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: Portland State University Foundation
    amount: $249,863
    city: Portland, OR
    year: 2023

    To develop new and expand existing strategies for supporting Black, Indigenous, and Latine students in STEM graduate programs and to disseminate best practices to other R2 universities

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Tong Zhang

    To develop new and expand existing strategies for supporting Black, Indigenous, and Latine students in STEM graduate programs and to disseminate best practices to other R2 universities

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  • grantee: University of California, Berkeley
    amount: $250,000
    city: Berkeley, CA
    year: 2023

    To conduct empirical research on the effectiveness of transportation and infrastructure investment policies

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Hilary Hoynes

    To conduct empirical research on the effectiveness of transportation and infrastructure investment policies

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  • grantee: Washington State University
    amount: $250,000
    city: Vancouver, WA
    year: 2023

    To explore the future of reading and writing in virtual and augmented reality through community dialog, building software, and developing metadata infrastructure

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology
    • Investigator Rudyne Grigar

    To explore the future of reading and writing in virtual and augmented reality through community dialog, building software, and developing metadata infrastructure

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  • grantee: Aspiration
    amount: $246,234
    city: San Francisco, CA
    year: 2023

    To investigate AI chatbots for accuracy and bias and disseminate the results via videos on YouTube and TikTok, while developing a network of online video practitioners

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Julia Angwin

    To investigate AI chatbots for accuracy and bias and disseminate the results via videos on YouTube and TikTok, while developing a network of online video practitioners

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  • grantee: American Museum of Natural History
    amount: $243,480
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To create additional STEM research mentoring opportunities for NYC high school students

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Maria Strangas

    To create additional STEM research mentoring opportunities for NYC high school students

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  • grantee: University of Pittsburgh
    amount: $249,166
    city: Pittsburgh, PA
    year: 2023

    To build a networked improvement community that serves to enact systemic change with a focus on equitable participation, experiences and outcomes in the physical sciences and engineering

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Amanda Godley

    To build a networked improvement community that serves to enact systemic change with a focus on equitable participation, experiences and outcomes in the physical sciences and engineering

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  • grantee: Ohio State University
    amount: $250,000
    city: Columbus, OH
    year: 2023

    To create a successful systemic change model for recruiting, enrolling, and retaining students in STEM graduate programs, closing equity gaps in retention and graduation

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Mary Stromberger

    To create a successful systemic change model for recruiting, enrolling, and retaining students in STEM graduate programs, closing equity gaps in retention and graduation

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  • grantee: Purdue University
    amount: $248,205
    city: West Lafayette, IN
    year: 2023

    To create a systemic change plan tailored to eight STEM departments across Purdue, facilitate community-building and program development across colleges, and engage in external learning opportunities

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Peristera Paschou

    To create a systemic change plan tailored to eight STEM departments across Purdue, facilitate community-building and program development across colleges, and engage in external learning opportunities

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  • grantee: Georgetown University
    amount: $249,333
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To develop and share scalable methods for identifying, classifying, and analyzing evidence about emerging technologies

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Dewey Murdick

    To develop and share scalable methods for identifying, classifying, and analyzing evidence about emerging technologies

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  • grantee: University of California, San Diego
    amount: $244,965
    city: La Jolla, CA
    year: 2023

    To conduct experiments exploring the role of frictions and mental gaps in explaining non-optimal behaviors

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Emanuel Vespa

    To conduct experiments exploring the role of frictions and mental gaps in explaining non-optimal behaviors

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