<p>The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF), in partnership with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), seeks to advance innovative research on economic mobility and access to opportunity in the United States. We are particularly interested in research focused on diagnosing and addressing structural barriers to economic mobility in this country.
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</p><p><span style="font-size:small">Literacy leads to better health, broadens employment opportunities, and creates safer and more stable societies.
<p>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) establishes a Farm to School Program in order to assist eligible entities, through grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.</p>
<p>To fulfill the farm to school mandate in the NSLA, $5 million is provided to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on an annual basis to support grants, technical assistance, and the Federal administrative costs related to USDA’s Farm to School Program.
<div>To strengthen Africa’s higher education sector by improving the training, retention, and research productivity of academics in select countries in sub-Saharan Africa.</div>
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<div>Carnegie Corporation of New York has been a major American philanthropic supporter of higher education in Africa for over two decades.
<p>The Grants Program supports projects proposed by U.S. and Argentine academic, cultural, educational, and other non-profit organizations and/or individuals that fulfill U.S. Embassy goals and objectives: to promote economic prosperity and security through academic and cultural initiatives seeking to increase understanding between U.S.
<div>OUR GOAL: To strengthen Africa’s higher education sector through enhancing academic training, research, and retention in select countries of sub-Saharan Africa.</div>
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<div>Under this program, Carnegie has the following Focus Areas with their associated goals.</div>
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<p>Diaspora Linkages: The African academic diaspora is a powerful intellectual resource for a continent experiencing a higher education boom.
<div>OUR GOAL: To strengthen Africa’s higher education sector through enhancing academic training, research, and retention in select countries of sub-Saharan Africa.</div>
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<div>Under this program, Carnegie has the following Focus Areas with their associated goals.</div>
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<p>Diaspora Linkages: The African academic diaspora is a powerful intellectual resource for a continent experiencing a higher education boom.
<p>The ACLS Fellowship program includes a joint fellowship with the New York Public Library (additional information below), as well as named awards made possible by generous donors. The following fellowships will be awarded to selected applicants from within the ACLS Fellowship program:<br> • ACLS Barrington Foundation Centennial Fellowships in Classical Studies;<br> • ACLS Carl and Betty Pforzheimer Centennial Fellowships in English and American Literature;<br> • ACLS Centennial Fellowships in the Dynamics of Place;<br> • ACLS Donald J.
<p>The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.</p>
<p>Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution, and grant funds are not to be used to pay income tax on the award.
<div>NCF accepts Letters of Inquiry year-round, and conducts three rounds of grantmaking each year. To apply for a grant, review our focus to understand if your project aligns.</div>
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<div><strong>Our Focus</strong><br>Pursuing Justice. For People + Planet.