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: 27

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)

Brookings Institution, Foreign Policy Studies Program (Washington, D.C.)
$600,000 in support of a program of research and convening activities in the United States, China, Japan, and India to maintain peace and security in Asia (over two years). (2006)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)
$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)

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)

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)

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: 20

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 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)

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)

Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, Illinois)
$900,000 in support ofcoverage of science and security issues and public forums (over three years). (2006)

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)

Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$290,000 in support of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention Bulletin and a project to modernize and sustain the Sussex Harvard Information Bank for the benefit of future researchers (over three years). (2006)

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)

King's College London, Department of War Studies (London, United Kingdom)
$900,000 in support of an interdisciplinary program of research and training to strengthen scientific advice on international security policy (over three years). (2006)

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)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology, and Society (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$1,200,000 in support of technical research and track two dialogues by the Science, Technology, and Global Security Working Group (over three years). (2006)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (Moscow, Russia)
$450,000 in support of a research and training program on Technical Aspects of Disarmament and Nonproliferation (over three years). (2006)

Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford, California)
$2,100,000 in support of research, training and collaboration with independent analysts worldwide on issues at the intersection of science, technology and security (over five years). (2006)

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)

United Nations, Office of the Secretary-General (New York, New York)
$250,000 in support of a project to strengthen the capacities of the United Nations system to respond to proliferation dangers. (2006)

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)

University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit (Brighton, United Kingdom)
$290,000 in support of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention Bulletin and a project to modernize and sustain the Sussex Harvard Information Bank for the benefit of future researchers (over three years). (2006)

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: 10

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)

Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (Washington, D.C.)
$280,000 in support of a research project to examine the impact of intelligence and policy failures on U.S. strategic interests (over two years). (2006)

Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$450,000 in support of the exploration of preventive defense initiatives and unofficial dialogues with Chinese and North Korean experts (over three years). (2006)

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi, India)
$50,000 in support of expert dialogues to discuss regional security cooperation between India and China. (2006)

International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, United Kingdom)
$50,000 in support of production of a book-length report on Pakistan's acquisition of nuclear weapons, the international black market network used to procure the technology, and the effectiveness of international efforts to prevent this kind of proliferation. (2006)

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)

Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
$80,000 in support of a summer workshop on the subject of, Defense, Technology and Cooperative Security in South Asia. (2006)

Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford, California)
$450,000 in support of the exploration of preventive defense initiatives and unofficial dialogues with Chinese and North Korean experts (over three years). (2006)

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: 43

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.)
$525,000 in support of policy research and engagement activities to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear weapons (over three years). (2006)

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)

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.)
$350,000 in support of a study of regional responses to Iran's nuclear production decision and options for minimizing the most dangerous consequences should Iran acquire nuclear weapons (over two years). (2006)

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 & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
$800,000 in support of a project to rebuild the international consensus on the prevention of nuclear proliferation (over three years). (2006)

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)

Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (Chicago, Illinois)
$150,000 in support of public opinion surveys in the United States, India, China, South Korea and Japan about international relations in Asia (over two years). (2006)

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)

Federation of American Scientists Fund (Washington, D.C.)
$590,000 in support for scientific analysis and dissemination of technical information related to arms control and nuclear nonproliferation (over two years). (2006)

Friends Committee on National Legislation Education Fund (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 in support of an education program that provides Congress with expertise and briefing materials on U.S. nuclear security programs (over two years). (2006)

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)

Fund for Peace (Washington, D.C.)
$250,000 in support of research on the convergence of three distinct threats to international security: the emergence of black market nuclear proliferation networks, the evolution of global terrorist organizations, and the exploitation of weak and failing states (over two years). (2006)

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)

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.)
$375,000 in support of research on a code of conduct for space security and in support of international dialogues on South Asian nuclear security (over two years). (2006)

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)

Institute for Science and International Security (Washington, D.C.)
$125,000 in support of a comprehensive assessment of the A.Q. Khan nuclear smuggling network and related policy recommendations. (2006)

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)

National Committee on American Foreign Policy (New York, New York)
$250,000 in support of three sets of international dialogues on East Asian security - including the North Korean nuclear situation, U.S.-China relations with special emphasis on Taiwan, and the future of U.S. alliances with Japan and South Korea (over two years). (2006)

Nixon Center (Washington, D.C.)
$120,000 in support of international workshops bringing together Iranian and American experts to discuss security issues (over eighteen months). (2006)

Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 in support of a project to educate policymakers on the implications of U.S.-India cooperation on nuclear and space issues. (2006)

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)

Ploughshares Fund (San Francisco, California)
$75,000 in support of the Peace and Security Funders Group (over three years). (2006)

Project on Government Oversight (Washington, D.C.)
$450,000 in support of policy research and other activities to enhance government safeguards of nuclear weapons material (over three years). (2006)

RAND (Santa Monica, California)
$75,000 in support of a project to help finalize an ongoing multilateral Track II project Normalizing and Modernizing the North Korean System, to support the development in the U.S., China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and the DPRK. (2006)

Russian-American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
$600,000 in support of activities to strengthen and expand nuclear and biological threat reduction programs worldwide (over three years). (2006)

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)

Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (London, United Kingdom)
$100,000 in support of an assessment of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 and the development of newapproaches to strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention. (2006)

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)