Grants Database

The Foundation awards approximately 200 grants per year (excluding the Sloan Research Fellowships), totaling roughly $80 million dollars in annual commitments in support of research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. This database contains grants for currently operating programs going back to 2008. For grants from prior years and for now-completed programs, see the annual reports section of this website.

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3,474 Grants

Grantee

Amount

City

Year

grantee: Stanford University

amount: $10,500

city: Stanford, CA

year: 2014
To support the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center to provide stipends to junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows to attend the 2014 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) Conference in Washington, DC
- Program Research
- Sub-program Energy and Environment
- Investigator James Sweeney
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To support the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center to provide stipends to junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows to attend the 2014 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) Conference in Washington, DC
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grantee: Columbia University

amount: $50,000

city: New York, NY

year: 2014
To continue support for the Center on Global Energy Policy’s external speaker series to inform public debate about critical energy issues
- Program Research
- Sub-program Energy and Environment
- Investigator Jason Bordoff
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To continue support for the Center on Global Energy Policy’s external speaker series to inform public debate about critical energy issues
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grantee: Social Science Research Council

amount: $125,000

city: New York, NY

year: 2014
To develop plans for a MPHD Alumni Mentoring Network and pilot a limited number of activities and professional development opportunities for graduates of the Minority Ph.D. (MPHD) Program with an initial focus on those who have positions in higher education
- Program Higher Education
- Initiative Professional Advancement of Underrepresented Groups
- Investigator Mary McDonnell
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To develop plans for a MPHD Alumni Mentoring Network and pilot a limited number of activities and professional development opportunities for graduates of the Minority Ph.D. (MPHD) Program with an initial focus on those who have positions in higher education
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grantee: Texas A&M University

amount: $10,000

city: College Station, TX

year: 2014
To plan workshops on implementing, evaluating, and disseminating techniques for active and inquiry-based mathematics learning in higher education
- Program Higher Education
- Investigator Ronald Douglas
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To plan workshops on implementing, evaluating, and disseminating techniques for active and inquiry-based mathematics learning in higher education
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grantee: University of Texas, Austin

amount: $75,000

city: Austin, TX

year: 2014
To advance use of existing scientific collections for Deep Carbon Observatory projects and curation of samples
- Program Research
- Sub-program Deep Carbon Observatory
- Investigator Beverly DeJarnett
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To advance use of existing scientific collections for Deep Carbon Observatory projects and curation of samples
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grantee: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

amount: $93,150

city: Cambridge, MA

year: 2014
To study productivity in higher education through the analysis of institutions and markets
- Program Research
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Caroline Hoxby
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To study productivity in higher education through the analysis of institutions and markets
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grantee: GuideStar USA, Inc.

amount: $7,500

city: Williamsburg, VA

year: 2014
To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community
- Program
- Investigator James Lum
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To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community
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grantee: University of California, Berkeley

amount: $124,992

city: Berkeley, CA

year: 2014
To apply behavioral insights to labor economics, particularly through the design of unemployment insurance schemes
- Program Research
- Initiative Behavioral Economics and Household Finance (BEHF)
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Stefano DellaVigna
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To apply behavioral insights to labor economics, particularly through the design of unemployment insurance schemes
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grantee: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

amount: $100,000

city: Berkeley, CA

year: 2014
To support a national festival that increases the appreciation of mathematics and mathematical research
- Program Research
- Investigator David Eisenbud
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To support a national festival that increases the appreciation of mathematics and mathematical research
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grantee: Business-Higher Education Forum

amount: $20,000

city: Washington, DC

year: 2014
To develop the goals, organizational structure, membership, and activities for a New York City Data Science Task Force focused on understanding the regional workforce requirements in data science, and creating or expanding undergraduate educational and research opportunities aligned to these requirements
- Program Higher Education
- Investigator Isabel Cardenas-Navia
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To develop the goals, organizational structure, membership, and activities for a New York City Data Science Task Force focused on understanding the regional workforce requirements in data science, and creating or expanding undergraduate educational and research opportunities aligned to these requirements
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