Grants Database

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

3,419 Grants
Grantee
Amount
City
Year
  • grantee: Stanford University
    amount: $200,000
    city: Stanford, CA
    year: 2024

    To support an invitation-only workshop about harnessing AI to create a comprehensive platform of verified and accessible knowledge on the web

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Special Initiatives
    • Investigator Monica Lam

    To support an invitation-only workshop about harnessing AI to create a comprehensive platform of verified and accessible knowledge on the web

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  • grantee: Code for Science and Society
    amount: $149,969
    city: Portland, OR
    year: 2024

    To build a comprehensive, shared understanding of the current state of the community and business/operations infrastructure for research software

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Better Software for Science
    • Investigator Kaitlin Thaney

    To build a comprehensive, shared understanding of the current state of the community and business/operations infrastructure for research software

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  • grantee: Entertainment Industry Foundation
    amount: $250,000
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2024

    To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and accomplishments of scientist Katy Payne and the history and significance of whale acoustic science

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Film
    • Investigator Grace McNally

    To support the production of a feature length documentary about the life and accomplishments of scientist Katy Payne and the history and significance of whale acoustic science

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  • grantee: International Documentary Association
    amount: $250,000
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2024

    To support one in-depth video on YouTube about chimpanzee violence and pilot three YouTube videos and eight short-form videos on TikTok/Instagram Reels based on a Sloan book

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program YouTube and TikTok
    • Investigator Bethany Wearden

    To support one in-depth video on YouTube about chimpanzee violence and pilot three YouTube videos and eight short-form videos on TikTok/Instagram Reels based on a Sloan book

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  • grantee: Vanderbilt University
    amount: $30,000
    city: Nashville, TN
    year: 2024

    To provide mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ early-career economists

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Christopher Carpenter

    To provide mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ early-career economists

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  • grantee: The Aspen Institute
    amount: $25,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2024

    To partially support a meeting to explore the second-order effects of artificial intelligence technologies

    • Program Technology
    • Initiative Trust in AI
    • Sub-program Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology
    • Investigator Vivian Schiller

    To partially support a meeting to explore the second-order effects of artificial intelligence technologies

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  • grantee: Carnegie Institution of Washington
    amount: $30,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2024

    To support the 2024 Workshop on Information, Selection, and Evolution

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Matter-to-Life
    • Investigator Robert Hazen

    To support the 2024 Workshop on Information, Selection, and Evolution

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  • grantee: National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc.
    amount: $160,000
    city: Atlanta, GA
    year: 2024

    To support two annual two-day conferences for journalists from media outlets reaching underserved populations and increase their access to reliable health information from the CDC

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Special Initiatives
    • Investigator Solange Han-Barthelemy

    To support two annual two-day conferences for journalists from media outlets reaching underserved populations and increase their access to reliable health information from the CDC

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  • grantee: University of Pittsburgh
    amount: $246,838
    city: Pittsburgh, PA
    year: 2024

    To generate novel and practical insights for educational leaders on the potential and structures for faculty cluster hiring toward racial equity in STEM and beyond

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Heather McCambly

    To generate novel and practical insights for educational leaders on the potential and structures for faculty cluster hiring toward racial equity in STEM and beyond

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  • grantee: Brown University
    amount: $20,000
    city: Providence, RI
    year: 2024

    To support the 2024 Blackwell-Tapia Conference which seeks to promote racial and ethnic diversity in the mathematical sciences

    • Program Higher Education
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Brendan Hassett

    To support the 2024 Blackwell-Tapia Conference which seeks to promote racial and ethnic diversity in the mathematical sciences

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