Grants Roundup: Boeing Gives $10 Million for Veterans; U. of Idaho Gets New Arena

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:

$75 million each to Children’s Mercy Kansas City to build the Children’s Research Institute and recruit top pediatric researchers to work at the hospital.

$10 million to the George W. Bush Institute to support its Military Service Initiative, which offers treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, rehabilitation programs, and other services to ease the transition from military to civilian life.

$10 million to the University of Idaho for its capital campaign to build a new basketball arena on its campus in Moscow, Idaho.

$5 million to endow the dean’s position at Duke University’s law school.

$4 million to George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health for a three-year project to address the prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia in India.

$1.5 million to the National Women’s Law Center for the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, which will pay for legal services for those coming forward about sexual harassment and assault.

$1.2 million to National Louis University for a program that provides mentoring and other services to improve retention and graduate rates for first-generation college students.

• The NBCUniversal Foundation has committed to award $5 million in grants over two years through Project Innovation, which will give up to $225,000 to nonprofit groups using technology to address civic engagement, skills for the digital economy, and STEM/Steam youth programs. Organizations must be located within the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Hartford, Los Angeles, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, or Washington, D.C. The deadline for applications is February 2.

• Through March 1, the Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for its 2018 Individual Artist Awards Project Award and Fellowship grants. Approximately 25 project awards of $7,500 and 10 fellowships of $18,000 are awarded annually to Alaskan artists and may be used to purchase equipment, technical training, and other activities that bolster an artist’s development.

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