Project Grant 19095443823

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of an ethical framework to guide research on online communities. Awarded to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the three-year project will engage representatives from five online communities to create actionable guidelines. A team of researchers will follow a participatory process with community members and organizers to...

The Academy Foundation, on behalf of a consortium of film archives and libraries, received a $1,589,350 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.312) to develop, test, and launch a free open access database and data sharing platform. This project aims to improve identification and access to underrepresented films and filmmakers across intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, ability, and sexuality in the nation's film collections. The database will...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund a summer bridge program at Helena College in Montana called "A Bridge to Humanities Pathways in College: Using Film Production to Explore Local Culture and History." Over a two-year period ending in September 2023, the $144,719 in funding will support three summer programs where high school and at-risk college students research and produce documentary films on topics representing under-explored aspects of the...

Firelight Media Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160). The award will support Firelight's management and administration of a grantmaking program providing 12-month stipends to 36 mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The subrecipient filmmakers will use the stipends to further develop historical or humanities-focused documentary film projects...

This Project Grant award of $199,199.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to assist researchers, ecological restoration practitioners, and community partners in navigating ethical and responsible co-authorship when working with Indigenous partners. The project, co-led by non-tribal university scholars and Blackfoot scholars and partners including 5 tribal elders and the Piikani Lodge nonprofit, will: 1) identify...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $590,710 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research strengthening informed consent processes for perinatal HIV research in South Africa. The project aims to prospectively evaluate a visual informed consent form (ICF) against a standard text-only ICF among 40 women living with HIV considering...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) provides $600,000 to support the production of a feature documentary film titled "DIEGO & FRIDA IN DETROIT". The film will explore the life and art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during their time in 1930s Detroit, and the lasting impact they had on the city's cultural identity and political history. The project will be carried out by Women Make...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $362,862 Project Grant to Film Independent, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) on June 1, 2024. The grant supports the production of a feature-length documentary film titled "NIHUNAVEA: MY HEART, MY CENTER" that bears witness to the complex struggles of the Tejon Indian Tribe in reclaiming their cultural heritage, spirituality, and tribal sovereignty in California. The documentary,...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) provides $791,988.00 to Innovation Research And Training, Inc. (IRT) to conduct a longitudinal study examining sexual health and media use trajectories of community college students across emerging adulthood. The study aims to: 1) explore sexual health and quality of life outcomes among this underserved...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $100,000 supports research at the University of California, Davis to develop tools and resources for transitioning open-source software projects to accountable community governance. The award period is from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The project pursues three research questions using data science, case studies, and software engineering. Researchers will study how open-source communities define accountability systems and how these evolve with...