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

Grantee
Amount
City
Year
  • grantee: The University of Chicago
    amount: $250,000
    city: Chicago, IL
    year: 2024

    To empower the American professoriate to tell the most resonant story about why diversity matters in the academy and, by extension, our society

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Waldo Johnson

    To empower the American professoriate to tell the most resonant story about why diversity matters in the academy and, by extension, our society

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  • grantee: Johns Hopkins University
    amount: $100,000
    city: Baltimore, MD
    year: 2024

    To advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging throughout the academic career ladder in chemistry departments nationwide with a focus on the role of department chairs

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Rigoberto Hernandez

    To advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging throughout the academic career ladder in chemistry departments nationwide with a focus on the role of department chairs

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  • grantee: University of Rochester
    amount: $50,000
    city: Rochester, NY
    year: 2024

    To investigate the historical formation and development of glaciology as a scientific discipline

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator Stewart Weaver

    To investigate the historical formation and development of glaciology as a scientific discipline

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  • grantee: New York University
    amount: $50,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2024

    To organize a listening session forum on the future of training and education for energy system decarbonization

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Amy Jaffe

    To organize a listening session forum on the future of training and education for energy system decarbonization

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  • grantee: Ankita Anirban
    amount: $55,000
    city: London, United Kingdom
    year: 2024

    To support the research and writing of A Black Scientific Renaissance, to be published by Princeton University Press

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Ankita Anirban

    To support the research and writing of A Black Scientific Renaissance, to be published by Princeton University Press

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  • grantee: Stanford University
    amount: $200,000
    city: Stanford, CA
    year: 2024

    To support an invitation-only workshop about harnessing AI to create a comprehensive platform of verified and accessible knowledge on the web

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Special Initiatives
    • Investigator Monica Lam

    To support an invitation-only workshop about harnessing AI to create a comprehensive platform of verified and accessible knowledge on the web

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  • grantee: Code for Science and Society
    amount: $149,969
    city: Portland, OR
    year: 2024

    To build a comprehensive, shared understanding of the current state of the community and business/operations infrastructure for research software

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Better Software for Science
    • Investigator Kaitlin Thaney

    To build a comprehensive, shared understanding of the current state of the community and business/operations infrastructure for research software

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  • grantee: Entertainment Industry Foundation
    amount: $250,000
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2024

    To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and accomplishments of scientist Katy Payne and the history and significance of whale acoustic science

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Film
    • Investigator Grace McNally

    To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and accomplishments of scientist Katy Payne and the history and significance of whale acoustic science

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  • grantee: International Documentary Association
    amount: $250,000
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2024

    To support one in-depth video on YouTube about chimpanzee violence and pilot three YouTube videos and eight short-form videos on TikTok/Instagram Reels based on a Sloan book

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program YouTube and TikTok
    • Investigator Bethany Wearden

    To support one in-depth video on YouTube about chimpanzee violence and pilot three YouTube videos and eight short-form videos on TikTok/Instagram Reels based on a Sloan book

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  • grantee: Vanderbilt University
    amount: $30,000
    city: Nashville, TN
    year: 2024

    To provide mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ early-career economists

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Christopher Carpenter

    To provide mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ early-career economists

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