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Press Releases
December 13, 2002 - Press Release
More Than $2.3 Million Awarded as Part of Annual Research and Writing Grants Competition
The grants are intended to support projects that explore the development of improved understanding of key topics in global security and sustainability, as well as to strengthen the community of scholars engaged in work on these ... Read More
December 5, 2002 - Press Release
Grants to Support Chicago's Resident Leadership Engaged in Public Housing Transformation
MacArthur will support both the Greater Southwest Comunity Development Corporation and the Central Advisory Council to train and engage Chicagoans in housing issues. Read More
December 5, 2002 - Press Release
Intellectual Property Rights and Protection of the Public Domain
MacArthur has announced two grants totaling $850,000 made through its special funding initiative on intellectual property and the long-term protection of the public domain.
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November 15, 2002 - Press Release
MacArthur Announces $1.5 Million in Grants Related to International Criminal Court
The grants are all designed to advance the institutionalization of the International Criminal Court. Read More
November 15, 2002 - Press Release
MacArthur Makes $1 Million Grant to Lawyers Committee For Human Rights
The grant was made to support its work on major international human rights issues. Read More
November 7, 2002 - Press Release
Grants for Conservation and Sustainable Development Work in Asia And Africa
MacArthur has announced 15 grants totaling nearly $4.5 million in support of conservation and sustainable development work in the Eastern Himalaya region in Southeast Asia and the Albertine Rift area of Central Africa.
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November 6, 2002 - Press Release
MacArthur Provides $2 Million to Improve Reproductive Health and Rights Of Women and Adolescents
MacArthur has announced four grants totaling nearly $2 million in support of international policy work related to its population and reproductive health priorities. Read More
October 25, 2002 - Press Release
$2.5 Million Grant to Center For Resource Economics / Island Press
MacArthur announced a grant that will help the center expand its publishing and marketing of environmental books worldwide.
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October 24, 2002 - Press Release
MacArthur Provides $1.3 Million to Address the Dangers Of Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Weapons
MacArthur has announced three grants for efforts to limit the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and encourage new strategies for cooperative security. Read More
October 23, 2002 - Press Release
Economic Development in Urban Communities Nationwide
MacArthur has announced a $5 million program-related investment to the Minneapolis-based Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF). Read More
