A roundup of notable new grants compiled by The Chronicle:
- The Helene Fuld Health Trust awarded the Columbia University School of Nursing $6.5 million for three projects to educate future nurse leaders.
- The Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded $8.7 million to five research institutions to investigate early stages of type 1 diabetes development and identify new ways of preventing it. The grants include $2.4 million over two years for the University of South Florida.
- The Carnegie Corporation of New York launched a new fellowship program supporting scholars in the humanities and social sciences, with awards of up to $200,000 each.
- The Lilly Endowment awarded a $4.3-million grant to New York public-television station WNET to support the PBS series “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.” The Lilly Endowment has supported the program, which is in its 19th season, since its inception.
The projects include development of the newly named Helene Fuld Simulation Center, where students will practice with high-tech mannequins; establishment of the Helene Fuld Institute for Excellence in Simulation, which will enable the school to share best practices; and expansion of the existing Helene Fuld Scholarship Fund for students entering the accelerated master’s and doctor of nursing practice program.
Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of Cambridge, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Australia also received grants.
The first class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows includes 32 academics, journalists, and authors, who will split $6.4 million.
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