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: Foundation for Earth Science
    amount: $20,000
    city: Raleigh, NC
    year: 2014

    To partially support a workshop on software citation

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Scholarly Communication
    • Investigator Erin Robinson

    To partially support a workshop on software citation

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  • grantee: NumFOCUS
    amount: $10,000
    city: Austin, TX
    year: 2014

    To partially support a summit of grassroots organizations that foster diversity in the technology sector

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Data & Computational Research
    • Investigator Gregory Wilson

    To partially support a summit of grassroots organizations that foster diversity in the technology sector

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  • grantee: David Baron
    amount: $50,000
    city: Boulder, CO
    year: 2014

    To support the research and writing of a book on the 1878 solar eclipse and how it helped create a culture of science in America

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator David Baron

    To support the research and writing of a book on the 1878 solar eclipse and how it helped create a culture of science in America

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  • grantee: Maura R. O'Connor
    amount: $13,000
    city: Brooklyn, NY
    year: 2014

    To support a book on the science and ethics of conservation biology with a focus on extinction and de-extinction

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Maura O'Connor

    To support a book on the science and ethics of conservation biology with a focus on extinction and de-extinction

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  • grantee: Kevin Davis
    amount: $10,250
    city: Chicago, IL
    year: 2014

    For the research and writing of a book on the intersection of criminal law and neuroscience for a general audience

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Kevin Davis

    For the research and writing of a book on the intersection of criminal law and neuroscience for a general audience

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  • grantee: Margot Lee Shetterly
    amount: $50,000
    city: Hampton, VA
    year: 2014

    To support the research and writing of a book on the female African American mathematicians who worked at NASA over six decades

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Margot Shetterly

    To support the research and writing of a book on the female African American mathematicians who worked at NASA over six decades

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  • grantee: Julie Wosk
    amount: $4,525
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2014

    To support enhanced illustrations in a print and electronic book about how our changing representation of artificial women reflect both changing technologies and our changing attitudes toward women

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Julie Wosk

    To support enhanced illustrations in a print and electronic book about how our changing representation of artificial women reflect both changing technologies and our changing attitudes toward women

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  • grantee: National Academy of Sciences
    amount: $50,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2014

    To provide partial support for a consensus study to evaluate the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Program

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Paul Beaton

    To provide partial support for a consensus study to evaluate the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Program

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  • grantee: The Phillips Collection
    amount: $75,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2014

    To support an exhibition, public programs, and a book about the mathematical significance of the artist Man Ray's work

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Wendy Grossman

    To support an exhibition, public programs, and a book about the mathematical significance of the artist Man Ray's work

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  • grantee: Northwestern University
    amount: $15,000
    city: Evanston, IL
    year: 2014

    To partially support the 2015 Computational Sociology Summit

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Data & Computational Research
    • Investigator Brian Uzzi

    To partially support the 2015 Computational Sociology Summit

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