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: Council on Library and Information Resources
    amount: $33,500
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2020

    To support the extension of data and software curation postdoctoral fellowships, in order to develop emerging leaders in the field and build capacity within academic libraries

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Better Software for Science
    • Investigator Charles Henry

    To support the extension of data and software curation postdoctoral fellowships, in order to develop emerging leaders in the field and build capacity within academic libraries

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  • grantee: Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG)
    amount: $5,000
    city: Chicago, IL
    year: 2020

    To support 2020 Membership Dues for this affinity group of the Council on Foundations

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Chantal Forster

    To support 2020 Membership Dues for this affinity group of the Council on Foundations

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  • grantee: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
    amount: $43,606
    city: Berlin, Germany
    year: 2020

    To support the translation of mathematician Kurt Goedel’s philosophical notebooks, published by De Gruyter in thirteen volumes

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Eva-Maria Engelen

    To support the translation of mathematician Kurt Goedel’s philosophical notebooks, published by De Gruyter in thirteen volumes

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  • grantee: Robert Buderi
    amount: $50,000
    city: Cambridge, MA
    year: 2020

    To support the research and writing of “Kendall: The Making of the World’s Greatest Innovation Hub,” published by MIT press by spring 2021

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Robert Buderi

    To support the research and writing of “Kendall: The Making of the World’s Greatest Innovation Hub,” published by MIT press by spring 2021

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  • grantee: The University of Texas, Austin
    amount: $25,000
    city: Austin, TX
    year: 2020

    To support the creation and distribution of a 30-minute supercut and series of short videos for the documentary series “Power Trip: The Story of Energy”

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Television
    • Investigator Michael Webber

    To support the creation and distribution of a 30-minute supercut and series of short videos for the documentary series “Power Trip: The Story of Energy”

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  • grantee: University of California, Santa Barbara
    amount: $173,170
    city: Santa Barbara, CA
    year: 2020

    To examine the implications of renewable energy transition policies in the United States on labor market outcomes

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Olivier Deschenes

    To examine the implications of renewable energy transition policies in the United States on labor market outcomes

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  • grantee: Oregon State University
    amount: $124,688
    city: Corvallis, OR
    year: 2020

    To better understand the factors and processes that facilitate or impede community adoption of microgrids

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Hilary Boudet

    To better understand the factors and processes that facilitate or impede community adoption of microgrids

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  • grantee: New York University
    amount: $203,010
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2020

    For a landscape analysis, including meeting with police and public interest groups, to establish a certification body for surveillance technologies used by law enforcement agencies

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program New Media
    • Investigator Barry Friedman

    For a landscape analysis, including meeting with police and public interest groups, to establish a certification body for surveillance technologies used by law enforcement agencies

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  • grantee: College of William and Mary
    amount: $69,478
    city: Williamsburg, VA
    year: 2020

    To continue to develop and deploy the indoor surface extractor

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Chemistry of Indoor Environments
    • Investigator Rachel O'Brien

    To continue to develop and deploy the indoor surface extractor

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  • grantee: University of British Columbia
    amount: $25,000
    city: Vancouver, BC
    year: 2020

    To examine reactions, lifetimes and transformation products of key gas-phase molecules emitted by humans and their activities

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Chemistry of Indoor Environments
    • Investigator Nadine Borduas-Dedekind

    To examine reactions, lifetimes and transformation products of key gas-phase molecules emitted by humans and their activities

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