To explore new methods for funding scientific research

To cover expected obligations to be incurred by NACME to provide phase 1 transitional support for the Sloan MPHD program as campus programs compete for new multi-year grants for University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring or Programs of Exemplary Mentoring

To examine how building moisture influences fungal and bacterial ecology in house dust

To provide partial support for a scoping meeting to examine fundamental shifts in life science

To support a landscape survey and workshop on data sharing from research using technological tools to study human behavior in digital environments

To establish a non-profit designed to launch and administer a 2 year fellowship work program re-employing older (50+) senior managers in multiple New York City metro area industries

To examine the need and value of establishing a robust network and communication among university-based STEM Education Centers to contribute to transforming undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics education

To convene a select group of policymakers, think tanks, academic researchers, & press to consider two approaches, suggested by the National Academy of Sciences study, that address the economic challenges of an aging population-working longer & saving more

To combine developing and existing Smithsonian resources in novel ways to investigate, document, and demonstrate a prototypical working model for managing the digital information lifecycle

For production support for Manhattan Theatre Club’s science-comedy The Explorers Club