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PRESIDENT'S ESSAY
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Digital Media, Learning, and Education
MEDIA LITERACY
Century Foundation, Washington, D.C.
$50,000 for a project on the use of digital communications technologies in education, the arts, and civic life. (2001)
Global Kids, New York, New York
$170,000 in support of building the field of digital media and learning by engaging young people in online discussions and written essays about their use of digital
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Comparative Media Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
$500,000 to develop a conceptual framework, website, and approach with models for achieving a new kind of digital media literacy among young people. (2005)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technical Education Resource Centers, Cambridge, Massachusetts
$239,000 in support of efforts to improve classroom instruction through the use of digital technologies. (2003)
University of Chicago, Center for Urban School Improvement, Chicago, Illinois
$250,000 to support a pilot after-school media literacy program. (2005)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
$1,200,000 in support of the design and development of innovative game modules, curriculum, and tools to support young people’s media literacy (over three years). (2006)
RESEARCH
Blueprint Research & Design, San Francisco, California
$80,000 in support of field building, strategic planning, and analysis of trends in innovation, the development of expertise, and in distribution in digital media and learning. (2005)
Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
$220,000 in support of research and analysis to explore digital media and learning among youth. (2004)
Mills College, Oakland, California
$450,000 in support of a longitudinal quantitative study of the effect of digital media on young people’s current and future civic commitments and engagements (over three years). (2006)
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education, Monterey, California
$575,000 to build the field of digital media and learning through papers, online discussions, and edited volumes on a variety of topics (over 18 months). (2005)
New Media Consortium, Austin, Texas
$17,500 to complete a literature review, monograph, and communication activities exploring visual and digital literacy in higher education.
$575,000 to build the field of digital media and learning through papers, online discussions, and edited volumes on a variety of topics in the MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning (over 18 months).
University of California, Berkeley, School of Information Management and Systems, Berkeley, California
$1,954,000 in support of a multi-site ethnographic study of how and to what effect young people use digital media (over three years).
University of Southern California, Annenberg Center for Communication, Los Angeles, California
$1,346,000 in support of a multi-site ethnographic study of how and to what effect young people use digital media (over three years).
MEDIA
DOCUMENTARY FILM
American Documentary, Inc., New York, New York
$1,500,000 in support of P.O.V. (Point of View), a documentary series for public television (over three years). (2004)
American University, School of Communication, Washington, D.C.
$100,000 in support of a project to document and disseminate a collection of best practices that would help guide the use of copyrighted materials in new documentary film productions. (2005)
Arts Engine, New York, New York
$50,000 in support of MediaRights.org, an educational and outreach website for social issue filmmakers and community groups. (2001)
$180,000 in support of MediaRights.org, an educational website for social issue filmmakers and nonprofit organizations (over three years). (2002)
Center for Investigative Reporting, Berkeley, California
$75,000 to support preliminary research for a documentary film exploring the debate over protecting intellectual property. (2005)
Digital Innovations Group, New York, New York
$50,000 in support of a project to encourage collabo-ration among independent filmmakers and digital artists. (2001)
$100,000 in support of Crossover, a project designed to introduce interactive digital technologies to documentary filmmakers. (2002)
Duke University, School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
$50,000 in support of the distribution of a comic book about fair use and documentary film in the digital age. (2006)
Globalvision, New York, New York
$75,000 in support of “Hole in the Wall,” a documentary film about information technologies and the changing global economic order. (2003)
Independent Initiative, San Francisco, California
$50,000 in support of a planning process to help independent filmmakers prepare for a changing media environment. (2002)
PUBLIC MEDIA/CITIZEN JOURNALISM
Independent World Television, New York, New York
$150,000 in support of a feasibility and planning study. (2004)
Link Media, San Francisco, California
$2,500,000 in support of a non-commercial television channel with international content. (2001 and 2002)
New York University, Department of Journalism, New York, New York
$210,000 in support of the exploratory phase of a project to engage citizens as both participants in and funders of journalism. (2006)
One World International Foundation, London, United Kingdom
$250,000 in support of the OneWorld Network, including oneworld.net, tv.oneworld.net, and us.oneworld.net (over two years). (2004)
Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, Virginia
$118,000 for a planning process on strategies to strengthen public television. (2004)
Radio Bilingue, Fresno, California
$25,000 in support of an Internet feasibility study. (2002)
Sound Portraits Productions, New York, New York
$75,000 in support of StoryCorps, an oral history project. (2003)
$50,000 in support of StoryCorps, an oral history project. (2004)
Station Resource Group, Takoma Park, Maryland
$350,000 in support of the Public Radio Exchange (over three years). (2003)
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
$225,000 in support of the Caravan Project, a multi-media book publishing demonstration project. (2005)
University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$25,000 in support of the conference “The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age.” (2006)
University of Southern California, Annenberg Center for Communication, Los Angeles, California
$500,000 for a project to create the Institute for the Future of the Book (over two years). (2004)
WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
$1,000,000 in support of the Digital Opportunity Fund (over three years). (2004)
WGBH Educational Foundation, FRONTLINE, Boston, Massachusetts
$800,000 in support of FRONTLINE/World, a global news documentary series on PBS (over two years). (2002)
$500,000 in support of frontline/World (over two years). (2005)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
POLICY ANALYSIS
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Human Rights Program, Washington, D.C.
