Carnegie Newsline March 6, 2008

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the March 6, 2008 board meeting.

Contents:

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

American Council for International Education, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $500,000 for a center for advanced study and education in Belarus

American Society for Cell Biology, Bethesda, MD
Three-year grant of $506,800 toward research training for young scientists in Africa

The Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $800,000 for the international activities of the Congressional Program

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Three-year grant of $2,000,000 toward institutional transformation and an employment equity program

Center for Global Development, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $330,000 toward research on transnational threats posed by states at risk

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc., Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $319,600 toward study group meetings on countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Asia Pacific

Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $400,000 for improving educational advancement capacity at selected African universities

Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY
Eighteen-month grant of $1,000,000 toward a broadcast series on the diversity of Islam

Global Metro City - The Glocal Forum, Rome, Italy
One-year grant of $50,000 toward interfaith capacity building and networking in municipal environments

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Five-month grant of $50,000 toward a meeting of retired U.S. and Chinese military officials

Institute for Science and International Security, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $250,000 for expanding public education and outreach on Iran's nuclear activities

International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, United Kingdom
Two-year grant of $425,000 toward a multilateral dialogue on Iran's nuclear program

International Peace Academy, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $354,700 toward a project to assist the development of the United Nation's Peacebuilding Commission

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward expanded engagement between leaders and institutions in the United States and Iran in science, engineering, and medicine

National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA
One-year grant of $150,000 as one-time funding toward the program activities of a chair in national security studies

National Committee on American Foreign Policy, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward a multilateral dialogue on North Korea

National Security Archive Fund, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $687,500 for support of the Eurasia Initiative

The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation, Yorba Linda, CA
Two-year grant of $420,000 toward research, outreach and international engagement on the competing interests of the United States and Asia in the greater Middle East

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a research program on exit strategies and peace consolidation

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward an analysis of post-conflict Afghanistan and its future

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
One-year grant of $150,000 for research and policy outreach on national and international decision-making structures addressing states at risk

Social Science Research Council, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a series of workshops on the uses of social sciences expertise in policymaking

NATIONAL PROGRAM

ADC Research Institute, Washington, DC
Three-month grant of $50,000 toward dissemination of a publication that documents civil rights and civil liberties violations against Muslim Americans

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward support of its immigrants' rights project

American Immigration Law Foundation, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward support of its immigration policy center

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a conference on science education

American Society for Muslim Advancement, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward capacity building and media outreach and trainings

American University, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward convenings to consider changes in the Presidential primary schedule for future elections

The Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $600,000 toward a non-partisan commission on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, called No Child Left Behind law

The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward research and public education on the performance of Congress

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Three-year grant of $392,100 toward preparing secondary immigrant English learners for high school graduation and college

Cato Institute, Washington, DC
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward promoting a book on U.S. immigration policy

Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $389,600 for exemplary programs for newcomer English-language learners at the secondary level

Center for Civic Policy, Albuquerque, NM
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward evaluating state civic integration models to improve nonpartisan voter engagement

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $500,000 toward its community voting project

Center for Governmental Studies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Two-year grant of $500,000 as a final grant toward support of its California Governance Reform Project

District of Columbia College Access Program, Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $2,000,000 toward increasing its college scholarship funds for students in the DC area

Editorial Projects In Education, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward coverage of district-level reform

Education Writers Association, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $166,900 toward informing and training reporters to promote coverage of urban district reform

Focus Project, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $150,000 toward promoting transparency in government

Independent Sector, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $17,500 toward 2008 membership support

James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
Six-month grant of $200,000 toward activities to promote common education standards

Jewish Funds for Justice, New York, NY
One-year grant of $2,500 toward membership support for the Social Justice Infrastructure Funders affinity group

University of Montana Foundation, Missoula, MT
Two-year grant of $169,900 for development of an evidence-based teacher training program

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a workshop on tracking student and school progress with test-based accountability systems

New Teacher Project, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $2,000,000 toward support

New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $24,000 toward 2008 membership support

Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Lexington, KY
Six-month grant of $48,800 toward improving teacher quality in Kentucky

Public Agenda Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward an online election guide

Public Interest Projects, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $100,000 as a final grant toward support of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a workshop on American Muslim civic engagement and leadership

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $10,000 toward 2007 membership support

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 for Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group 2008 membership dues

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Three-month grant of $50,000 for development of a plan for accelerating resources management in urban districts nationally for improved student achievement

The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
Nineteen-month grant of $200,000 toward documenting and analyzing the impact of worksite and other immigration enforcement operations on children

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $500,700 toward developing the Carnegie Ethics Studio project

International Longevity Center-USA, Ltd., New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward support

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, New York, NY
One-year grant of $150,000 toward a national assessment of substance abuse and dependence in American high schools

Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a retreat on the role of religious peacemakers in conflict resolution

DISSEMINATION

Education Writers Association, Washington, DC
Ten-month grant of $15,000 toward a series of briefings on education issues with the 2008 presidential candidates

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
One-year grant of $50,000 toward intensive training of U.S. news editors on issues facing North and South Korea

CROSS-PROGRAM INITIATIVES

American University in Cairo, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $199,800 for a journalism summer training program on the Middle East for students in schools supported by the Carnegie/Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education

American University of Beirut, New York, NY
Three-month grant of $50,000 toward educating American journalists in issues of contemporary political Islam

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., Arlington, VA
Three-year grant of $500,000 toward the foreign news reporting of The NewsHour

International Center for Journalists Inc., Washington, DC
Eighteen-month grant of $228,200 for a journalism program linking reporters in the Middle East with American reporters for better understanding of Islamic issues from both perspectives

Internews Network, Arcata, CA
Five-month grant of $49,300 for supporting journalists on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
One-year grant of $50,000 toward intensive training of U.S. news editors on issues facing Turkey, including the role of Islam in contemporary Turkey

National Public Radio, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward the in-depth coverage of the role of Islam in the world today

Religion Newswriters Foundation, Westerville, OH
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a series of Religion Link news resource editions for journalists on topics related to Islam