policy, scholarly, and other journals.
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For the Nuclear Studies Research Initiative
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
48 months
Description
The Nuclear Studies Research Initiative (NSRI) is an interdisciplinary effort to identify, support, and inspire rigorous, accessible, and policy relevant scholarship on nuclear issues. NSRI is a network of emerging and established experts that convenes scholars from various disciplines in order to improve the quality and salience of nuclear scholarship. The initiative will examine core issues in nuclear studies, including deterrence and compellence, inadvertent escalation, and the effects of arms control agreements.
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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
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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
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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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