$600,000 in support of a policy project on science and intellectual property (over three years). (2002)
American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy, Washington, D.C.
$630,000 for a project on the implications of digital copyright for libraries and their patrons (over three years). (2002)
$630,000 in support of a project on the implications of digital copyright for libraries and their patrons (over three years). (2005)
Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, D.C.
$250,000 for a project to establish a balanced approach to copyright protection. (2002)
$600,000 in support of a project to help establish a balanced approach to copyright protection (over three years). (2004)
$250,000 in support of the Security, Freedom and Technology Project. (2004)
Center for Digital Democracy, Washington, D.C.
$225,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2002)
Center for International Environmental Law–U.S., Washington, D.C.
$85,000 in support of a feasibility study and a pilot workshop that would inform the development of a program to enhance the participation of developing countries in bilateral intellectual property negotiations. (2005)
Center for Study of Responsive Law, Washington, D.C.
$450,000 in support of the Consumer Project on Technology (over three years). (2002)
Consumers International, London, United Kingdom
$150,000 in support of the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, which seeks to bring a consumer perspective to international intellectual property negotiations (over two years). (2004)
Digital Future Coalition, Washington, D.C.
$175,000 to develop a communications toolkit on copyright. (2003)
Duke University School of Law, Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Durham, North Carolina
$60,000 in support of a project on the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of International Property Rights. (2002) www.law.duke.edu/cspd
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California
$600,000 for work to represent the public interest in international industry standards-setting meetings on digital rights management and intellectual property (over three years). (2003) www.eff.org
Essential Information, Washington, D.C.
$600,000 in support of the Consumer Project on Technology’s work on international intellectual property policies (over three years). (2005)
Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts
$750,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)
Intellectual Property Watch, Geneva, Switzerland
$300,000 in support of an independent news service, which reports on the processes of intellectual property policymaking at the international level and support for long-term planning efforts (over three years). (2005)
Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C.
$168,000 in support of research and educational activities on intellectual property topics (over three years). (2004)
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
$49,000 in support of a symposium on the role of the public domain in scientific and technical information. (2002)
$250,000 in support of efforts to promote open access to scientific and technical data and information (over 18 months). (2002)
Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.
$500,000 in support of policy work on intellectual property and a research project on the economics of intellectual property law (over two years). (2002)
$750,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2004)
NEW MODELS
Creative Commons, San Francisco, California
$1,200,000 to develop and implement a new form of licensing for creative works and an intellectual property conservancy (over three years). (2002)
$750,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2005)
Future of Music Coalition, Washington, D.C.
$75,000 in support of a study of the music sample licensing process. (2005)
Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts
$600,000 in support of the Digital Media in Cyberspace Project (over three years). (2003)
OTHER-MEETINGS
American University, Washington College of Law, Program on Intellectual Property and Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
$50,000 for a meeting to develop a research agenda on intellectual property. (2002)
Council on Competitiveness, Washington, D.C.
