At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on September 12, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board of Trustees approved 37 grants totaling $19,619,800. Brief descriptions of each Board-approved grant are provided below.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA
12-month grant of $250,000 As a final grant for the Global Nuclear Future Initiative
American Political Science Association, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 As a final grant for enriching scholarship and building lasting collaborative networks in the Middle East and North Africa
American University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 For a joint project with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the role of new actors from developing countries and emerging powers in peacebuilding
American University of Beirut, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 As a final grant for a think tank consortium and partnerships in policy research
Arab Council for the Social Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
24-month grant of $1,300,000 For reframing knowledge in the wake of the Arab Spring
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL
36-month grant of $750,000 For general support
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $600,000 For a project to study political decision making in Russia's changing political order
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $600,000 For U.S. and European task forces on managing the relationship with Russia
Centre for Higher Education Transformation Trust, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa
24-month grant of $1,052,400 As a final grant for the higher education research and advocacy expertise network in Africa
Columbia University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For bridging the gap between the academy and policy world through a global hub for research and consultation on cyber policy
Columbia University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $630,700 For a joint project with the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New York on great power rivalry
University of Denver, Denver, CO
24-month grant of $995,300 For bridging the gap between the academy and the policy world through research and policy engagement on the role of non-violent, non-state actors in peacebuilding
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $763,300 For executive training programs for military officers and policymakers
Middle East Institute, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 For a project on challenges and opportunities for conflict management in Egypt and Syria
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
24-month grant of $900,000 For education and training on nuclear nonproliferation by the James L. Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc., Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,500,000 For general support and for the Nuclear Materials Security Index
University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
24-month grant of $1,000,000 As a final grant for a master’s program in information technology within the school of information technology at the university
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For research and writing on international security
University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
24-month grant of $800,000 As a final grant to the African Doctoral Academy for creating excellence in African academic research
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
24-month grant of $947,400 For bridging the gap between the academy and policy world through the creation of a multi-institutional consortium and network of policy relevant scholars
Tufts University, Medford, MA
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For bridging the gap between the academy and policy world through an interdisciplinary project on legitimacy in state-building
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For bridging the gap between the academy and policy world through creation of a policy institute addressing pressing issues on the international security agenda
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $674,200 For research, fellows, and capacity building to elicit and apply local knowledge for peacebuilding and state-building in Africa and inform the American policy dialogue
Yale University, New Haven, CT
24-month grant of $500,000 As a final grant for the Inter-Asia Initiative, a transregional scholars network
NATIONAL PROGRAM
Asia Society, New York City, NY
24-month grant of $650,000 For expansion of the International Studies Schools Network
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $350,000 For a reporting project with the Hechinger Report on effective school designs
Computers For Youth Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For continued integration of Next Generation Learning in mathematics
Digital Promise, Washington, D.C.
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For competency-based micro-credentials for professional educators
Editorial Projects in Education, Inc., Bethesda, MD
24-month grant of $500,000 For continued coverage of innovation in education and school design
Futuro Media Group, New York, NY
22-month grant of $250,000 For its immigration reporting on National Public Radio's Latino USA
Mass Insight Education and Research Institute, Inc., Boston, MA
12-month grant of $150,000 As a final grant for general support
National Center for Civic Innovation, New York, NY
27-month grant of $275,000 For development of supports and tools for the field relating to school design and mastery-based learning
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
55-month grant of $3,000,000 For phase II of the Opportunity by Design initiative evaluation
Relay Graduate School of Education, New York, NY
15-month grant of $500,000 For innovations in principal training
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,000,000 For the Hamilton Project
Equal Justice Works, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $500,000 For general support
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., Arlington, VA
9-month grant of $500,000 For general support