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: AFF Foundation
    amount: $25,000
    city: Arlington, VA
    year: 2025

    To convene cross-disciplinary researchers and cross-sector leaders for work on developing and disseminating new approaches to U.S. scientific, technological, and industrial strategies

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Jordan Blashek

    To convene cross-disciplinary researchers and cross-sector leaders for work on developing and disseminating new approaches to U.S. scientific, technological, and industrial strategies

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  • grantee: Social Science Research Council
    amount: $247,000
    city: Brooklyn, NY
    year: 2026

    To support Sloan Scholar Network scholarship administration and scholar and alumni engagement activities

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Veronica Zepeda

    To support Sloan Scholar Network scholarship administration and scholar and alumni engagement activities

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  • grantee: Atlanta University Center Consortium
    amount: $199,894
    city: Atlanta, GA
    year: 2026

    To support the establishment of a central training and dissemination hub for the LinearROB Distributed Teaching Collaborative

    • Program Higher Education
    • Investigator Dwayne Joseph

    To support the establishment of a central training and dissemination hub for the LinearROB Distributed Teaching Collaborative

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  • grantee: Pathos Labs
    amount: $249,696
    city: Littleton, CO
    year: 2025

    To support a 3-day Science Creator Camp to train and provide networking opportunities for 20-25 science digital creators who will produce 80 videos

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program YouTube and TikTok
    • Investigator Romain Sepehr Vakilitabar

    To support a 3-day Science Creator Camp to train and provide networking opportunities for 20-25 science digital creators who will produce 80 videos

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  • grantee: Genius 100 Foundation
    amount: $250,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2025

    To support the post-production of Einstein’s Incredible Universe, a 50-minute film featuring the discoveries of Albert Einstein and contemporary astrophysicists

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Film
    • Investigator Helen Hatzis

    To support the post-production of Einstein’s Incredible Universe, a 50-minute film featuring the discoveries of Albert Einstein and contemporary astrophysicists

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  • grantee: Joshua Zoffer
    amount: $45,600
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2025

    To support the research and writing of Leapfrog, to be published by W.W. Norton in 2027

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program Books
    • Investigator Joshua Zoffer

    To support the research and writing of Leapfrog, to be published by W.W. Norton in 2027

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  • grantee: Harvard University
    amount: $50,000
    city: Cambridge, MA
    year: 2025

    To recruit and support a postdoctoral fellow studying economic measurement and decision-making

    • Program Research
    • Sub-program Economics
    • Investigator Eric Maskin

    To recruit and support a postdoctoral fellow studying economic measurement and decision-making

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  • grantee: Northern Arizona University
    amount: $99,916
    city: Flagstaff, AZ
    year: 2026

    To develop CommUnityBuddy, a conversational agent leveraging generative AI to assist in on-boarding new contributors to open source scientific software projects

    • Program Technology
    • Sub-program Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology
    • Investigator Igor Steinmacher

    To develop CommUnityBuddy, a conversational agent leveraging generative AI to assist in on-boarding new contributors to open source scientific software projects

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  • grantee: Girls Who Invest
    amount: $25,000
    city: New York, NY
    year: 2025

    To help attract and advance the next generation of exceptional investors and leaders in the asset management industry

    • Program New York City Program
    • Investigator Mayela Calderon

    To help attract and advance the next generation of exceptional investors and leaders in the asset management industry

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  • grantee: International Documentary Association
    amount: $247,305
    city: Los Angeles, CA
    year: 2025

    To support content on MinuteEarth’s YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram channels answering scientific “UnGoogleable” questions

    • Program Public Understanding
    • Sub-program YouTube and TikTok
    • Investigator Lilla Sparks

    To support content on MinuteEarth’s YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram channels answering scientific “UnGoogleable” questions

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