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: Social Science Research Network
    amount: $60,490
    city: Rochester, NY
    year: 2011

    To develop a plan for extending the Social Science Research Network's scope to include research data as well as preprint articles

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Scholarly Communication
    • Investigator Gregory Gordon

    To develop a plan for extending the Social Science Research Network's scope to include research data as well as preprint articles

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  • grantee: Wellesley College
    amount: $39,828
    city: Wellesley, MA
    year: 2011

    To improve recruitment and retention of students in STEM fields and produce graduates who understand the role of science in society

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Adele Wolfson

    To improve recruitment and retention of students in STEM fields and produce graduates who understand the role of science in society

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  • grantee: University of Texas, Austin
    amount: $49,973
    city: Austin, TX
    year: 2011

    To determine feasibility of a follow-up study of the High School and Beyond (HSB) respondents to provide vital information about linkages of early cognitive and non-cognitive skills to labor force outcomes for older Americans

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Working Longer
    • Investigator Chandra Muller

    To determine feasibility of a follow-up study of the High School and Beyond (HSB) respondents to provide vital information about linkages of early cognitive and non-cognitive skills to labor force outcomes for older Americans

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  • grantee: New York County District Attorney
    amount: $125,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2011

    To support a pilot study to examine digital court documents to detect and measure the prevalence of perjury and develop options to mitigate it

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Karen Sheehan

    To support a pilot study to examine digital court documents to detect and measure the prevalence of perjury and develop options to mitigate it

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  • grantee: Open Knowledge Foundation
    amount: $124,315
    city: Cambridge, United Kingdom
    year: 2011

    To promote open content and open data practices in economics

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Rufus Pollock

    To promote open content and open data practices in economics

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  • grantee: New Venture Fund
    amount: $71,275
    city: Washington, DC
    year: 2011

    To catalyze empirical research on how obfuscated markets respond to smart disclosure policies

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Rachael Raab

    To catalyze empirical research on how obfuscated markets respond to smart disclosure policies

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  • grantee: University of California, Berkeley
    amount: $96,697
    city: Berkeley, CA
    year: 2011

    To explore and encourage new applications of Transactions Cost Economics

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Pablo Spiller

    To explore and encourage new applications of Transactions Cost Economics

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  • grantee: National University of Singapore America Foundation Inc
    amount: $125,000
    city: Sunnyvale, CA
    year: 2011

    Planning grant to establish a South Asian science engagement project

    • Program
    • Investigator Surya Sethi

    Planning grant to establish a South Asian science engagement project

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  • grantee: Drexel University
    amount: $100,591
    city: Philadelphia, PA
    year: 2011

    To establish an evaluation infrastructure that will serve as a model for research and practice in institutional, national, and international leadership development programs, particularly those focusing on women faculty in engineering, technology, and scie

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Diane Magrane

    To establish an evaluation infrastructure that will serve as a model for research and practice in institutional, national, and international leadership development programs, particularly those focusing on women faculty in engineering, technology, and scie

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  • grantee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    amount: $80,000
    city: Troy, NY
    year: 2011

    To develop the data science and management dimensions of the Deep Carbon Observatory

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Deep Carbon Observatory
    • Investigator Peter Fox

    To develop the data science and management dimensions of the Deep Carbon Observatory

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