$100,000 in support of the Forum on Technology and Innovation’s Congressional briefings on intellectual property issues (over two years). (2002)
University of Illinois at Chicago, University Library, Chicago, Illinois
$70,000 in support of a conference on open source publishing. (2005)
Yale University, School of Law, New Haven, Connecticut
$65,000 in support of the Access to Knowledge conference. (2005)
APPLYING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.
$110,000 in support of a pilot project on the application of geospatial technologies to human rights. (2005)
American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy, Washington, D.C.
$215,000 for a multidisciplinary assessment of the credibility of information on the Internet. (2003)
Brown University, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Providence, Rhode Island
$700,000 to develop diagnostic tools for school districts to use in comprehensive reform efforts (over two years). (2005)
Benetech, Palo Alto, California
$800,000 in support of using science and technology to promote human rights (over three years). (2005)
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, California
$160,000 in support of expanding local capability to map forest disturbances in Peruvian forests. (2005)
California Center for population Research, Los Angeles, California
$86,000 in support of improving research on the demographic dividend by integrating geographic information system data into an ongoing population-based survey in Indonesia to enhance information about changes in age structure and contraceptive use. (2005)
CDFI Data Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$250,000 to collect and analyze FY 2003 data on indicators relevant to the community development financial institutions industry. (2004)
Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago, Illinois
$1,735,000 for efforts to improve the agency’s capacity to relocate and assist tenants, assure quality property management, and manage information. (2001)
City of Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois
$850,000 in support of the design and testing of public-access components of a data management system (over two years). (2006)
Community Builders, Boston, Massachusetts
$500,000 in support of improvements in management information systems to increase capacity for large-scale ownership and preservation of affordable rental housing (over two years). (2003)
Community Catalyst, Boston, Massachusetts
$250,000 to develop eligibility screening software for potential recipients of social services. (2001)
$850,000 in support of the expansion of RealBenefits, an eligibility screening program for potential recipients of social services. (2003)
$1,500,000 for the development and expansion throughout metropolitan Chicago of RealBenefits, an Internet-based eligibility screening software that helps increase individual and family access to income support programs (over two years). (2004)
Eyebeam, New York, New York
$300,000 in support of a research and development lab, which develops new technologies and media projects intended for the public domain (over two years). (2005)
Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts
$3,000,000 in support of the Open Net Initiative (over four years). (2005)
Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative, New York, New York
$1,000,000 in support of the Urban Markets Initiative. (2002)
Metro Chicago Information Center, Chicago, Illinois
$900,000 in support of the assembly and analysis of data about Chicago neighborhoods (over three years). (2005)
Metropolitan Area Research Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
$165,000 to create a web tool for mapping data from the book The Struggle to Grow Equitably: Sprawl, Taxes and Race in America’s Regions. (2004)
National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
$500,000 in support of the Key National Indicators Initiative (over two years). (2005)
National Community Capital Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$250,000 in support of the Community Development Financial Institutions Data Project. (2003)
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
$400,000 to upgrade information systems and restructure lending and development services. (2001)
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
$300,000 in support of a satellite version of the Virtual Herbarium in the Greater Antilles (over three years). (2001)
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Chicago, Illinois
$380,000 in support of a web-based clearinghouse for housing and community development information in the Chicago region (over three years). (2002)
$418,000 to pilot a virtual network for sharing housing and community development data (over two years). (2004)
$138,000 in support of the application of innovative technology to neighborhood-level data collection in Chicago. (2004)
Shorebank Advisory Services, Chicago, Illinois
$425,000 in support of MetroEdge, a provider of market research and knowledge products that increase the competitiveness of low-income neighborhoods and the regions in which they are located. (2001)
Tax Policy Forum, Chicago, Illinois
$150,000 in support of the Tax Policy Calculator Project (over two years). (2005)
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Office of Research Services, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
$485,000 in support of the design and development of a clinical information management system for the Research Network on Youth Mental Health Care (over three years). (2005)
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education, Chicago, Illinois
$120,000 to develop a technology plan supporting the revitalization of public schools in the Mid-South area of Chicago. (2004)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
$477,000 to establish ExpandNet, a network of health professionals seeking to increase the use of successful reproductive health interventions (over three years). (2004)
University of Washington, Information School, Seattle, Washington
$250,000 in support of the Credibility Commons, an online environment for developing tools and resources intended to improve the credibility of Internet information (over two years). (2006)
Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
$75,000 to map eligible housing and study the attributes of neighborhoods accessible to housing choice voucher recipients. (2003)
Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
$10,000 to create a laboratory on acoustical-optical systems for information analysis and transmission (over one year). (2002)
Women’s Global Health Imperative, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
$1,149,000 in support of continuing, expanding, and beginning to scale up the anti-shock garment pilot project in Nigeria, and to support an experimental trial of the garment in Egypt to demonstrate reduction in maternal mortality and morbidity (over two years). (2005)
WorldFish Center, Penang, Malaysia
$195,000 to analyze information collected by the Locally Managed Marine Area Network on coral reef management and disseminate it through the ReefBase database (over 18 months). (2004)
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION
American Councils for International Education, Washington, D.C.
