Carnegie Corporation of New York grants for advancing artificial intelligence capacity in African higher education

Carnegie Corporation of New York grants for advancing artificial intelligence capacity in African higher education is sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This grant supports advancing artificial intelligence capacity in African higher education. While focused internationally, it demonstrates Carnegie Corporation's interest in AI in higher education.

Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 94 Grants Totaling $63,219,000 | Carnegie Carnegie Corporation of New York is now the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. Learn more . Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 94 Grants Totaling $63,219,000 At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on September 11, 2025, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of Trustees approved 94 grants totaling $63,219,000.

Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.

African Technology Policy Studies Network (Nairobi, Kenya) 36-month grant of $900,000 for support for advancing artificial intelligence capacity in African higher education Arms Control Association (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $500,000 for a joint project mitigating the risks of AI integration into nuclear operations as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” Asia Society (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $500,000 for the China Visibility Initiative at ChinaFile Atlantic Council of the United States (Washington, DC) 18-month grant of $300,000 for a U.S.-China dialogue on high-tech innovation and competition Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, IL) 36-month grant of $825,000 for general support Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $250,000 for a project on Russia and its neighbors Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support to CSIS Africa initiatives CNA Corporation (Arlington, VA) 24-month grant of $250,000 for a project on Russian military reconstitution Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Dakar, Senegal) 36-month grant of $1,400,000 for strengthening African universities through research, civic engagement, and higher education studies Council on Foreign Relations (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of the Open Source Observatory, an AI-driven library of translated Chinese resources Federation of American Scientists (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $500,000 for a project assessing the implications of emerging and disruptive technologies for the stealth and security of nuclear launch platforms as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” Foreign Policy Research Institute (Philadelphia, PA) 24-month grant of $320,000 for a project to develop a roadmap to strengthen space security as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” German Marshall Fund of the United States (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $400,000 for a U.S.-China Track II dialogue on Taiwan Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) 36-month grant of $895,000 for support for the Alliance for African Partnership, fostering graduate student environments in African universities, and an artificial intelligence doctoral program National Security Archive Fund (Washington, DC) 36-month grant of $1,425,000 for the National Security Archive Nuclear Threat Initiative (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support of NTI’s nuclear program Olupona Foundation (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $400,000 for support for African academic diaspora engagement and mentorship training Paris Peace Forum (Paris, France) 24-month grant of $250,000 for core support of the annual Paris Peace Forum President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA) 24-month grant of $700,000 for Russia Matters Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) 24-month grant of $500,000 for a project to evaluate the capabilities of key emerging technologies for the future of nuclear deterrence dynamics as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” Quincy Institute (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $500,000 for the Eurasia program RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA) 18-month grant of $500,000 for a project analyzing the use of emerging technologies to bolster conventional deterrence in place of expanding nuclear capabilities as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI) 24-month grant of $500,000 for a joint project to analyze how emerging technologies affect nuclear escalation dynamics as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” Search for Common Ground (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $600,000 for a project to amplify the expertise of African peacebuilding practitioners and scholars SecDev Foundation (Ottawa, Canada) 24-month grant of $400,000 for the Roundtable on Military Cyber Stability Social Science Research Council (Brooklyn, NY) 36-month grant of $4,200,000 for support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellowship program TrustAfrica (Dakar, Senegal) 36-month grant of $1,000,000 for the West Africa Democracy Fund University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA) 24-month grant of $400,000 for the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) 24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the University of California, Berkeley Risk and Security Laboratory University of Denver (Denver, CO) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for the Bridging the Gap Project University of Ghana (Accra, Ghana) 36-month grant of $900,000 for support of the African Humanities Association (AHA) for enhancing humanities research in Africa University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) 24-month grant of $500,000 for a project on policy-relevant responses to emerging policy issues University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) 36-month grant of $750,000 for next generation dialogue, research, and outreach on China University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) 24-month grant of $390,000 for a project modeling the effects of nuclear use in outer space as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks” Achieving the Dream (Silver Spring, MD) 12-month grant of $250,000 for the Healthcare Pathways Professional Learning Community Alliance for Excellent Education (Washington, DC) 36-month grant of $900,000 for support of the State Policy Center Bill of Rights Institute (Arlington, VA) 24-month grant of $750,000 for project support to expand debate programs to foster civic skills Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta, GA) 24-month grant of $1,250,000 for support of the Think, Learn, Create Change program 24-month grant of $750,000 for core support of Braven New York Breakthrough New York (New York, NY) 33-month grant of $950,000 for support of programming for three middle school cohorts of Breakthrough New York scholars 12-month grant of $250,000 for support of the Voices for National Service public education campaign 