Grants Database

The Foundation awards approximately 200 grants per year (excluding the Sloan Research Fellowships), totaling roughly $80 million dollars in annual commitments in support of research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. This database contains grants for currently operating programs going back to 2008. For grants from prior years and for now-completed programs, see the annual reports section of this website.

Grants Database

Grantee
Amount
City
Year
  • grantee: Cornell University
    amount: $250,000
    city: Ithaca, NY
    year: 2023

    To pair local academics with New York government agencies in order to conduct applied research on urban technology pilots

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Michael Samuelian

    To pair local academics with New York government agencies in order to conduct applied research on urban technology pilots

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  • grantee: Berkeley Lab Foundation
    amount: $245,000
    city: Oakland, CA
    year: 2023

    To continue studying the production and user experience of scientific software to develop a design system for scientific software user interfaces

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Better Software for Science
    • Investigator Lavanya Ramakrishnan

    To continue studying the production and user experience of scientific software to develop a design system for scientific software user interfaces

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  • grantee: Boston University
    amount: $165,097
    city: Boston, MA
    year: 2023

    To study the causes and consequences of unequal investment in intangible capital across U.S. firms

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator James Bessen

    To study the causes and consequences of unequal investment in intangible capital across U.S. firms

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  • grantee: University of Hawai'i Foundation
    amount: $50,000
    city: Manoa, HI
    year: 2023

    To support University of Hawai'i Maui College STEM students directly impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfires

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Kaheleonolani Dukelow

    To support University of Hawai'i Maui College STEM students directly impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfires

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  • grantee: Garrison Institute
    amount: $10,000
    city: Garrison, NY
    year: 2023

    To support the involvement of perspectives from the scientific community in a public forum gathering leaders and practitioners in contemplative-based social change

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Special Initiatives
    • Investigator Fruzsina Molnar

    To support the involvement of perspectives from the scientific community in a public forum gathering leaders and practitioners in contemplative-based social change

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  • grantee: University of Southern Mississippi
    amount: $49,730
    city: Hattiesburg, MS
    year: 2023

    To assess the barriers and opportunities associated with inland port electrification in the United States

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Christopher Smith

    To assess the barriers and opportunities associated with inland port electrification in the United States

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  • grantee: Girls Who Invest
    amount: $25,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2023

    To help increase the number of women in the asset management industry and in leadership positions through comprehensive education, mentoring, support and internships

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Heather Perceval

    To help increase the number of women in the asset management industry and in leadership positions through comprehensive education, mentoring, support and internships

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  • grantee: Clean Energy Leadership Institute
    amount: $50,000
    city: Oakland, CA
    year: 2023

    To support the implementation of the 2023 CELI fellowship cohort and initiate a strategic planning process

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Energy and Environment
    • Investigator Esther Morales

    To support the implementation of the 2023 CELI fellowship cohort and initiate a strategic planning process

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  • grantee: Electronic Frontier Foundation
    amount: $249,953
    city: San Francisco, CA
    year: 2023

    To support ten new episodes of “How to Fix the Internet,” an in-depth podcast about the problems of the modern web geared toward a lay audience

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Radio
    • Investigator Cindy Cohn

    To support ten new episodes of “How to Fix the Internet,” an in-depth podcast about the problems of the modern web geared toward a lay audience

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  • grantee: Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc.
    amount: $250,000
    city: Arlington, VA
    year: 2023

    To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of a two-part, four-hour documentary about Leonardo da Vinci

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Television
    • Investigator John Wilson

    To support the production and associated marketing and promotion of a two-part, four-hour documentary about Leonardo da Vinci

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