Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to continue support for the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

Plants Initiative

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on African plants

African Plants Initiative

to support the completion of a history of the National Academy of Sciences

A History of the National Academy of Sciences

for use by the Institute of Medicine in continued support of the activities of the Division of Health Sciences Policy

Institute of Medicine - Health Sciences Policy

to support the development of a coordinated digital database of images and information on plants of the world

for use by the Institute of Medicine in support of activities related to contraceptive development

Institute of Medicine - Contraceptive Development

for use by the Institute of Medicine, in support of activities related to contraceptive development

to support planning for study of available data on the integration of undergraduate and graduate education in sciences, engineering, and medicine with the humanities

Integration of Sciences with the Humanities

for a collaborative project with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to examine the recent development of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

in support of a National Academy of Sciences Panel Study entitled "Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited English  Proficient and Bilingual Students"

National Academy of Sciences - Panel Study

to support a fellowship program for young scientists and engineers at the National Research Council

National Research Council/National Academy of Engineering - Fellowships

to support a national conference that examines the role of universities in the nation's economic, social, and cultural well-being

Research Universities and the Future of America: A National Convocation

for use by the Institute of Medicine toward the costs of programs in its Division of Health Sciences Policy

IOM - Health Sciences Policy

to assist a series of self-initiated National Academy studies and to continue a resident fellowship program at the National Research Council

National Research Council - Fellowships

to endow a program of Academy initiated studies that address issues of significance to the nation

Academy Studies Endowment

to support a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugee Movements

Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration and Refugee Movements

toward costs of a study on the status of black Americans

Status of Black Americans

to support outreach and implementation of the recently completed report The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree

Integrating Humanities and Sciences Implementation

to support a study by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, entitled "Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential and Advisory Committee Appointments-3rd Edition"

Science and Technology in the National Interest  

NAS Studies

to support a panel study that will measure racial discrimination

Measurement of Discrimination 

for use by the National Academy of Engineering in a program of pilot studies on engineering and technology

Pilot Studies - Engineering and Technology

to support a study of "University Management of Intellectual Property: Lessons from a Generation of Bayh-Dole Experience"

University Management of Intellectual Property 

to continue support for the National Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

Commission of Humanities and Social Sciences

to support planning, the commissioning of background papers, and other organizing activities for the Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders’ Forum

Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders' Forum 

to support a study of Hispanics in the United States

Study of Hispanics in American Society  

for use by the Graduate School of Education toward costs of the work of a special committee of the National Academy of Education

National Academy of Education

for support of its programs of meetings and conferences

Academy Meetings-Conferences

to support a study that would encourage the effective integration of the arts, humanities, and STEM subjects into undergraduate education

Integrating Humanities and Sciences

for use by the Institute of Medicine in support of its National Health Policy leadership role; for development and initiation of new research projects; and for a study of the growth of for-profit enterprises in the health-care field

IOM - Health Policy Projects

toward support of an international workshop on world climate issues to be conducted by the Climate Research Board of the Academy's Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Climate Research Board - World Climate Workshop

towards revision of the report "Petroleum in the Marine Environment"

Petroleum in the Marine Environment

for a review of the Institute of Medicine

IOM Review

for use by the Institute of Medicine toward core support, and for the initiation of new research projects

IOM - Core Support

Academy Fellow Endowment

for use by its Institute of Medicine in support of activities related to contraceptive development

Contraceptive Development

for use by the National Research Council toward costs of a study of research-doctorate programs in the United States

Research-Doctorate Study

for use by the National Research Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel toward the costs of a study of the career outcomes of men and women scientists and engineers

Scientists/Engineers Career Outcomes

for use by the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of the National Research Council, in partial support of its Committee on Women in Science and Engineering

Scientists/Engineers Career Outcomes 

for use by the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of the National Research Council in support of a new committee on women in science and engineering

Women in Science & Engineering

for use by the National Research Council in support of its study "New Approaches to Numeracy"

Numeracy Project

for use by the Institute of Medicine in further developing its independent capacity to address itself to policy issues critical to the nation's use of finite resources for health care and health promotion

IOM - Policy Issues

for use by the Board on Science,Technology and Economic Policy of the National Research Council for an analysis of current forms of protecting intellectual property rights and their implications for research, communication, and commercial use

Intellectual Property 

to support the organization of a commission to examine the nation’s system of education in the humanities and social sciences and recommend measures for strengthening it

Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences

to support dissemination of the results of the Foundation-funded Humanities Departmental Survey and Humanities in Our Lives Survey

Communicating Data about the Health of the Humanities

for use by the National Research Council for its Committee on Women in Science and Engineering

Committee on Women

to support the preparation and publication of the proceedings from the conference entitled "Unity of Knowledge: the Convergence of Natural and Human Science"

Unity of Knowledge

for American participation in the 1986 Young Scientists' Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Young Scientists

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 