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: University of Washington
    amount: $170,000
    city: Seattle, WA
    year: 2023

    To support historical research on how knowledge communities in engineering coordinated around the problem of reliable numerical computing

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator Charlotte Lee

    To support historical research on how knowledge communities in engineering coordinated around the problem of reliable numerical computing

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  • grantee: Yale University
    amount: $49,530
    city: New Haven, CT
    year: 2023

    To support historical research on the use of physical simulations of weather and seismic events in various US-based industries since the early 20th century

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator William Rankin

    To support historical research on the use of physical simulations of weather and seismic events in various US-based industries since the early 20th century

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  • grantee: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    amount: $250,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To support the AAAS STEMM Opportunity Alliance, a national initiative to create an equitable and excellent STEMM ecosystem by 2050

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Michael Feder

    To support the AAAS STEMM Opportunity Alliance, a national initiative to create an equitable and excellent STEMM ecosystem by 2050

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  • grantee: University of Pennsylvania
    amount: $75,000
    city: Philadelphia, PA
    year: 2023

    To study the history of chimpanzees as scientific commodities in the 20th century United States

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator M. Susan Lindee

    To study the history of chimpanzees as scientific commodities in the 20th century United States

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  • grantee: University of Delaware
    amount: $69,205
    city: Newark, DE
    year: 2023

    To support research on the economic and social histories of ubiquitous but poorly-documented tools central to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator Julie Klinger

    To support research on the economic and social histories of ubiquitous but poorly-documented tools central to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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  • grantee: Institute for Progress
    amount: $248,730
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To create a platform for engagement between US federal agencies and the science of science research community

    • Program Research
    • Initiative Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST)
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Caleb Watney

    To create a platform for engagement between US federal agencies and the science of science research community

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  • grantee: The Graduate Center of The City University of New York
    amount: $20,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To support a regional Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics in January 2024

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Joshua Brumberg

    To support a regional Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics in January 2024

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  • grantee: New Venture Fund
    amount: $50,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To stimulate open scholarship adoption in networks that have traditionally faced barriers to participation

    • Program Research
    • Initiative Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST)
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Heather Joseph

    To stimulate open scholarship adoption in networks that have traditionally faced barriers to participation

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  • grantee: University of California, Los Angeles
    amount: $100,000
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2023

    To build synthetic RNA condensates that isothermally self-assemble during transcription and which encapsulate an artificial genome for localized reactions, feedback regulation, and communication

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Matter-to-Life
    • Investigator Jaimie Stewart

    To build synthetic RNA condensates that isothermally self-assemble during transcription and which encapsulate an artificial genome for localized reactions, feedback regulation, and communication

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  • grantee: The New York Academy of Medicine
    amount: $47,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To produce a 45-minute performance of the opera “Semmelweis” with accompanying lectures, moderated discussions, and outreach

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Elana Kieffer

    To produce a 45-minute performance of the opera “Semmelweis” with accompanying lectures, moderated discussions, and outreach

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