International Peace and Security

Recent Grants

Asia Security Initiative
Science and Technology Security Policy
New Approaches to Cooperative Security
Research and Engagement

Asia Security Initiative

Number of Grants: 39

Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
$600,000 to support policy research on how the United States, its treaty allies and other selected states could integrate their bilateral diplomatic, economic and strategic interaction with multilateral institutions (over three years). (2008)

Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$600,000 to support policy research on international cooperation to respond to internal security challenges in Asia. (2009)

Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$450,000 to support policy research on how the U.S.-centered system of alliances can help to manage international security challenges in Asia in an era of changing power dynamics (over three years). (2008)

Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of a study of Asia-Pacific views on regional institutions (over two years). (2007)

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Geneva, Switzerland)
$600,000 to support a research project examining comparative responses to violent internal conflict in the Asia-Pacific region (over two years). (2008)

Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi, India)
$750,000 to support research on South Asian security cooperation (over three years). (2008)

Centre for Security Analysis (Chennai, India)
$500,000 to support policy research on internal conflict in South Asia (over three years). (2009)

China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (Beijing, China)
$160,000 in support of research by Chinese technical and policy experts on the nuclear strategies and policies of states with nuclear weapons (over two years). (2008)

Dalpino, Catharin (Washington, D.C.)
$10,000 to support blogging to advance the field of Asian security studies. (2009)

East Asia Institute (Seoul, South Korea)
$2,000,000 in support of an Asian Security Initiative core institution (over three years). (2008)

Feng, Zhu (Beijing, China)
$10,000 to support blogging to advance the field of Asian security studies. (2009)

George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 to support policy research on shifts in power and identity in Asia (over three years). (2009)

Harris, Tobias (Somerville, Massachusetts)
$10,000 in support of blogging to advance the field of Asian security studies. (2009)

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (New Delhi, India)
$450,000 in support of policy research by young South Asian scholars and opinion-makers on Asian security issues (over three years). (2008)

Institute for International Economics (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000 to support policy research on North Korea (over two years). (2008)

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi, India)
$450,000 to support policy research on Sino-Indian relations (over three years). (2009)

International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, United Kingdom)
$250,000 in support of the Asian security summit for 2008, the Shangri-La Dialogue. (2008)

International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, United Kingdom)
$1,350,000 in support of the 2009-2011 Asia Security Summits (the Shangri-La Dialogue) and research on how small and medium powers in the Asia-Pacific are responding diplomatically and militarily to changes in regional power dynamics (over three years). (2008)

International Institute for Strategic Studies-US (Washington, D.C.)
$120,000 in support of the 2009-2011 Asia Security Summits (the Shangri-La Dialogue) and research on how small and medium powers in the Asia-Pacific are responding diplomatically and militarily to changes in power dynamics in the region (over three years). (2009)

Japan Center for International Exchange/Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
$500,000 to support research on how non-government forces will affect success in establishing security cooperation in East Asia (over three years). (2008)

Lowy Institute for International Policy (Sydney, Australia)
$700,000 in support of research on the constraints on and limits of multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific (over three years). (2008)

Nanyang Technological University S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Singapore, Republic of Singapore)
$35,000 to support an event commemorating the launch of the Asia Security Initiative. (2009)

Nanyang Technological University S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Singapore, Republic of Singapore)
$2,500,000 in support of an Asian Security Initiative core institution (over three years). (2008)

National Bureau of Asian Research (Seattle, Washington)
$1,200,000 to support research on South Asian regional cooperation and on maritime energy resources (over three years). (2008)

National Chengchi University Institute for International Relations (Taipei, Taiwan)
$550,000 in support of policy research on cross-Straits relations (over three years). (2008)

National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore, Republic of Singapore)
$750,000 to support capacity-building and policy research on energy policy in Asia (over three years). (2008)

Peking University Center for International & Strategic Studies (Beijing, China)
$1,400,000 in support of an Asian Security Initiative core institution (over three years). (2008)

Rajagopalan, Swarna (Chennai, India)
$10,000 to support blogging to advance the field of Asian security studies. (2009)

Roul, Animesh (New Delhi, India)
$10,000 to support blogging to advance the field of Asian security studies. (2009)

Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea)
$300,000 to support policy research on Sino-Korean security challenges (over three years). (2008)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies (Shanghai, China)
$180,000 in support of policy research on cross-Straits relations (over three years). (2008)

