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.

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3,046 Grants

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Amount

City

Year

grantee: Roberta Kwok

amount: $49,530

city: Kirkland, United States

year: 2023
To support the research and writing of MINUTIAE: The Tiny Details That Scientists Pursue to Illuminate Big Questions to be published by Sourcebooks in 2025
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Roberta Kwok
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To support the research and writing of MINUTIAE: The Tiny Details That Scientists Pursue to Illuminate Big Questions to be published by Sourcebooks in 2025
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grantee: Lauren Elizabeth Oakes

amount: $27,900

city: Bozeman, United States

year: 2023
To support the research and writing of TREEKEEPERS, to be published by Basic Books in 2024
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Lauren Elizabeth Oakes
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To support the research and writing of TREEKEEPERS, to be published by Basic Books in 2024
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grantee: University of California, Santa Cruz

amount: $49,998

city: Santa Cruz, United States

year: 2023
To perform experiments that explore whether chiral molecules interacting with polarized radiation constitutes a plausible mechanism for the emergence of biological homochirality
- Program Research
- Sub-program Matter-to-Life
- Investigator Noemie Globus
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To perform experiments that explore whether chiral molecules interacting with polarized radiation constitutes a plausible mechanism for the emergence of biological homochirality
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grantee: Colorado State University

amount: $50,000

city: Fort Collins, CO

year: 2023
To further refine, implement, and disseminate the Boyer 2030 Commission Report, The Equity/Excellence Imperative: A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities, via a national symposium and edited volume
- Program Higher Education
- Investigator Steven Dandaneau
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To further refine, implement, and disseminate the Boyer 2030 Commission Report, The Equity/Excellence Imperative: A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities, via a national symposium and edited volume
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grantee: The University of Texas, Austin

amount: $50,000

city: Austin, TX

year: 2023
To produce 6 full-length episodes of Power Trip: The Story of Energy, a documentary series about the impact of energy
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Television
- Investigator Michael Webber
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To produce 6 full-length episodes of Power Trip: The Story of Energy, a documentary series about the impact of energy
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grantee: The University of Chicago

amount: $213,506

city: Chicago, United States

year: 2023
To study how decisions about science funding can be more efficient and equitable
- Program Research
- Initiative Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST)
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator John List
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To study how decisions about science funding can be more efficient and equitable
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grantee: Social Science Research Council

amount: $249,797

city: New York, United States

year: 2023
To evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to reduce the consumption of misinformation online
- Program Research
- Initiative Behavioral and Regulatory Effects on Decision-making (BRED)
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Anna Harvey
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To evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to reduce the consumption of misinformation online
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grantee: Florida State University Research Foundation

amount: $249,978

city: Tallahassee,, United States

year: 2022
To study curricular terminology in Computer Science departments with a focus on minority-serving institutions, and its alignment with computing-related job opportunities
- Program Technology
- Sub-program Open Source in Science
- Investigator Annie Wofford
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To study curricular terminology in Computer Science departments with a focus on minority-serving institutions, and its alignment with computing-related job opportunities
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grantee: University of Texas, San Antonio

amount: $75,024

city: San Antonio, TX

year: 2022
To formalize a partnership between four MSIs and the US Fish and Wildlife Service focused on advancing equity in conservation and natural resources educational programs and professions
- Program Higher Education
- Investigator Ambika Mathur
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To formalize a partnership between four MSIs and the US Fish and Wildlife Service focused on advancing equity in conservation and natural resources educational programs and professions
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grantee: Virginia State University

amount: $75,000

city: Petersburg, VA

year: 2022
To facilitate a partnership between Virginia State University and Virginia Tech that can serve as a model for equitable, holistic HBCU-PWI partnerships
- Program Higher Education
- Investigator Pamela Leigh-Mack
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To facilitate a partnership between Virginia State University and Virginia Tech that can serve as a model for equitable, holistic HBCU-PWI partnerships
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