Carnegie Newsline February 7, 2002

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the February 7, 2002 board meeting.


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EDUCATION

Education Development Center, Inc.
Two-year grant of $493,500 for an evaluation of the uses of student assessment and accountability data to improve student learning

Film Arts Foundation
Three-month grant of $25,000 toward outreach and promotion of the documentary film, Accidental Hero: Room 408, about an inspiring public school teacher

Forum for Higher Education Futures
Three-year grant of $160,200 for one-time funding of research and DISSEMINATION on technology and liberal learning

University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Seven-month grant of $48,600 for reports on key principled practices in adolescent literacy instruction at the intermediate, middle and high school levels

Institute for Responsive Education
One-year grant of $25,000 toward documentation of best practices on the role of high school family centers in assisting family members and school staff to support students' learning

SRI International
One-year grant of $194,900 for a joint project with the Education Development Center and Policy Studies Associates to build the capacity of urban school districts to improve mathematics teaching and increase mathematical competence for all students




INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Centre for Higher Education Transformation Trust
Nine-month grant of $50,000 toward a study of higher education in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Institute of Education, University of London
Two-year grant of $197,700 toward research and DISSEMINATION on the sustainability of interventions to improve gender equity at Ugandan and Tanzanian universities

International Institute for Educational Planning
Two-year grant of $100,000 toward support of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa

Leadership Foundation
Two-year grant of $35,000 for support of an African higher education fellow

Makerere University
Nine-month grant of $50,000 toward incorporating a focus on women and higher education into an international conference on women and gender

National Council for Tertiary Education
Thirteen-month grant of $40,000 toward a case study on change and transformation in Ghana's universities

New York University
Twenty-five month grant of $89,900 toward a position at the Steinhardt School of Education to facilitate the work of foundation partners to strengthen African universities

Tufts University
Three-month grant of $15,000 toward a workshop for staff of the University of Dar es Salaam and Makerere University on technology-enhanced curriculum development



INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

Aspen Institute, Inc.
One-year grant of $631,000 toward support of the international activities of the Congressional Program

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Three-year grant of $497,000 toward research and DISSEMINATION on the military and commercial use of space

Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc.
Seven-month grant of $49,900 toward a project on Russia's integration with the West

University of Bradford
Two-year grant of $247,800 toward development of Genomics Gateway, a website to disseminate information on international treaties and agreements on biotechnology

Brown University
Two-year grant of $343,900 for a joint project with the Russian Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology on Russia's first census

Federation of American Scientists Fund
Two-year grant of $212,000 toward the Working Group on Biological Weapons Verification treaty negotiation work and toward the Bioscientists Education Project to develop educational materials on biological weapons and the dangers of the misuse of biology

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $134,000 toward the Harvard/Sussex program to develop a new international treaty that would criminalize the development, production or use of chemical or biological weapons

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Nine-month grant of $50,000 toward a series of education forums called 'Responding to Terrorism'

National Academy of Sciences
Six-month grant of $50,000 for planning a trilateral meeting of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control

National Security Archive Fund, Inc.
Three-month grant of $50,000 for declassification and DISSEMINATION of government documents related to nuclear weaponry

Pennsylvania State University
One-year grant of $25,000 for a final grant to strengthen the linkages between Russian academia and the private sector

Ploughshares Fund
Twenty-month grant of $50,000 toward the Peace and Security Funders Group

Henry L. Stimson Center
Two-year grant of $700,000 toward research, analysis and DISSEMINATION on chemical and biological weapons proliferation, regional security in South Asia, and United Nations peace operations

University of Sussex
Two-year grant of $144,500 toward the Harvard/Sussex program to develop a new international treaty that would criminalize the development, production or use of chemical or biological weapons

United Nations Association of the United States of America, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward the U.S.-China dialogue on global security



STRENGTHENINING U.S. DEMOCRACY

Action Without Borders, Inc.
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward expansion of Idealist.org, a career service website for nonprofits and nonprofit job-seekers

Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc.
One-year grant of $24,500 toward convening leaders from the U.S. Congress, German Bundestag, and the British Parliament to examine issues related to changing demographics, immigration and ethnic and religious tolerance

William J. Brennan, Jr., Center for Justice, Inc.
Two-year grant of $750,000 toward public education, technical assistance and strategic litigation to advance electoral reforms

William J. Brennan, Jr., Center for Justice, Inc.
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward research and analysis related to challenging the discriminatory intent of felony disenfranchisement laws

Brown University
Nineteen-month grant of $48,800 toward development and distribution of curriculum resources about the issues surrounding the September 11th attacks for high school students and teachers

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Three-year grant of $300,000 toward a project to identify, assess and distribute exemplary college-level courses and programs that educate undergraduate students about the political processes related to service and volunteering

Center for Governmental Studies, Inc.
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward its campaign finance and media reform activities

Center for Public Integrity
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward its government accountability activities

Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a pilot program with Yale University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the League of Women Voters to assess the effectiveness of deliberate polling on civic engagement and public policy

Democracy South
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward its campaign finance and voting reform activities

Foundation of America Youth in Action
One-year grant of $25,000 toward distribution of a how-to guide for youth-led community improvement projects

Georgetown University
Six-month grant of $25,000 for use by its Constitution Project, toward a conference on election reform

Independent Production Fund, Inc.
Six-month grant of $250,000 toward outreach and public education for a public television documentary on Muslims worldwide

Institute of Government Foundation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward the North Carolina Civic Education Consortium

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward focus group research on campaign finance reform among African American, Latino, and Asian American voters

Midwest States Center
Two-year grant of $100,000 toward its campaign finance and voting reform activities

Northeast Action, Inc.
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward its campaign finance and voting reform activities

Pacific Council on International Policy
Eleven-month grant of $15,000 toward publication and DISSEMINATION of an international study on government use of the Internet to deliver information, provide public services and conduct transactions.

Proteus Fund, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward research and DISSEMINATION of the State Strategies Fund's civic engagement assessment and learning projects.

Tides Center
One-year grant of $25,000 toward evaluation of a pilot national marketing initiative encouraging Americans to donate their Social Security benefits to underserved communities

Tides Center
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a strategic planning process by Youth Vote, a nonpartisan coalition that encourages civic participation among young adults

Western States Center, Inc.
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward its campaign finance and voting reform activities

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

National Academy of Sciences
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward research and DISSEMINATION on concerns about privacy in the information age and on tools and strategies for responding

21st CENTURY FUND
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System One-year grant of $100,000 for one-time funding to expand the international book collection

Brooklyn Public Library Foundation, Inc.
Three-year grant of $300,000 for one-time funding to expand the book collections for children and young adults

Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
Two-year grant of $200,000 for one-time funding to expand the fiction and non-fiction book collections for teens

New York Public Library
Three-year grant of $900,000 for one-time funding to acquire books for branch libraries and research libraries

Queens Library Foundation, Inc.
Three-year grant of $300,000 for one-time funding to expand the book collection of the International Resource Center

Seattle Public Library Foundation
Two-year grant of $200,000 for one-time funding to purchase books in Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Russian