Strategic Foresight Group (Mumbai, India)
$400,000 in support of policy research on water resource conflict in Asia (over two years). (2008)

Tsinghua University Institute of International Studies (Beijing, China)
$225,000 in support of the "China Journal of International Politics" (over three years). (2009)

University of California, San Diego Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (La Jolla, California)
$500,000 to support policy research on regional security architecture, including on the permanent institutionalization of the Six-Party Talks (over two years). (2008)

University of Georgia Research Foundation (Athens, Georgia)
$250,000 in support of training and workshops to strengthen Chinese companies' awareness of and responsiveness to nonproliferation controls, in partnership with the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (over two years). (2007)

University of Tokyo Policy Alternative Research Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
$525,000 to support policy research on regional security architecture, including the permanent institutionalization of the Six-Party Talks (over two years). (2008)

Vatikiotis, Michael (Singapore, Republic of Singapore)
$10,000 to support blogging to advance the field of Asian security studies. (2009)

WGBH Educational Foundation Frontline (Boston, Massachusetts)
$100,000 in support of FRONTLINE/World reporting on Asian security issues. (2009)

Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)
$200,000 to support policy research on regional security architecture, including the permanent institutionalization of the Six-Party Talks (over two years). (2008)

Science and Technology Security Policy

Number of Grants: 14

Analytical Center for Non-Proliferation (Sarov, Russia)
$200,000 in support of work on worldwide spent fuel and radioactive waste management and ways to achieve a low-waste nuclear fuel cycle (over two years). (2007)

Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (Moscow, Russia)
$450,000 to support a research and training program on Technical Aspects of Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation (over three years). (2009)

Center for Media and Security (Millwood, New York)
$160,000 in support of a project to bring science, technology and security policy issues to the attention of national, foreign and regional media (over two years). (2007)

Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$95,000 to support a project on the role of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. (2008)

College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
$15,000 to support the policy research project, The Proliferation Paradox: Why Efforts to Reduce the Number of Nuclear States May Backfire. (2009)

Council on Foreign Relations (New York, New York)
$200,000 to research and identify politically and technically viable options for limiting uranium enrichment in Iran and other countries. (2009)

Darmstadt University of Technology Interdisciplinary Research Group, Science Technology and Security (Darmstadt, Germany)
$128,000 in support of the coordination of a research network on technologies to detect nuclear material production (over two years). (2007)

Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$800,000 in support of Managing the Atom, an interdisciplinary program of research and training to strengthen scientific advice on international security policy matters (over 18 months). (2009)

King's College London Department of War Studies (London, United Kingdom)
$1,000,000 to support an interdisciplinary program of research and training to strengthen scientific advice on international security policy (over two years). (2008)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program in Science, Technology, and Society (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$500,000 to support an interdisciplinary program of research and training to strengthen scientific advice on international security policy (over 22 months). (2009)

Union of Concerned Scientists (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$250,000 to support activities to provide policymakers and the public with scientific information and analysis related to nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, missile defense and international space policy (over 22 months). (2009)

Union of Concerned Scientists (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$650,000 in support of activities to provide policymakers and the public with scientific information and analysis related to proliferation and other risks associated with nuclear power, U.S. nuclear weapons policy, and China security issues (over two years). (2007)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (Champaign, Illinois)
$450,000 to support an interdisciplinary program of research and training to strengthen scientific advice on international security policy (over two years). (2008)

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.)
$35,000 to inform the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. (2008)

New Approaches to Cooperative Security

Number of Grants: 5

Atomic Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of a play and book on nuclear disarmament (over 18 months). (2007)

DePaul University, College of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
$100,000 to support legal analysis and policy research to reduce biological weapons dangers. (2008)

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.)
$175,000 to promote a cooperative nonproliferation environment in the Middle East. (2009)

Naval War College Foundation (Newport, Rhode Island)
$290,000 in support of a research project to identify policy options available to Northeast Asian powers for mitigating dangers from North Korea's acquisition of nuclear weapons (over 18 months). (2007)

University of Hamburg, Research Center Biotechnology, Society and Environment (Hamburg, Germany)
$100,000 in support of a project to refine and promote the implementation of a global trade monitoring concept. (2008)

Research and Engagement

Number of Grants: 32

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$210,000 in support of general operations. (2008)

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$420,000 in support of general operations. (2007)

