A $2 million grant awarded to George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, announced today, will help the school expand research and scholarship on important global issues.
“We are delighted and grateful that Carnegie Corporation is once again recognizing and supporting the unique contribution of the Elliott School to the study of, and response to, global security challenges,” GW President Steven Knapp said.
The grant, the single largest the foundation has awarded to the Elliott School, will support three major research programs. First, it allows for the expansion of the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS), an international collaboration of scholars working, in part, to enhance the Middle East’s political science field and its contribution to the foreign policy-making process.
Second, it will support the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia), another network of academics promoting scholarship and policy engagement on various Eurasian security and political issues.
Finally, the award will fund another phase of the Worldviews of Aspiring Powers Project (APP), which tracks policy debates in five major and aspiring powers, including China, Japan, India, Russia and Iran.
The three programs all align with the goal of the Carnegie Corporation—a philanthropic foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911—of supporting engagement among experts and officials from major countries and addressing security challenges that affect U.S. relations with other countries.
“The Elliott School’s mission of sponsoring scholarship and research that enriches our understanding of international problems, along with its focus on promoting policy-relevant research on some of the most critical security challenges affecting U.S. relations with pivotal powers is profoundly important in today’s global society,” said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. “We are proud to support this institution, which works toward one of Andrew Carnegie’s most cherished goals: the advancement of international peace.”
Today’s grant included, the corporation has awarded the Elliott School $5.3 million since 1990.