At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on March 4, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board of Trustees approved 24 grants totaling $15,831,400. Brief descriptions of each Board-approved grant are provided below.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $750,000 for support of an international consortium to advance peacebuilding evaluation
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $750,000 for a study of governance in arab countries in transition
Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $493,200 for a journalistic investigation into nuclear programs and trafficking
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
24-month grant of $500,000 for research and outreach by the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism
European Leadership Network, London, United Kingdom
24-month grant of $600,000 for a project on Russia and the West
University of Maryland Foundation, Inc., Adelphi, MD
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project on U.S.-Russian relations
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research,Washington, DC
24-month grant of $850,000 for U.S.- based academic fellowships for Russian and Eurasian scholars
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Arlington, VA
24-month grant of $450,000 for a project on the role of intelligence in responding to proliferation threats
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
24-month grant of $462,500 for a project to help bridge the gap between scholarship and policy related to international peace and security
Partnership for a Secure America, Inc., Washington, DC
24-month grant of $400,000 for the congressional partnership program to educate congressional staffers
Partnership for Global Security, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $892,500 for a project to build partnerships to achieve a secure nuclear future
SciDev.Net, London, United Kingdom
15-month grant of $249,500 as a final grant for a multimedia series on strengthening doctoral training and research in Africa
Social Science Research Council, New York, NY
24-month grant of $2,133,700 for a fellowship program to promote doctoral research and writing on peacebuilidng by African social scientists
Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $750,000 for a project on pragmatic solutions to international security issues
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
24-month grant of $400,000 for the work on the international security implications of quantum mechanics
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
36-month grant of $400,000 for a project to expand professional opportunities for early and mid-career technical experts on international security
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,Washington, DC
24-month grant of $400,000 for the foreign policy fellowship program to educate congressional staffers
Yale University, New Haven, CT
24-month grant of $500,000 for a high-level U.S.-China track II dialogue
NATIONAL PROGRAM
Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $750,000 for general support
Educators 4 Excellence, New York, NY
15-month grant of $350,000 for general support
National Immigration Forum, Inc., Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,250,000 for general support
New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, CA
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for support for building a scalable, sustainable, and aligned school leadership development model
New Venture Fund, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $250,000 for the foundation collaboration on strategic communications efforts on the Common Core State Standards
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Social Science Research Council, New York, NY
12-month grant of $250,000 for a digital culture program