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: GuideStar USA, Inc.
    amount: $7,500
    city: Williamsburg, VA
    year: 2014

    To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community

    • Program
    • Investigator James Lum

    To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community

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  • grantee: University of California, Berkeley
    amount: $124,992
    city: Berkeley, CA
    year: 2014

    To apply behavioral insights to labor economics, particularly through the design of unemployment insurance schemes

    • Program Research
    • Initiative Behavioral Economics and Household Finance (BEHF)
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Stefano DellaVigna

    To apply behavioral insights to labor economics, particularly through the design of unemployment insurance schemes

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  • grantee: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
    amount: $100,000
    city: Berkeley, CA
    year: 2014

    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: Business-Higher Education Forum
    amount: $20,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2014

    To develop the goals, organizational structure, membership, and activities for a New York City Data Science Task Force focused on understanding the regional workforce requirements in data science, and creating or expanding undergraduate educational and research opportunities aligned to these requirements

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Isabel Cardenas-Navia

    To develop the goals, organizational structure, membership, and activities for a New York City Data Science Task Force focused on understanding the regional workforce requirements in data science, and creating or expanding undergraduate educational and research opportunities aligned to these requirements

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  • grantee: Princeton University
    amount: $115,000
    city: Princeton, NJ
    year: 2014

    To connect and train graduate students from around the world who are beginning dissertation research on macro-financial models

    • Program Research
    • Initiative Economic Implications of the Great Recession (EIGR)
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Markus Brunnermeier

    To connect and train graduate students from around the world who are beginning dissertation research on macro-financial models

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  • grantee: University of Minnesota Foundation
    amount: $55,000
    city: Minneapolis, MN
    year: 2014

    To organize a conference by the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute to develop the next generation of economic models of climate change

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Varadarajan Chari

    To organize a conference by the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute to develop the next generation of economic models of climate change

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  • grantee: New York University
    amount: $12,500
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2014

    To organize a roundtable workshop by the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law at NYU School of Law to fill a knowledge gap in the United States as to the design, implementation and performance of the United Kingdom’s innovative approach to electricity regulation

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

    To organize a roundtable workshop by the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law at NYU School of Law to fill a knowledge gap in the United States as to the design, implementation and performance of the United Kingdom’s innovative approach to electricity regulation

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  • grantee: Library Foundation of Los Angeles
    amount: $20,000
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2014

    To support a science essay, panels with scientists, and other programs exploring the scientific underpinnings of Homer's The Odyssey, part of a month-long series of programs, lectures, and events using libraries to bring the two cultures of science and the arts together around great works of literature

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Kenneth Brecher

    To support a science essay, panels with scientists, and other programs exploring the scientific underpinnings of Homer's The Odyssey, part of a month-long series of programs, lectures, and events using libraries to bring the two cultures of science and the arts together around great works of literature

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  • grantee: University of Texas, Austin
    amount: $124,949
    city: Austin, TX
    year: 2014

    To better understand the historical development of IT education in the United States and its role in creating a diverse workforce

    • Program Higher Education
    • Initiative Professional Advancement of Underrepresented Groups
    • Investigator William Aspray

    To better understand the historical development of IT education in the United States and its role in creating a diverse workforce

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  • grantee: New York University
    amount: $125,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2014

    To provide renewed support for a cyber security lecture series in New York City

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Robert Ubell

    To provide renewed support for a cyber security lecture series in New York City

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