Grants Roundup: Cornell Gets $35 Million for Cassava Crops in Africa

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$35 million to Cornell University for the second phase of its program to boost crop yields of the root vegetable cassava and disseminate the new plants to farmers throughout Africa.

Christy-Houston Foundation

$6 million to Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital to expand programs and renovate the health-care center in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Charles Koch Foundation and Omidyar Group

$3.25 million each over five years to Columbia University for the Knight First Amendment Institute for general operating expenses and litigation services to protect freedom of the press. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will also match the $3.25 million Koch Foundation grant under a previous challenge grant to the institute.

Terwilliger Foundation

$3 million to Enterprise Community Partners to develop and test new economic-development programs for residents living in low-income housing.

Jack Martin Fund

$2.5 million to Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai to open a new in-patient unit for pediatric cancer.

Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

$1 million to Temple University for the reading room in the Special Collections Research Center of the new library, set to open next year.

Shell Corporation

$1 million to the Community College of Beaver County to create the Shell Center for Process Technology Education and expand its process-technology program.

New Grant Opportunities

The New York State Health Foundation is requesting proposals for grants through its special-projects fund, which supports nonprofit and for-profit organizations working outside its typical program areas of building healthy communities, empowering health-care consumers, and supporting veterans’ health. Eligible organizations must operate in New York State and can receive up to $400,000 for programs at the local, regional, or statewide level. Letters of inquiry must be submitted online by March 13, with invited proposals due May 16.

World of Children has issued a call for nominations for its annual awards recognizing nonprofit leaders who are working for better lives for vulnerable children through education, health, humanitarian, protection, and youth-helping-youth programs. The five awards offer cash prizes between $25,000 and $50,000, provided to each winner’s organization. Nominations must be submitted online by March 31.

A previous version of this story incorrectly stated a Knight Foundation matching grant to Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute. The correct amount is $3.25 million, not $6.5 million.

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