Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support an investigation of how natural science collections might be more effectively used and could generate additional sources of revenue for the collecting institutions

Natural Science Collections 

Academy Fellow Endowment

to support a strategic planning process that aims to strengthen the Academy’s educational programs, laboratories, and overall operations

Strategic Planning Process

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

Plants Initiative

to continue support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

for research using diatom remnants from sediments to explore the historical record of acid precipitation

Acid Precipitation Research

to support the completion of a history of the National Academy of Sciences

A History of the National Academy of Sciences

for a collaborative project with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to examine the recent development of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

for use by the Institute of Medicine in continued support of the activities of the Division of Health Sciences Policy

Institute of Medicine - Health Sciences Policy

to support planning for study of available data on the integration of undergraduate and graduate education in sciences, engineering, and medicine with the humanities

Integration of Sciences with the Humanities

in support of a National Academy of Sciences Panel Study entitled "Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited English  Proficient and Bilingual Students"

National Academy of Sciences - Panel Study

to endow a program of Academy initiated studies that address issues of significance to the nation

Academy Studies Endowment

to continue support for the National Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

Commission of Humanities and Social Sciences

for use by the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Natural Sciences toward costs of library materials, equipment, and faculty development

EEP - Humanities/Natural Sciences

for use by the Institute of Medicine toward the costs of programs in its Division of Health Sciences Policy

IOM - Health Sciences Policy

to support the preparation and publication of the proceedings from the conference entitled "Unity of Knowledge: the Convergence of Natural and Human Science"

Unity of Knowledge

to support outreach and implementation of the recently completed report The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree

Integrating Humanities and Sciences Implementation

to support a fellowship program for young scientists and engineers at the National Research Council

National Research Council/National Academy of Engineering - Fellowships

for support of its programs of meetings and conferences

Academy Meetings-Conferences

to support the organization of a commission to examine the nation’s system of education in the humanities and social sciences and recommend measures for strengthening it

Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

to support a study that would encourage the effective integration of the arts, humanities, and STEM subjects into undergraduate education

Integrating Humanities and Sciences

to support a fellowship program for Philadelphia-area activists working with local archives to document and reinterpret acts of resistance

Chronicling Resistance at the Free Library of Philadelphia

to support reconstruction and preservation of the Robeson Houses of Philadelphia and Princeton, as well as increased organizational capacity for collaborative initiatives

Robeson Houses of Philadelphia and Princeton

for use by the National Academy of Engineering in a program of pilot studies on engineering and technology

Pilot Studies - Engineering and Technology

toward support of an international workshop on world climate issues to be conducted by the Climate Research Board of the Academy's Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Climate Research Board - World Climate Workshop

toward costs of a study on the status of black Americans

Status of Black Americans

to assist a series of self-initiated National Academy studies and to continue a resident fellowship program at the National Research Council

NAS Studies

National Research Council - Fellowships

to support a study of "University Management of Intellectual Property: Lessons from a Generation of Bayh-Dole Experience"

University Management of Intellectual Property 

for use by the Institute of Medicine, in support of activities related to contraceptive development

Institute of Medicine - Contraceptive Development

for use by the Institute of Medicine in support of activities related to contraceptive development

to support a panel study that will measure racial discrimination

Measurement of Discrimination 

to support planning, the commissioning of background papers, and other organizing activities for the Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders’ Forum

Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders' Forum 

to support a study of Hispanics in the United States

Study of Hispanics in American Society  

to support a study of the impact of racial and ethnic diversity in US institutions of higher education

Consequences of Diversity

to support collaborative programs with Philadelphia Museum of Art to provide object-centered research and curatorial training to art history graduate students

Philadelphia Museum of Art/University of Pennsylvania Collaboration

to support collaborative programs to provide object-centered research and curatorial training to art history graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania

to support a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugee Movements

Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugee Movements

to support a national conference that examines the role of universities in the nation's economic, social, and cultural well-being

Research Universities and the Future of America: A National Convocation

to continue support for the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth Artists’ Initiative

Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth Artists' Initiative

to support the development and strengthening of the Academy of Science of South Africa

Academy of Science of South Africa

to support dissemination of the results of the Foundation-funded Humanities Departmental Survey and Humanities in Our Lives Survey

Communicating Data about the Health of the Humanities

to support the establishment of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic in Philadelphia

Society of Historians of the Early American Republic

for a review of the Institute of Medicine

IOM Review

to continue the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of Africa, Latin America, and other areas

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 