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 Minnesota
    amount: $249,999
    city: Minneapolis, MN
    year: 2023

    To investigate barriers and opportunities for the uptake of low-carbon concrete options in the United States

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Nichola Lowe

    To investigate barriers and opportunities for the uptake of low-carbon concrete options in the United States

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  • grantee: West Virginia University Foundation
    amount: $143,951
    city: Morgantown, WV
    year: 2023

    To organize a conference on best practices for community engagement for just energy transitions

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Ann Eisenberg

    To organize a conference on best practices for community engagement for just energy transitions

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  • grantee: Duke University
    amount: $112,570
    city: Durham, NC
    year: 2023

    To study the history of federal investment in scientific training and doctoral programs since World War II

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator Daniel Gross

    To study the history of federal investment in scientific training and doctoral programs since World War II

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  • grantee: Indiana University
    amount: $168,421
    city: Bloomington, IN
    year: 2023

    To study the history of the interdisciplinary field of Commons research and associated communities, networks, and organizations

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator Inna Kouper

    To study the history of the interdisciplinary field of Commons research and associated communities, networks, and organizations

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  • grantee: Johns Hopkins University
    amount: $136,883
    city: Baltimore, MD
    year: 2023

    To study the history of science philanthropy and its role in the development of the United States research, development, and innovation system

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator Eric Abrahamson

    To study the history of science philanthropy and its role in the development of the United States research, development, and innovation system

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  • grantee: Purdue University
    amount: $101,651
    city: West Lafayette, IN
    year: 2023

    To study the history of early efforts ay DARPA and NIST to make science visible and measurable

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program History of Science and Technology
    • Investigator David Peterson

    To study the history of early efforts ay DARPA and NIST to make science visible and measurable

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  • grantee: Simon Fraser University
    amount: $41,500
    city: Burnaby, Canada
    year: 2023

    To support a series of workshops which explore design for virtual social interaction based on metaphors from historical literature

    • Program Technology
    • Initiative Virtual Collaboration initiative
    • Sub-program Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology
    • Investigator Carman Neustaedter

    To support a series of workshops which explore design for virtual social interaction based on metaphors from historical literature

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  • grantee: Howard University
    amount: $249,947
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To develop and implement a pilot program to advance open-source skills in faculty research and student training at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Better Software for Science
    • Investigator Nathan Alexander

    To develop and implement a pilot program to advance open-source skills in faculty research and student training at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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  • grantee: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    amount: $200,000
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2023

    To update the AAAS Diversity and the Law resources in light of a changing legal landscape

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Travis York

    To update the AAAS Diversity and the Law resources in light of a changing legal landscape

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  • grantee: Ellen Prager
    amount: $47,500
    city: Annapolis, MD
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of Combating Ocean and Atmosphere Misinformation and Misunderstandings, to be published by Columbia University Press in 2024

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Ellen Prager

    To support the research and writing of Combating Ocean and Atmosphere Misinformation and Misunderstandings, to be published by Columbia University Press in 2024

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