Arms Control Association (Washington, D.C.)
$450,000 to support education and outreach activities to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear weapons (over three years). (2009)

Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 to support a policy research and engagement project The Brookings Project on Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and Disarmament. (2009)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, Illinois)
$350,000 in support of its publication which provides information to policymakers and the public on nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, climate change and bioterrorism and fosters informed dialogue on solutions to such global risks (over two years). (2008)

Center for a New American Security (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 in support of research on achieving a nuclear-free world (over 9 months). (2008)

Center for National Policy (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of a project to inform and engage Congress on reducing the risks posed by global stores of fissile material (over two years). (2007)

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (Washington, D.C.)
$750,000 to conduct independent assessments of emerging security challenges and the U.S. defense posture, and the cost, impact and programmatic implications of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (over two years). (2007)

City College 21st Century Foundation (New York, New York)
$17,000 to support scholarship and analysis of the contributions to international peace and security during the term of Kofi Annan through the organization and publishing of his papers. (2009)

Federation of American Scientists (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 to make available to policymakers and the public scientific information and analysis related to nuclear weapons (over 18 months). (2008)

Fund for Peace (Washington, D.C.)
$400,000 to support policy research on the convergence of WMD proliferation, fragile states and terrorism and to establish a Center for the Study of Threat Convergence (over two years). (2008)

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 in support of policy research on federal budget priorities for promoting national and international security (over two years). (2008)

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.)
$300,000 in support of the Space Security Project to advance an international code of conduct for responsible space-faring nations (over two years). (2007)

Institute for Science and International Security (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 to assess cases of illicit nuclear trade and determine effective ways to combat nuclear smuggling (over two years). (2009)

Institute for Science and International Security (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 to assess cases of illicit nuclear trade and determine effective ways to combat nuclear smuggling (over two years). (2007)

International Council for the Life Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 to underwrite an interdisciplinary international forum that promotes biosecurity and biosafety standards and helps to assess biological risks to international security from the misuse of the life sciences (over one year). (2009)

International Council for the Life Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of an interdisciplinary international forum that promotes biosecurity and biosafety standards and helps assess biological risks to international security from the misuse of the life sciences (over two years). (2007)

International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, United Kingdom)
$250,000 to support cooperation to prevent nuclear proliferation and foster progress toward nuclear disarmament (over two years). (2009)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Security Studies Program (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$75,000 in support of policy research on federal budget priorities for promoting national and international security (over two years). (2008)

National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 to bring scientific and technical expertise to policymakers at the U.S. Department of State through the Jefferson Science Fellows Program (over two years). (2007)

National Committee on American Foreign Policy (New York, New York)
$250,000 in support of international dialogues on East Asian security (over two years). (2008)

Nuclear Threat Initiative (Washington, D.C.)
$1,500,000 in support of The Nuclear Security Project, aimed at galvanizing global action to reduce urgent nuclear dangers and build support for a world free of nuclear weapons (over 18 months). (2008)

Nuclear Threat Initiative (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of a project to galvanize global action to reduce urgent nuclear dangers and build support for a world free of nuclear weapons. (2007)

Ploughshares Fund (San Francisco, California)
$50,000 in support of the Peace and Security Funders Group (over two years). (2009)

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford, California)
$550,000 to support the Peace and Cooperation in the Asian-Pacific Region project (over three years). (2009)

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford, California)
$125,000 in support of work on Northeast Asian security. (2008)

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford, California)
$300,000 in support of a policy research project entitled "The Road to Disarmament: Rethinking the Roles of Deterrence, Enforcement and Defense" (over 18 months). (2008)

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford, California)
$500,000 in support of work on Northeast and South Asian security (over two years). (2007)

Stanford University, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (Stanford, California)
$500,000 in support of the Hoover Institution's joint effort with the Nuclear Threat Initiative to rekindle the vision of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev for a world free of nuclear weapons, including practical steps toward that goal (over 18 months]. (2007)

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Solna, Sweden)
$500,000 in support of research on the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (over two years). (2008)

United Nations Office of the Secretary-General (New York, New York)
$500,000 in support of the BioTechnology Security Initiative and a forum to promote global leadership to harness the benefits of biotechnology while also managing its potential risks (over fifteen months). (2008)

Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, D.C.)
$500,000 in support of the Cold War International History Project's research on China (over three years). (2008)