Project Grant FA23862314008

This three-year, $714,600 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program aims to advance understanding of state formation in fragile post-conflict settings. The grantee, the National Bureau of Economic Research, will collaborate with local government and a non-governmental organization to experimentally evaluate a legal capacity building program implemented in a target city. The program has two treatment arms - a "punitive" arm in...

The Department of State Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations awarded Conflict Dynamics International Inc. a $1,975,000 cooperative agreement to provide political dialogue process facilitators with expertise to successfully facilitate the process in Sudan. This award falls under the Conflict and Stabilization Operations federal grant program (CFDA 19.121), which aims to strengthen U.S. national security by breaking cycles of violent conflict and supporting stabilization of strategic...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $121,086 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to the Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, a non-profit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to December 31, 2025, will fund a program to "FACILITATE THE PROGRAM - CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION THROUGH STORYTELLING AND PEACE EDUCATION." The Imagine Center for Conflict...

The Department of State Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (DOS/CSO) awarded DAI Global LLC a cooperative agreement under the Conflict and Stabilization Operations federal grant program for $-8632 to conduct a Libya Security Sector Survey. The survey aims to assess the current state of Libya's security sector as DOS/CSO works to stabilize conflict-affected areas and strengthen governance. Through on-the-ground data collection and analysis in Libya starting in May 2017, DAI will evaluate...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems supports research to significantly increase the scalability of algorithms for solving large-scale, multi-step, imperfect-information strategic interactions. Specifically, the $854,896 award to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 will fund the design, implementation, and testing of novel techniques in three main areas: Scalable subtree solving...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $294,401 Project Grant to the University of Chicago under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant supports research developing new tools for robust predictions in strategic games with incomplete information. Specifically, the researchers will generalize the solution concept of Bayesian correlated equilibrium to characterize rationalizable behavior under common prior beliefs about unobserved payoff-relevant states....

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (CFDA 19.121 - Conflict and Stabilization Operations), provides $2,466,250.00 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to build social cohesion between at-risk groups in northern Ghana and northern Cote d'Ivoire. The project aims to improve equitable access to livelihoods in communities hosting refugees and asylum seekers in these regions, with a performance period...

This $188,094 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research on the social psychological factors shaping popular attitudes toward territorial concessions in peace agreements during and after the Russia-Ukraine war. George Mason University will conduct surveys and focus groups with 1,800 residents and internally displaced persons across three eastern Ukrainian towns near active conflict zones to examine how...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $5,850,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Search For Common Ground. The award supports "People-to-People (P2P) Reconciliation Programs" that aim to address divisions within and between communities and transform relationships for peace. The five-year project, running from July 2024 to August 2029, will focus on activities such as bringing together...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support collaborative research on how organizations strengthen governance and build trust internationally. The $200,000 award, granted on September 15, 2024, will fund a study by a research team at the University of Chicago that examines past and present efforts by international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to...