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 California, San Francisco
    amount: $101,858
    city: San Francisco, CA
    year: 2016

    To partially fund the planning and piloting of a preprint service for the life sciences

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Scholarly Communication
    • Investigator Ronald Vale

    To partially fund the planning and piloting of a preprint service for the life sciences

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  • grantee: Abt Associates
    amount: $124,966
    city: Cambridge, MA
    year: 2016

    To complete planning and pilot baseline data collection for an evaluation of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment grants

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Data & Computational Research
    • Investigator Joseph Taylor

    To complete planning and pilot baseline data collection for an evaluation of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment grants

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  • grantee: Genetics Society of America
    amount: $10,000
    city: Bethesda, MD
    year: 2016

    To provide partial travel awards to 20 URM doctoral students in genetics to participate in The Allied Genetics Conference, July 13-17 in Orlando, FL

    • Program Higher Education
    • Initiative Professional Advancement of Underrepresented Groups
    • Investigator Elizabeth Ruedi

    To provide partial travel awards to 20 URM doctoral students in genetics to participate in The Allied Genetics Conference, July 13-17 in Orlando, FL

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  • grantee: Resources for the Future, Inc.
    amount: $124,188
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2016

    To research and estimate the macroeconomic and wealth transfer effects of unanticipated oil supply disruptions

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Richard Morgenstern

    To research and estimate the macroeconomic and wealth transfer effects of unanticipated oil supply disruptions

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  • grantee: Resources for the Future, Inc.
    amount: $100,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2016

    To support dissemination of RFF research to policymakers and the public through the Sharp Policy Engagement Fund

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Richard Newell

    To support dissemination of RFF research to policymakers and the public through the Sharp Policy Engagement Fund

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  • grantee: University of California, Berkeley
    amount: $99,922
    city: Berkeley, CA
    year: 2016

    To advance research on the economics of energy efficiency by managing a Request for Proposals solicitation, auditing the implementation of energy efficiency programs, and facilitating connections between researchers

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Catherine Wolfram

    To advance research on the economics of energy efficiency by managing a Request for Proposals solicitation, auditing the implementation of energy efficiency programs, and facilitating connections between researchers

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  • grantee: Wikimedia Foundation
    amount: $20,000
    city: San Francisco, CA
    year: 2016

    To help support a meeting on the citation of academic research in Wikipedia

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Scholarly Communication
    • Investigator Dario Taraborelli

    To help support a meeting on the citation of academic research in Wikipedia

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  • grantee: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
    amount: $124,982
    city: Berkeley, CA
    year: 2016

    To support a national festival that increases the appreciation of mathematics and mathematical research

    • Program Research
    • Investigator David Eisenbud

    To support a national festival that increases the appreciation of mathematics and mathematical research

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  • grantee: Technology Affinity Group
    amount: $5,000
    city: Wayne, PA
    year: 2016

    For 2016 Membership Dues

    • Program
    • Investigator Lisa Pool

    For 2016 Membership Dues

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  • grantee: University of Washington
    amount: $124,370
    city: Seattle, WA
    year: 2016

    To develop up-to-date pricing and quality metrics that enable researchers to better compare Open Access journals to other Open Access and non-Open Access journals

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Scholarly Communication
    • Investigator Jevin West

    To develop up-to-date pricing and quality metrics that enable researchers to better compare Open Access journals to other Open Access and non-Open Access journals

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