At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on December 5, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board of Trustees approved 33 grants totaling $32,845,600. Brief descriptions of each Board-approved grant are provided below.
CENTENNIAL
University of St. Andrews American Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA www.st-andrews.ac.uk/alumni/americanfoundation 36-month grant of $750,000. As a challenge grant for support of the preservation, conservation and purchase of books and materials in the newly renovated Martyrs' Kirk Postgraduate Library and Special Collections Reading Room
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC, www.aspeninstitute.org 12-month grant of $600,000. For the work of the Congressional Program
Bridgeway Group, Cambridge, MA, www.bridgewaygroup.org24-month grant of $300,000. As a final grant for an international network of Centers for Excellence in Negotiations
Financial Services Volunteer Corps, Inc., New York, NY, www.fsvc.org 24-month grant of $423,000. For a project to address international finance, energy, security, and climate change among the United States, Russia, China, and India
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GAwww.gtrc.gatech.edu 24-month grant of $560,900. As a final grant for the Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation
Global Knowledge Initiative, Washington, DC globalknowledgeinitiative.org 16-month grant of $150,000. As a final grant for building networks to support innovative researchers and move scientific discoveries into use in East Africa
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ www.ias.edu 36-month grant of $4,999,500. As a final grant for the Regional Initiative in Science and Education, supporting development of science professionals in sub-Saharan Africa
International Research and Exchanges Board, Inc., Washington, DC www.irex.org 24-month grant of $700,000. As a final grant for improving university administration in Eurasia, Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania
Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC www.jhu.edu 24-month grant of $500,000. For support of Track II dialogue, international collaborative training and research, and web-based analysis and outreach
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC www.nasonline.org 24-month grant of $400,000. For a nuclear security dialogue between the U.S. and Russian academies of science
National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA www.nbr.org 24-month grant of $750,200. For support of Asia-relevant projects. $450,000 for collaborative research, dialogue, and policy outreach on U.S.-China relations; $300,200 for research, analysis, dialogue and policy outreach on nuclear developments in the Asia-Pacific region.
National Security Archive Fund, Inc., Washington, DCwww2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ 24-month grant of $1,050,000. For programs on nuclear security and cooperative threat reduction
Ploughshares Fund, San Francisco, CA ploughshares.org 24-month grant of $400,000. For the Innovation Fund Collaborative on Nuclear Security
Public Radio International, Inc., Minneapolis, MN www.pri.org 24-month grant of $300,000. For reporting and audience engagement on international security issues targeted to younger adults
Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA www.tides.org 24-month grant of $370,000. For strengthening the communications infrastructure of the nuclear security expert community
US Pugwash, Washington, DC www.pugwash.org/organization/usa/ 24-month grant of $750,000. For support of research, dialogue, and policy outreach promoting peace and security in the Greater Middle East
NATIONAL PROGRAM
Achieve, Inc., Washington, DC www.achieve.org 24-month grant of $1,000,000. For a network collaboration to support state adoption and implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Asia Society, New York, NY asiasociety.org 18-month grant of $300,000. For continued development of the Global Cities Education Network
Center for American Progress, Washington, DC www.americanprogress.org 24-month grant of $1,200,000. For support of its immigration policy program
Complete College America, Indianapolis, IN www.completecollege.org 24-month grant of $500,000. For general support
Envision Excellence in STEM Education, Cleveland Heights, OH www.envisionstem.org 12-month grant of $25,000. For development of the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) funders network
National Association of State Boards of Education, Arlington, VA www.nasbe.org 12-month grant of $342,000. For preparing state level decision makers for the adoption and implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards
National Center for Civic Innovation, New York, NY www.civicinnovation.org 36-month grant of $4,500,000. For the continued operations and development of Springpoint: Partners in School Design to support a second cohort of districts in the Opportunity by Design initiative
National Center on Time and Learning, Boston, MA www.timeandlearning.org 18-month grant of $500,000. For support of knowledge development, technical assistance, and communications to improve school practice and outcomes through expanding learning time
New Teacher Project, Inc., Brooklyn, NY tntp.org 24-month grant of $2,000,000. For general support
North Carolina New Schools Project, Inc., Raleigh, NC ncnewschools.org 12-month grant of $350,000. For continued development of a regional science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) school network
Public Interest Projects, New York, NY www.publicinterestprojects.org 12-month grant of $6,000,000. For support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant integration at the state level
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY www.rockpa.org 12-month grant of $250,000. For continuation of learning network for higher education involvement in Common Core State Standards
State Voices, Detroit, MI www.statevoices.org 24-month grant of $800,000. For general support
U.S. Education Delivery Institute, Washington, DC www.deliveryinstitute.org 18-month grant of $500,000 For general support
Urban Schools Human Capital Academy, Reston, VA ushcacademy.org 24-month grant of $650,000. For the HR SMART: Science and Math as Recruitment/Retention Targets project
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA https://www.amacad.org 24-month grant of $200,000. For The Lincoln Project, a research and dissemination campaign in support of public higher education
Human Rights Watch, Inc., New York, NY www.hrw.org 24-month grant of $250,000. For the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) program
Institute of International Education, Inc., New York, NY www.iie.org 12-month grant of $500,000. For a project with the Global Platform for Syrian Students to support Syrian higher education