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12 funders with a record of paying for “dissertation”
Where the money went The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → American Council of Learned Societies: $7.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Spencer Foundation → National Academy of Education: $5.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → American Council of Learned Societies: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Paul K Richter Memorial Fund → Claremont Graduate University: $985K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The John Randolph Haynes → University of Southern California: $412K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Bach Fellowship Inc → Gabriel Foy Sutherland: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Rapoport Family Foundation → Northwestern University: $71K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cora Du Bois Charitable Trust → Jessica Hlay: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Society for Historians of American → Jilene Chua: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Zhao Qiyi: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The D Kim Foundation for the History of → Coleman Rubin Mahler: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Giselle Figueroa De La Ossa: $24K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Spencer Foundation → National Academy of Education: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Institute for Citizens and Scholars: $1.2M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The John Randolph Haynes → California Institute of Technology: $331K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Bach Fellowship Inc → Kevin Angell: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Rapoport Family Foundation → Yale University: $43K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Ahearn Caitlin: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Society for Historians of American → Ji Soo Hong: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The D Kim Foundation for the History of → Chiali Chu: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Leyya Hoosen: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cora Du Bois Charitable Trust → Leyla Jafarova: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The John Randolph Haynes → Regents of the University of California Irvine: $182K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Bach Fellowship Inc → Jack Greenberg: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Association for Asian Studies: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Rapoport Family Foundation → Stanford University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Alexander Bri: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The D Kim Foundation for the History of → Lillian Tsay: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for → Camille Louis: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cora Du Bois Charitable Trust → Ziqi Xie: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Society for Historians of American → Jetrho Clacday: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The John Randolph Haynes → Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $133K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The John Randolph Haynes → Regents University of California Los Angeles: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John Randolph Haynes → Rand Corporation: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The John Randolph Haynes → Regents of the University of California at Irvine: $57K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Bach Fellowship Inc → Nell Klinger: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Rapoport Family Foundation → Harvard: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Rapoport Family Foundation → Duke University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Rapoport Family Foundation → Columbia University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Rapoport Family Foundation → University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The John Randolph Haynes → Regents of the University of California at Riverside: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The John Randolph Haynes → Claremont Graduate University: $29K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The National Academy of Education → Ho Jacqueline: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Kaul Maya: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Kentor Corinne: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The National Academy of Education → Furey Jane: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Harrison Emileigh: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Killen Heather: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Koepp Andrew: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Gable Alexis: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Halle-Erby Kyle: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Hamm-Rodriguez Molly: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Hauck Elizabeth: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Becker Mariana: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Guerrero-Rosada Paola Andrea: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Bhattacharya Arnav: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Hook Tyler: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Jonathan Orelia: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Arenas Pacheco Carlos Diego: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Kuppers Sinja: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The National Academy of Education → Hess Kimberly: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Bivins Alyssa: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The National Academy of Education → Blunt Takeria: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $8.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $8.6M The Spencer Foundation: $6.