36-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support of the development of teaching pathways Civic Nation (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of its nonpartisan youth voter education and outreach program Columbia University (New York, NY) 15-month grant of $300,000 for project support of the Freedom and Citizenship Program Community High School Foundation (Redwood City, CA) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of licenses for expanded access to the Futre platform for low-income students Disagree Better (Cottonwood Heights, UT) 24-month grant of $600,000 for general support 24-month grant of $2,544,000 for general support Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco, CA) 12-month grant of $250,000 for support to increase naturalization rates of legal permanent residents 36-month grant of $750,000 for core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education National 4-H Council (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $750,000 for project support of the Beyond Ready Program National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC) 12-month grant of $300,000 for support of a report and national public workshop on developing information literacy New America Foundation (Washington, DC) 15-month grant of $250,000 for core support of the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship Propel America (Boston, MA) 24-month grant of $750,000 for general support ProPublica (New York, NY) 36-month grant of $600,000 for general support Protect Democracy (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $450,000 for general support Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of College Promise Squash and Education Alliance (New York, NY) 18-month grant of $805,000 for project support of the Carnegie Scholarships and Community Engagement Initiatives in selected regions Teach Democracy (Los Angeles, CA) 24-month grant of $700,000 for a project to scale student-led civic engagement through the Civic Action Project and the National Youth Board TEACHMEducation (Cambridge, NY) 36-month grant of $1,750,000 for project support of the launch of teacher apprenticeships in New York State The Alliance for Decision Education (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 24-month grant of $300,000 for project support of the Media Literacy Incubator Cohort The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 15-month grant of $450,000 for the Teaching America250 Awards The Leadership Conference Education Fund (Washington, DC) 12-month grant of $250,000 for support of its voting and voting rights program University of Baltimore Foundation (Baltimore, MD) 36-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of Carnegie scholarships for University of Baltimore near-completer students University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) 24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of the Young Scholars Civic Engagement Program We the Veterans and Military Families (Denver, CO) 24-month grant of $500,000 for general support Cross-Program Opportunities Bridge Alliance Education Fund (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) 15-month grant of $300,000 for project support of The Team’s athlete civic ambassadors high school expansion program 24-month grant of $400,000 for a project to expand educational services to school districts across the country League of Women Voters Education Fund (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of its youth-focused democracy and civic education program Narrative 4 (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support for the next phase of the Focus City Strategy Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of More Perfect The Regents of the University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA) 24-month grant of $500,000 for a project to develop civic education metrics to strengthen implementation and adoption Think Equal (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $550,000 for implementation of social emotional learning in early childhood in selected states as well as a pilot to train practitioners in out of school settings WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston, MA) 24-month grant of $750,000 for an educational game on topics related to nuclear security issues Special Initiative on Scholars at Risk Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $300,000 for scholar mobility Special Opportunities Fund Carnegie Hall Corporation (New York, NY) 9-month grant of $1,000,000 in support of the United in Sound: America at 250 initiative Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) 36-month grant of $300,000 in support of educational programming Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) 36-month grant of $300,000 for general support Columbia University (New York, NY) 12-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support of the Institute for Global Politics Council on Foundations (Washington, DC) 15-month grant of $250,000 for support of its public policy work Freedom Reads (Hamden, CT) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support International Rescue Committee (New York, NY) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support Israel-America Academic Exchange (Beverly Hills, CA) 12-month grant of $240,000 for support of two conferences on countering polarization through academic collaboration Kyiv School of Economics (Washington, DC) 12-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Carnegie Scholarship Initiative Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY) 36-month grant of $300,000 in support of the Belle da Costa Greene Fellowship Program Museum of the City of New York (New York, NY) 36-month grant of $300,000 grant for support of educational programming, including the civics component of the America 250 exhibition National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $1,000,000 for a cross-partisan dialogue for democracy National Endowment for Democracy (Washington, DC) 24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the Journal of Democracy NEO Philanthropy (New York, NY) 12-month grant of $250,000 for general support New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY) 15-month grant of $250,000 for project support of the Explainers and garden-wide internship programs New York Historical Society (New York, NY) 36-month grant of $400,000 for general support Rodel Institute (Phoenix, AZ) 24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Rodel Judicial Fellowship Program Solomon R.

Guggenheim Museum and Foundation (New York, NY) 36-month grant of $225,000 for core support of educational programming St Leonards School (St.

Andrews, United Kingdom) 24-month grant of $250,000 in support of student scholarships Waterford Treasures DAC (Waterford, Ireland) 24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Waterford Treasures Children’s Museum Carnegie Libraries 250: Celebrating Libraries and Community The Next Generation of Writers Finds Inspiration at a Carnegie Library in Rural Georgia 279,000 Books and Counting: How Freedom Reads Gives People in Prison a Place to Read When Carnegie Libraries Run in the Family