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: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
    amount: $22,350
    city: Waterloo, Canada, Canada
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of How to Build a Universe, to be published by Scribner Books

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Katherine Mack

    To support the research and writing of How to Build a Universe, to be published by Scribner Books

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  • grantee: Mallary Tenore Tarpley
    amount: $50,000
    city: Pflugerville, TX
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of SLIP: Sickness, Recovery & the Space in Between to be published by Simon & Schuster

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Mallary Tenore Tarpley

    To support the research and writing of SLIP: Sickness, Recovery & the Space in Between to be published by Simon & Schuster

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  • grantee: Paige Madison
    amount: $46,701
    city: Bozeman, MT
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of Strange Creatures Beyond Count: How Fossil Hobbits Helped Show Us Who We Are, to be published by Scribner Books

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Paige Madison

    To support the research and writing of Strange Creatures Beyond Count: How Fossil Hobbits Helped Show Us Who We Are, to be published by Scribner Books

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  • grantee: Alec Nevala-Lee
    amount: $40,000
    city: Oak Park, IL
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of The Man Who Solved Problems: The Life and Genius of Luis W. Alvarez to be published by W.W. Norton

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Alec Nevala-Lee

    To support the research and writing of The Man Who Solved Problems: The Life and Genius of Luis W. Alvarez to be published by W.W. Norton

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  • grantee: Samantha Culp
    amount: $32,500
    city: West Hollywood, CA
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of What Was the Future? to be published by Crown Publishing

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Samantha Culp

    To support the research and writing of What Was the Future? to be published by Crown Publishing

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  • grantee: Cornell University
    amount: $250,000
    city: Ithaca, NY
    year: 2023

    To pair local academics with New York government agencies in order to conduct applied research on urban technology pilots

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Michael Samuelian

    To pair local academics with New York government agencies in order to conduct applied research on urban technology pilots

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  • grantee: Berkeley Lab Foundation
    amount: $245,000
    city: Oakland, CA
    year: 2023

    To continue studying the production and user experience of scientific software to develop a design system for scientific software user interfaces

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Better Software for Science
    • Investigator Lavanya Ramakrishnan

    To continue studying the production and user experience of scientific software to develop a design system for scientific software user interfaces

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  • grantee: Boston University
    amount: $165,097
    city: Boston, MA
    year: 2023

    To study the causes and consequences of unequal investment in intangible capital across U.S. firms

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator James Bessen

    To study the causes and consequences of unequal investment in intangible capital across U.S. firms

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  • grantee: University of Hawai'i Foundation
    amount: $50,000
    city: Manoa, HI
    year: 2023

    To support University of Hawai'i Maui College STEM students directly impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfires

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Kaheleonolani Dukelow

    To support University of Hawai'i Maui College STEM students directly impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfires

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  • grantee: Garrison Institute
    amount: $10,000
    city: Garrison, NY
    year: 2023

    To support the involvement of perspectives from the scientific community in a public forum gathering leaders and practitioners in contemplative-based social change

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Special Initiatives
    • Investigator Fruzsina Molnar

    To support the involvement of perspectives from the scientific community in a public forum gathering leaders and practitioners in contemplative-based social change

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