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: Roberta Kwok
    amount: $49,530
    city: Kirkland, United States
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of MINUTIAE: The Tiny Details That Scientists Pursue to Illuminate Big Questions to be published by Sourcebooks in 2025

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Roberta Kwok

    To support the research and writing of MINUTIAE: The Tiny Details That Scientists Pursue to Illuminate Big Questions to be published by Sourcebooks in 2025

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  • grantee: Lauren Elizabeth Oakes
    amount: $27,900
    city: Bozeman, United States
    year: 2023

    To support the research and writing of TREEKEEPERS, to be published by Basic Books in 2024

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Lauren Elizabeth Oakes

    To support the research and writing of TREEKEEPERS, to be published by Basic Books in 2024

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  • grantee: Christopher James Fitch
    amount: $15,000
    city: , Portugal
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of Wild Cities, to be published by Harper Collins

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Christopher Fitch

    To support the research and writing of Wild Cities, to be published by Harper Collins

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  • grantee: Anna Von Mertens
    amount: $50,000
    city: Peterborough, United States
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of "Attention is Discovery: The Life and Work of Henrietta Leavitt," to be published by MIT Press

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Anna Von Mertens

    To support the research and writing of "Attention is Discovery: The Life and Work of Henrietta Leavitt," to be published by MIT Press

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  • grantee: Simon Parkin
    amount: $40,000
    city: Barnham, United Kingdom
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of "The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad," to be published by Scriber (Simon & Schuster) in the U.S., and Sceptre (Hodder & Stoughton) in the U.K.

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Simon Parkin

    To support the research and writing of "The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad," to be published by Scriber (Simon & Schuster) in the U.S., and Sceptre (Hodder & Stoughton) in the U.K.

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  • grantee: Carl Zimmer
    amount: $55,000
    city: Guilford, United States
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of "Air-Borne" by Carl Zimmer to be published by Dutton

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Carl Zimmer

    To support the research and writing of "Air-Borne" by Carl Zimmer to be published by Dutton

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  • grantee: Adam Becker
    amount: $57,500
    city: Oakland, CA
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of “Denial Valley,” to be published by Basic Books in 2023

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Adam Becker

    To support the research and writing of “Denial Valley,” to be published by Basic Books in 2023

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  • grantee: Richard Rhodes
    amount: $117,500
    city: Seattle, WA
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of “Collide,” to be published by Doubleday in 2024

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Richard Rhodes

    To support the research and writing of “Collide,” to be published by Doubleday in 2024

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  • grantee: Michael Erard
    amount: $7,679
    city: Maastricht, Netherlands
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of “A Linguistic History of our First and Last Words,” to be published by The MIT Press

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Michael Erard

    To support the research and writing of “A Linguistic History of our First and Last Words,” to be published by The MIT Press

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  • grantee: Marina Gerner
    amount: $49,906
    city: London, United Kingdom
    year: 2022

    To support the research and writing of “The Vagina Business,” to be published by Icon Books (UK) and Sourcebooks (US)

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Marina Gerner

    To support the research and writing of “The Vagina Business,” to be published by Icon Books (UK) and Sourcebooks (US)

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