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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160 Grants

Grantee

Amount

City

Year

grantee: University of Notre Dame

amount: $33,467

city: Notre Dame, IN

year: 2019
To support the research and writing of Mary Shelley and the Politics of Making Artificial Life, to be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press by 2021
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Eileen Botting
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To support the research and writing of Mary Shelley and the Politics of Making Artificial Life, to be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press by 2021
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grantee: Elizabeth Kolbert

amount: $38,000

city: Williamstown, MA

year: 2019
To support the research and writing of a book on technologies and strategies to overcome human impact on the environment
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Elizabeth Kolbert
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To support the research and writing of a book on technologies and strategies to overcome human impact on the environment
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grantee: North Carolina State University

amount: $29,909

city: Raleigh, NC

year: 2019
To support the research and writing of The End of Everything, a book on astrophysics and the various possibilities for the end of the universe, published by Scribner in 2020
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Katherine Mack
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To support the research and writing of The End of Everything, a book on astrophysics and the various possibilities for the end of the universe, published by Scribner in 2020
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grantee: University of Arizona

amount: $19,000

city: Tucson, AZ

year: 2018
To support the production of Beyond the Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight published by the University of Arizona Press in 2019
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Christopher Cokinos
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To support the production of Beyond the Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight published by the University of Arizona Press in 2019
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grantee: Virginia Postrel

amount: $50,000

city: Los Angeles, CA

year: 2018
To support the research and writing of The Fabric of Civilization to be published by Basic Books in 2020
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Virginia Postrel
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To support the research and writing of The Fabric of Civilization to be published by Basic Books in 2020
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grantee: Brandy Schillace

amount: $36,000

city: Euclid, OH

year: 2018
To support the research and writing of Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher to be published by Simon and Shuster by 2021
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Brandy Schillace
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To support the research and writing of Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher to be published by Simon and Shuster by 2021
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grantee: The Graduate Center Foundation, Inc.

amount: $330,750

city: New York, NY

year: 2018
To pilot a new, annual scientific biography fellowship at the Leon Levy Center for Biography that will result in three new major biographies of scientists and/or technologists
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Kai Bird
The Leon Levy Center for Biography at the City University of New York (CUNY) is the only academic institution in the country devoted to promoting the practice of biography. Founded in 2007, its mission is “to foster excellence in biographical writing and to encourage the academy to understand biography as a scholarly and rigorous discipline.” This grant underwrites an annual fellowship at the Center to support an author writing a biography of a scientist, engineer, inventor, or mathematician. Fellows will receive a one-time award of $72,000 and be provided a graduate research assistant, dedicated office space, and access to both the Center’s fellow biographers and CUNY’s science faculty as advisors. Additional grant funds will support outreach to publicize the fellowship with relevant audiences.

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To pilot a new, annual scientific biography fellowship at the Leon Levy Center for Biography that will result in three new major biographies of scientists and/or technologists
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grantee: University of Louisville Research Foundation

amount: $30,700

city: Louisville, KY

year: 2018
To support a book about Charles Willson Peale, creator of a natural history/art museum in Revolutionary-era America, and how the museum influenced the public’s perception of science and art
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Lee Dugatkin
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To support a book about Charles Willson Peale, creator of a natural history/art museum in Revolutionary-era America, and how the museum influenced the public’s perception of science and art
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grantee: Michelle Nijhuis

amount: $40,000

city: White Salmon, WA

year: 2018
To support the research, fact-checking, and promotion of a book about the species conservation movement to be published by W.W. Norton in 2020
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Michelle Nijhuis
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To support the research, fact-checking, and promotion of a book about the species conservation movement to be published by W.W. Norton in 2020
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grantee: Rebecca Schwarzlose

amount: $39,400

city: Saint Louis, MO

year: 2018
To support the writing and illustrations for a book about brain maps to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Profile Books in Spring 2020
- Program Public Understanding
- Sub-program Books
- Investigator Rebecca Schwarzlose
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To support the writing and illustrations for a book about brain maps to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Profile Books in Spring 2020
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