Simons Foundation Invites LOIs for Significant Mathematical, Theoretical Studies
Release Date:
08/24/2015
... Theoretical Studies The Simons Foundation’ s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division invites Letters ...
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative
Release Date:
08/27/2015
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia' s Justice-In-Education Initiative The seminar in 401 ... Hall focused on classic literary texts, including Homer’ s Odyssey, Shakespeare’ s...
Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants
Release Date:
09/10/2015
... over the next two weeks, the Migration Policy Institute’ s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Issues RFP for Innovative Approaches to Peacekeeping
Release Date:
09/15/2015
The joint Public-Private Partnership on Peacebuilding will provide grants of up to $1 million to one to three consortia to conduct projects involving a U.S., a Norwegian, and at least one Southern/emerging power partner.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
... Research Projects Agency (DARPA) fund much of the U. S . government’ s research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of ... federal funding going to risk research. The report, U. S ...
New York Botanical Garden Partners with MetLife Foundation for Healthy Families Program
Release Date:
09/21/2015
... tours, and free weekly cell phone recordings with "What' s in Season" at the Greenmarket. On select Wednesdays of each ... information about weekly special events, read the Garden' s blog,...
Ford, Citi and MasterCard Among Leaders to Commit Millions to Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/28/2015
... Business and philanthropy leaders attending today’ s event in support of UN Women also include representatives ...
Citi Announces Donations to Four New York City Area Community Organizations Through the 2015 Citi Community Home Runs Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
... the organizations with a check in that amount. “It’ s an honor to partner with Citi for the 2nd season of the ... community organizations,” said Curtis Granderson. "It’ s incredibly rewarding to have an...
COF Briefing on the Hill: Opportunities to Encourage Charitable Giving
Release Date:
10/19/2015
... action on charitable "tax extenders" before the year' s end by featuring speakers from the philanthropic and .....
NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... to encounter firsthand the land and people put in harm’ s way by the proposed Pebble Mine. This vast open-pit gold ... and thousands of wilderness acres that sustainthe world’ s largest sockeye salmon fishery...
Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make Way for Its Shift in Focus to Inequality
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... evolving strategy," said Darren Walker, the foundation’ s president. . . Ford Foundation Spells Out Cuts to Make .....
Surdna-Funded Report Suggests Better Language, New Approaches to Community Wealth Building
Release Date:
11/11/2015
... trying to attract companies, rather than growing what’ s already there.” Kelly is executive vice president at ... Wealth” (funded by the Surdna Foundation, which also supports Next City). The report defines...
Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform
Release Date:
11/19/2015
... to establish 20 as the age of jurisdiction for the state’ s juvenile justice system. This would make Connecticut the ...
MetLife Foundation Partners with Duke University on CommonCents Lab
Release Date:
12/08/2015
... and spending habits. The Lab will be managed by Duke’ s Center for Advanced Hindsight, which is headed by Dan ...
Con Edison Among Backers of 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn
Release Date:
12/16/2015
More than two dozen youth from across Central Brooklyn gathered for the first part of a 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge presented by Central Brooklyn State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Blue 1647 hosted at the Nigerian American Muslim...
Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record
Release Date:
01/12/2016
... Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’ s Struggling Newspaper of Record “If newspapers are ... a stunning development for a struggling business, that’ s pretty close to what the storied...
Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
... the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U. S . colleges and universities. With the grant, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions in Penn' s Graduate School of Education will launch...
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... the Americas at The Fralin, as well as the University’ s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. The grant is the ... the hiring of two new curators for the University’ s impressive collections of indigenous art...
Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
... their respective sponsor theatre company. This year’ s recipients are Rachel Bonds at Ars Nova; Paola ...
New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)
Release Date:
03/07/2016
New study published in Clinical Cancer Research details the discovery of a biomarker that puts patients at a higher risk for metastasis of uveal melanoma.