Carnegie Corporation’s Board Approves 30 Grants Totaling $22,140,900

At its quarterly meeting held in New York on March 10, 2011, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of Trustees approved 30 grants totaling $22,140,900.  Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below. 

For additional information on these and other grants, please visit Carnegie Corporation’s Grants Search page. 

African Population and Health Research Center, Inc., Nairobi, Kenya | 36-month grant of $2,500,000 for a consortium of African universities to strengthen postgraduate training and research capacity in public health and population studies

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for the Carnegie Moscow Center

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $400,000 for an initiative to revitalize the international nuclear order

Center for Media and Security, Ltd., Millwood, NY | 36-month grant of $300,000 for forums for journalists on international peace and security issues

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc., Washington, DC | 6-month grant of $50,000 for the Building Nuclear Security In Asia project

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | 24-month grant of $550,000 for an examination of China's nuclear security and reprocessing decisions

Institute for International Studies, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $400,000 for a project on keeping nuclear energy arsenals secure

The University of Maryland Foundation, Inc., Adelphi, MD | 24-month grant of $410,000 for research and training of Russian and American security experts

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC | 18-month grant of $200,000 for a final grant for expanded engagement between leaders and institutions in the United States and Iran in science, engineering, and medicine

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, Seattle, WA | 24-month grant of $700,000 for academic fellowships for Russian and Eurasian scholars

Partnership for a Secure America, Inc., Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $250,000 for a project to develop upcoming U.S. Congressional staff leaders on international peace and security issues

Partnership for Global Security, Washington, DC | 36-month grant of $500,000 for a project on strengthening and redirecting cooperative threat reduction efforts

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA | 12-month grant of $275,000 for a final grant for a continuation of research and policy outreach on indigenous factors affecting nation-building

Social Science Research Council, Brooklyn, NY | 24-month grant of $1,649,000 for a peacebuilding policy research network

Social Science Research Council, Brooklyn, NY | 24-month grant of $2,150,000 for a competitive fellowship program to promote doctoral research and writing by university-based social scientists in selected African countries

Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $550,000 for projects addressing current and emerging security threats

Tufts University, Medford, MA | 6-month grant of $75,000 for an international conference of university presidents on the role of higher education in encouraging civic participation

The Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC | 12-month grant of $600,000 for the Congressional Program on Education

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | 36-month grant of $1,281,900 for building formative assessments for reading in the sciences

Center for American Progress, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $1,500,000 for its immigration policy program

Generation Schools Network, Brooklyn, NY | 24-month grant of $250,000 for model development and codification

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $1,500,000 for support

New Profit Inc., Cambridge, MA | 24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the Social Innovation Fund intermediary strategy

New Visions for Public Schools, Inc., New York, NY | 36-month grant of $1,500,000 for the refinement and expansion of the Urban Teacher Residency Program

The University of the State of New York, Albany, NY | 24-month grant of $750,000 for the regents research fellows in virtual learning

Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $250,000 for public education and outreach about the impact of immigration policy on law enforcement

Uncommon Knowledge and Achievement, Inc., New York, NY | 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for the development and implementation of an innovative model of teacher preparation for middle and high school math and science

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC | 24-month grant of $200,000 for the Global Knowledge Initiative's science, technology and innovation collaboration

Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY | 12-month grant of $400,000 for a television series that explores the ancestry and family stories of American ethnicities

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | 24-month grant of $500,000 for a study on transforming manufacturing in the United States