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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2,961 Grants

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Amount

City

Year

grantee: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

amount: $239,972

city: Berkeley, CA

year: 2020
To increase the number of Black research mathematicians and statisticians by increasing individual faculty research productivity through participation in the MSRI ADJOINT program
- Program Higher Education
- Investigator Helene Barcelo
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To increase the number of Black research mathematicians and statisticians by increasing individual faculty research productivity through participation in the MSRI ADJOINT program
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grantee: The University of Chicago

amount: $22,075

city: Chicago, IL

year: 2020
To support the research and writing of a book that condenses our current understanding of the universe down to 13 graphs, to be published by The University of Chicago Press in 2022
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Christopher Lintott
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To support the research and writing of a book that condenses our current understanding of the universe down to 13 graphs, to be published by The University of Chicago Press in 2022
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grantee: Lauren Aguirre

amount: $34,000

city: Lexington, MA

year: 2020
To support the research and writing of “The Memory Thief: The Secrets Behind How We Remember — A Medical Mystery,” to be published by Pegasus Books in 2021
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Lauren Aguirre
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To support the research and writing of “The Memory Thief: The Secrets Behind How We Remember — A Medical Mystery,” to be published by Pegasus Books in 2021
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grantee: Elizabeth Rush Mueller

amount: $49,542

city: Providence, RI

year: 2020
To support the editing of “The Mother of All Things: On Climate Change, the Stories We Tell, and a Journey to the Edge of Antarctica,” to be published by Milkweed Editions in 2022
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Elizabeth Rush Mueller
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To support the editing of “The Mother of All Things: On Climate Change, the Stories We Tell, and a Journey to the Edge of Antarctica,” to be published by Milkweed Editions in 2022
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grantee: Charles J. Murray

amount: $16,000

city: Park Ridge, IL

year: 2020
To support the research and writing of Oil Buster: The Long, Hard Road to the Lithium-Ion Battery, to be published by Purdue University Press in 2022
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Charles Murray
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To support the research and writing of Oil Buster: The Long, Hard Road to the Lithium-Ion Battery, to be published by Purdue University Press in 2022
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grantee: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

amount: $200,000

city: Cambridge, MA

year: 2020
To connect researchers and policymakers with reliable survey research about the pandemic, by collecting, vetting, and archiving these materials in a searchable online repository
- Program Research
- Initiative Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST)
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Janet Currie
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To connect researchers and policymakers with reliable survey research about the pandemic, by collecting, vetting, and archiving these materials in a searchable online repository
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grantee: National Academy of Sciences

amount: $50,000

city: Washington, DC

year: 2020
To support the COVID-19-related activities of the Societal Experts Action Network, a network of leading social, behavioral, and economics researchers that facilitate rapid responses to actionable questions from decision-makers
- Program Research
- Initiative Behavioral and Regulatory Effects on Decision-making (BRED)
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Monica Feit
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To support the COVID-19-related activities of the Societal Experts Action Network, a network of leading social, behavioral, and economics researchers that facilitate rapid responses to actionable questions from decision-makers
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grantee: University of Colorado, Boulder

amount: $41,762

city: Boulder, CO

year: 2020
To develop guidance for policymakers on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in light of the pandemic
- Program Research
- Initiative Economic Analysis of Science and Technology (EAST)
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Nnenia Campbell
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To develop guidance for policymakers on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in light of the pandemic
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grantee: Texas A&M University

amount: $49,839

city: College Station, TX

year: 2020
To develop and evaluate a scalable mentoring program for diverse scholars early in their careers as economists
- Program Research
- Sub-program Economics
- Investigator Danila Serra
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To develop and evaluate a scalable mentoring program for diverse scholars early in their careers as economists
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grantee: Carnegie Mellon University

amount: $150,000

city: Pittsburgh, PA

year: 2020
To develop a model for archiving and curating the complex, multimodal materials generated in the field of robotics
- Program Technology
- Sub-program Better Software for Science
- Investigator Brian Mathews
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