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Spencer Foundation $6.9M The John Randolph Haynes: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The John Randolph Haynes $1.4M The Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Henry Luce Foundation Inc $1.4M Paul K Richter Memorial Fund: $985K on this topic. Open the funder. Paul K Richter Memorial Fund $985K The National Academy of Education: $660K on this topic. Open the funder. The National Academy of Educa… $660K The Rapoport Family Foundation: $262K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rapoport Family Foundation $262K The Bach Fellowship Inc: $226K on this topic. Open the funder. The Bach Fellowship Inc $226K The D Kim Foundation for the History of: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. The D Kim Foundation for the… $75K Cora Du Bois Charitable Trust: $75K on this topic. Open the funder. Cora Du Bois Charitable Trust $75K Society for Historians of American: $72K on this topic. Open the funder. Society for Historians of Ame… $72K The Wenner-Gren Foundation for: $64K on this topic. Open the funder. The Wenner-Gren Foundation for $64K American Council of Learned Societies: received $7.5M on this topic American Council of Learned Soc… $7.5M National Academy of Education: received $5.2M on this topic National Academy of Education $5.2M National Academy of Education: received $1.8M on this topic National Academy of Education $1.8M American Council of Learned Societies: received $1.2M on this topic American Council of Learned Soc… $1.2M Institute for Citizens and Scholars: received $1.2M on this topic Institute for Citizens and Scho… $1.2M Claremont Graduate University: received $1.0M on this topic Claremont Graduate University $1.0M University of Southern California: received $412K on this topic University of Southern Californ… $412K California Institute of Technology: received $331K on this topic California Institute of Technol… $331K Regents of the University of California Irvine: received $182K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $182K Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $133K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $133K Regents University of California Los Angeles: received $114K on this topic Regents University of Californi… $114K The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: received $100K on this topic The University of Tennessee Fou… $100K Gabriel Foy Sutherland: received $76K on this topic Gabriel Foy Sutherland $76K Rand Corporation: received $75K on this topic Rand Corporation $75K Northwestern University: received $71K on this topic Northwestern University $71K Regents of the University of California at Irvine: received $57K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $57K Kevin Angell: received $50K on this topic Kevin Angell $50K Jack Greenberg: received $50K on this topic Jack Greenberg $50K Association for Asian Studies: received $50K on this topic Association for Asian Studies $50K Nell Klinger: received $50K on this topic Nell Klinger $50K Yale University: received $43K on this topic Yale University $43K Jessica Hlay: received $35K on this topic Jessica Hlay $35K Stanford University: received $30K on this topic Stanford University $30K Harvard: received $30K on this topic Harvard $30K Duke University: received $30K on this topic Duke University $30K Columbia University: received $30K on this topic Columbia University $30K Jilene Chua: received $29K on this topic Jilene Chua $29K University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: received $29K on this topic University of Illinois at Urban… $29K Regents of the University of California at Riverside: received $29K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $29K Zhao Qiyi: received $28K on this topic Zhao Qiyi $28K Ahearn Caitlin: received $28K on this topic Ahearn Caitlin $28K Alexander Bri: received $28K on this topic Alexander Bri $28K Ho Jacqueline: received $28K on this topic Ho Jacqueline $28K Kaul Maya: received $28K on this topic Kaul Maya $28K Kentor Corinne: received $28K on this topic Kentor Corinne $28K Furey Jane: received $28K on this topic Furey Jane $28K Harrison Emileigh: received $28K on this topic Harrison Emileigh $28K Killen Heather: received $28K on this topic Killen Heather $28K Koepp Andrew: received $28K on this topic Koepp Andrew $28K Gable Alexis: received $28K on this topic Gable Alexis $28K Halle-Erby Kyle: received $28K on this topic Halle-Erby Kyle $28K Hamm-Rodriguez Molly: received $28K on this topic Hamm-Rodriguez Molly $28K Hauck Elizabeth: received $28K on this topic Hauck Elizabeth $28K Becker Mariana: received $28K on this topic Becker Mariana $28K Guerrero-Rosada Paola Andrea: received $28K on this topic Guerrero-Rosada Paola Andrea $28K Bhattacharya Arnav: received $28K on this topic Bhattacharya Arnav $28K Hook Tyler: received $28K on this topic Hook Tyler $28K Jonathan Orelia: received $28K on this topic Jonathan Orelia $28K Arenas Pacheco Carlos Diego: received $28K on this topic Arenas Pacheco Carlos Diego $28K Kuppers Sinja: received $28K on this topic Kuppers Sinja $28K Hess Kimberly: received $28K on this topic Hess Kimberly $28K Bivins Alyssa: received $28K on this topic Bivins Alyssa $28K Blunt Takeria: received $28K on this topic Blunt Takeria $28K Ji Soo Hong: received $25K on this topic Ji Soo Hong $25K Coleman Rubin Mahler: received $25K on this topic Coleman Rubin Mahler $25K Chiali Chu: received $25K on this topic Chiali Chu $25K Lillian Tsay: received $25K on this topic Lillian Tsay $25K Giselle Figueroa De La Ossa: received $24K on this topic Giselle Figueroa De La Ossa $24K Leyya Hoosen: received $20K on this topic Leyya Hoosen $20K Camille Louis: received $20K on this topic Camille Louis $20K Leyla Jafarova: received $20K on this topic Leyla Jafarova $20K Ziqi Xie: received $20K on this topic Ziqi Xie $20K Jetrho Clacday: received $18K on this topic Jetrho Clacday $18K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “dissertation” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $27,500 to ROJAS MARIA — 2023 dissertation
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Largest: $55,926 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — doctoral dissertation survey research grant
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Largest: $17,500 to JETRHO CLACDAY — dissertation completion fellowship
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Largest: $35,000 to JESSICA HLAY — grant to graduate student to assist with writing dissertation
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Largest: $302,280 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — doctoral dissertations, governance & democracy initiative
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Largest: $20,000 to GISELLE FIGUEROA DE LA OSSA — figueroa, giselle (university of the andes, bogota, colombia) to aid dissertation write-up in sociocultural anthropology at london school of economics supervised by gisa weszkalnys
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Largest: $650,000 to INSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS AND SCHOLARS — to continue support for dissertation completion grants; travel and dissertation research grants; and research fellowships for adjunct faculty for mmuf alumni
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Largest: $25,000 to COLEMAN RUBIN MAHLER — dissertation fellowship
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Largest: $406,668 to American Council of Learned Societies — support for phd dissertation fellowships
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Largest: $2.6M to National Academy of Education — naed/spencer dissertation fellowship program (cohorts 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
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Largest: $75,764 to GABRIEL FOY SUTHERLAND — dissertation grant to a doctoral student
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Largest: $300,000 to CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY — research and dissertation
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