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 Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    amount: $910,000
    city: Champaign, IL
    year: 2023

    To advance our understanding of the genetic circuit deciding between replication and dormancy in bacteriophage lambda, with the ultimate goal of improving our ability to predict the outcome of viral infection

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Matter-to-Life
    • Investigator Ido Golding

    To advance our understanding of the genetic circuit deciding between replication and dormancy in bacteriophage lambda, with the ultimate goal of improving our ability to predict the outcome of viral infection

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  • grantee: Philanthropy New York
    amount: $28,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham

    To support work on behalf of the nonprofit and charitable community

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  • grantee: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    amount: $5,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To support the Shirley M. Malcom Breakfast for Equity in STEMM at the AAAS Annual Meeting

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Suzanne Thurston

    To support the Shirley M. Malcom Breakfast for Equity in STEMM at the AAAS Annual Meeting

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  • grantee: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    amount: $242,832
    city: Cambridge, United States
    year: 2023

    To prepare research agendas, data resources, and organizational plans for an initiative to improve how transportation infrastructure projects are selected, financed, and procured

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Edward Glaeser

    To prepare research agendas, data resources, and organizational plans for an initiative to improve how transportation infrastructure projects are selected, financed, and procured

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  • grantee: Colorado School of Mines
    amount: $249,461
    city: Golden, United States
    year: 2023

    To understand the potential for, and consequences of, hydropower dead pool conditions in California

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Adrienne Marshall

    To understand the potential for, and consequences of, hydropower dead pool conditions in California

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  • grantee: Jason Bittel
    amount: $55,000
    city: Export, PA
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of Sort of Funny Field Guides: North American Animals, to be published by National Geographic Books in 2023

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Jason Bittel

    To support the research and writing of Sort of Funny Field Guides: North American Animals, to be published by National Geographic Books in 2023

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  • grantee: Clarkson University
    amount: $55,000
    city: Potsdam, United States
    year: 2023

    To support Dr. Simona Liguori in a collaborative research project to explore the development of carbon-negative methanol production, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Simona Liguori

    To support Dr. Simona Liguori in a collaborative research project to explore the development of carbon-negative methanol production, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

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  • grantee: University of Guelph
    amount: $55,000
    city: Guelph, Canada
    year: 2023

    To support Dr. Rafael Santos in a collaborative research project to explore the development of carbon-negative methanol production, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Rafael Santos

    To support Dr. Rafael Santos in a collaborative research project to explore the development of carbon-negative methanol production, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

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  • grantee: Southern Methodist University
    amount: $55,000
    city: Dallas, United States
    year: 2023

    To support Dr. Anindita Das in a collaborative research project to explore the development of carbon-negative methanol production, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Anindita Das

    To support Dr. Anindita Das in a collaborative research project to explore the development of carbon-negative methanol production, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

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  • grantee: The University of Chicago
    amount: $55,000
    city: Chicago, United States
    year: 2023

    To support Dr. Chibueze Amanchukwu in a collaborative research project to explore the development of new approaches for sorbent regeneration in direct air capture systems, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Chibueze Amanchukwu

    To support Dr. Chibueze Amanchukwu in a collaborative research project to explore the development of new approaches for sorbent regeneration in direct air capture systems, resulting from the 2022 Scialog conference on negative emissions science

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