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10 funders with a record of paying for “predoctoral”
Where the money went The Ford Foundation → National Academy of Sciences: $11M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koret Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → School for Advanced Research: $429K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Alfred P Sloan Foundation → The University of Chicago: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wyeth Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian American Art Museum: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2024 American Epilepsy Society → University of Pennsylvania: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Highmark Foundation → The Regents of the University of California: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Association for Anatomy → Brown University: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Cook Alexandra: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Sociologists for Women in Society → Asa Minority Fellowship: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wyeth Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian Institution: $128K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Highmark Foundation → The Ucla Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Crowe Alice: $34K across 1 grant, latest 2024 American Epilepsy Society → University of Nc at Chapel Hill: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wyeth Foundation for American Art → National Gallery of Art: $76K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Wexelblatt Nina: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2023 American Epilepsy Society → Creighton University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The J Paul Getty Trust → Giordano Rebecca: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The J Paul Getty Trust → Gruener Magdalena: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Dizdar Ivana: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The J Paul Getty Trust → Fialho Alex: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The J Paul Getty Trust → Kite Whitney: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The J Paul Getty Trust → Springstubb Phoebe: $32K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The J Paul Getty Trust → Schoepflin Elisabeth: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The J Paul Getty Trust → Woodward Hayley: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The J Paul Getty Trust → Gunhan Caliskan Aslihan: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The J Paul Getty Trust → Jeong Da Hyung: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2021 American Epilepsy Society → Colorado State University Sponsored Programs: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $11M Koret Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Koret Foundation $1.2M The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $429K on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $429K The J Paul Getty Trust: $423K on this topic. Open the funder. The J Paul Getty Trust $423K Wyeth Foundation for American Art: $338K on this topic. Open the funder. Wyeth Foundation for American… $338K Alfred P Sloan Foundation: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Alfred P Sloan Foundation $200K American Epilepsy Society: $167K on this topic. Open the funder. American Epilepsy Society $167K Highmark Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Highmark Foundation $100K American Association for Anatomy: $49K on this topic. Open the funder. American Association for Anat… $49K Sociologists for Women in Society: $36K on this topic. Open the funder. Sociologists for Women in Soc… $36K National Academy of Sciences: received $11M on this topic National Academy of Sciences $11M The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $1.2M on this topic The Board of Trustees of the Le… $1.2M School for Advanced Research: received $429K on this topic School for Advanced Research $429K The University of Chicago: received $200K on this topic The University of Chicago $200K Smithsonian American Art Museum: received $135K on this topic Smithsonian American Art Museum $135K Smithsonian Institution: received $128K on this topic Smithsonian Institution $128K National Gallery of Art: received $76K on this topic National Gallery of Art $76K University of Pennsylvania: received $76K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $76K The Regents of the University of California: received $50K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $50K The Ucla Foundation: received $50K on this topic The Ucla Foundation $50K Brown University: received $49K on this topic Brown University $49K Cook Alexandra: received $45K on this topic Cook Alexandra $45K Asa Minority Fellowship: received $36K on this topic Asa Minority Fellowship $36K Crowe Alice: received $34K on this topic Crowe Alice $34K Wexelblatt Nina: received $32K on this topic Wexelblatt Nina $32K Giordano Rebecca: received $32K on this topic Giordano Rebecca $32K Gruener Magdalena: received $32K on this topic Gruener Magdalena $32K Dizdar Ivana: received $32K on this topic Dizdar Ivana $32K Fialho Alex: received $32K on this topic Fialho Alex $32K Kite Whitney: received $32K on this topic Kite Whitney $32K Springstubb Phoebe: received $32K on this topic Springstubb Phoebe $32K University of Nc at Chapel Hill: received $31K on this topic University of Nc at Chapel Hill $31K Creighton University: received $30K on this topic Creighton University $30K Schoepflin Elisabeth: received $30K on this topic Schoepflin Elisabeth $30K Woodward Hayley: received $30K on this topic Woodward Hayley $30K Gunhan Caliskan Aslihan: received $30K on this topic Gunhan Caliskan Aslihan $30K Jeong Da Hyung: received $30K on this topic Jeong Da Hyung $30K Colorado State University Sponsored Programs: received $30K on this topic Colorado State University Spons… $30K 10 funders, 28 recipients, grants matching “predoctoral” 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: $45,000 to COOK ALEXANDRA — residential predoctoral fellowships
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Largest: $127,800 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — grant in support of the wyeth foundation predoctoral fellowship
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Largest: $400,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — predoctoral research fellows program and policy impact initiatives
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Largest: $75,800 to UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — predoctoral, postdoctoral, and junior investigator award grants
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Largest: $50,000 to The UCLA Foundation — funds will be used to support ucla school of dentistry's community based clinical education program (cbce) for predoctoral and resident students completing dental rotations at comm…
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Largest: $10.6M to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — for the ford fellowships program for predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships
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Largest: $18,000 to ASA MINORITY FELLOWSHIP — support for predoctoral sociology graduate students
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Largest: $429,000 to SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH — to support a final round of funding for a program of predoctoral and early-career scholarly fellowships in latinx studies
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Largest: $200,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — to support a predoctoral fellowship program that will train the next generation of scholars in collaborative research in energy and environmental economics and policy
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Largest: $49,000 to Brown University — predoctoral fellowship
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