$100,000 in support of enhancing the distance learning programs of the European Humanities University International. (2005)
Columbia University in the City of New York, School of International and Public Affairs, New York, New York
$125,000 in support of the Gulf/2000 Project (over three years). (2002)
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
$450,000 in support of an Internet-based resource center for Psychiatric Advance Directives (over three years) (2005)
One World International Foundation, London, United Kingdom
$70,000 in support of a planning process to determine the most appropriate approach to implementing the Mobile4Good project in Nigeria, a project which uses mobile phone technology to promote healthy outcomes. (2006)
Information Technology Resource Center, Chicago, Illinois
$75,000 in support of planning for the NPO-NET, a local telecommunications network. (2001)
League of Chicago Theatres Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
$370,000 to support an online ticketing system. (2005)
Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
$500,000 to convert the card catalogue to an online system (over two years). (2002)
One Economy Corporation, Washington, D.C.
$80,000 for a project to increase the access of public housing and neighborhood residents to online information. (2002)
$1,400,000 in support of a technology program whose beneficiaries will include residents of four mixed-income public housing developments in Chicago (over four years). (2003)
$625,000 in support of a training and assistance program to help residents of low-income neighborhoods improve their lives through the use of technology (over 18 months). (2005)
Philanthropic Research, Williamsburg, Virginia
$60,000 in support of GuideStar, a free Internet service providing financial and programmatic information on U.S. nonprofit organizations (over three years). (2004)
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, California
$300,000 in support of the China Internet Project (over two years). (2005)
University of Iowa, Office of the Vice President for Research, Division of Sponsored Programs, Iowa City, Iowa
$468,000 in support of the Nigerian Universities Information and Communication Technologies Project (over three years). (2001)
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
Chicago Metropolis 2020, Chicago, Illinois
$250,000 to develop a technology platform for a regional learning game. (2004)
Council on Competitiveness, Washington, D.C.
$150,000 in support of the forum on Technology and Innovation, a project to educate policymakers and the media about technology policy issues (over two years). (2004)
Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
$100,000 to adapt a regional learning game for use in southeast Florida. (2005)
Green Media Toolshed, Washington, D.C.
$25,000 in support of an exploratory workshop of international technologists and civil society leaders to develop ideas and best practices for the use of mobile phone messaging to promote civic participation. (2005)
InternetCoast Economic Development Advisory Council, West Palm Beach, Florida
$300,000 in support of general operations (over four years). (2004)
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
$70,000 in support of website development and training in content management for eight community organizations. (2005)
$75,600 in support of community participation in the design and testing of Internet tools for community policing. (2006)
National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, D.C.
$167,000 in support of a national panel on the ethical issues that may arise when using innovative technology to reduce crime and improve neighborhood safety (over nine months). (2005)
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Chicago, Illinois
$360,000 in support of efforts to make community and public data accessible to community organizations for the purposes of neighborhood revitalization (over two years). (2005)
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Criminal Justice, Chicago, Illinois
$97,000 in support of an evaluation of community participation in the design and use of web-enabled tools to improve citizen/police relations and improve neighborhood safety. (2006)
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