Grants Database

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.

Grants Database

3,474 Grants
Grantee
Amount
City
Year
  • grantee: University of Pittsburgh
    amount: $49,298
    city: Pittsburgh, PA
    year: 2026

    To complete a research project prioritized by public reviewers because it creates new data on how federal policies have affected housing accessibility

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Omer Ali

    To complete a research project prioritized by public reviewers because it creates new data on how federal policies have affected housing accessibility

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  • grantee: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    amount: $563,461
    city: Chapel Hill, NC
    year: 2026

    To perform phylogenetic analyses, experiments, and modeling aimed at understanding the origin of the genetic code that underlies all known life

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Matter-to-Life
    • Investigator Charles Carter

    To perform phylogenetic analyses, experiments, and modeling aimed at understanding the origin of the genetic code that underlies all known life

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  • grantee: University of North Dakota
    amount: $125,000
    city: Grand Forks, ND
    year: 2026

    To support the prototyping of a domain-specific AI copilot for process engineering scale-up research

    • Program Technology
    • Initiative AI in Science
    • Sub-program Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology
    • Investigator Nagababu Andraju

    To support the prototyping of a domain-specific AI copilot for process engineering scale-up research

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  • grantee: Boulder Housing Coalition
    amount: $100,000
    city: Boulder, CO
    year: 2026

    To support the preservation and continuity of critical open energy data platforms and resources

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Lincoln Miller

    To support the preservation and continuity of critical open energy data platforms and resources

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  • grantee: Princeton University
    amount: $249,982
    city: Princeton, NJ
    year: 2026

    To pilot a multi-institution summer fellowship opportunity providing undergraduate and graduate students with experience working in an academic research software engineering group

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Open Source in Science
    • Investigator Ian Cosden

    To pilot a multi-institution summer fellowship opportunity providing undergraduate and graduate students with experience working in an academic research software engineering group

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  • grantee: Independent Media Initiative
    amount: $249,700
    city: Austin, TX
    year: 2026

    To support 50x50: Science Across America, a national media initiative that will pair YouTube creators and scientists across all 50 states

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program YouTube and TikTok
    • Investigator Stuart Sevier

    To support 50x50: Science Across America, a national media initiative that will pair YouTube creators and scientists across all 50 states

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  • grantee: California Institute of Technology
    amount: $1,200,000
    city: Pasadena, CA
    year: 2026

    To develop heat-powered DNA nanotechnology as an algorithmic substrate for programming molecular self-replication and for observing evolutionary dynamics

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Matter-to-Life
    • Investigator Erik Winfree

    To develop heat-powered DNA nanotechnology as an algorithmic substrate for programming molecular self-replication and for observing evolutionary dynamics

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  • grantee: Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
    amount: $678,700
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2026

    To develop comprehensive, timely, and practical assessments of the data supply chains that produce U.S. economic indicators, including how these compare with official statistical systems in other countries

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Jed Kolko

    To develop comprehensive, timely, and practical assessments of the data supply chains that produce U.S. economic indicators, including how these compare with official statistical systems in other countries

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  • grantee: Renaissance Philanthropy Fund
    amount: $1,053,555
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2026

    To transform formal mathematics by converting symbolic and numerical calculations into evidence that is rigorously machine-verifiable

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Johan Commelin

    To transform formal mathematics by converting symbolic and numerical calculations into evidence that is rigorously machine-verifiable

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  • grantee: Resources for the Future, Inc.
    amount: $350,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2026

    To organize a two-day interdisciplinary energy and environment summit, Energy Insights 2026, that highlights the connection between energy research and decision-making

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Kristin Hayes

    To organize a two-day interdisciplinary energy and environment summit, Energy Insights 2026, that highlights the connection between energy research and decision-making

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