Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) (http://fas.org) is a 503(c) non-profit, founded in 1945. FAS addresses a broad spectrum of
issues in carrying out its mission to promote humanitarian uses of science and
technology.
FAS counts 68 Nobel Laureates in chemistry, economics, medicine and physics on its Board of Sponsors. The FAS Learning Technologies Project works on strategies to harness the potential of emerging information technologies to improve how we teach, learn and conduct research. The Learning Technologies Program is designed to build constituencies that will work to introduce new research management methods and identify opportunities for collaboration to build research capacity and infrastructure.
SRI International
SRI
International (http://sri.com)
is an independent, nonprofit research institute performing a broad spectrum of
problem-oriented projects under contract to the government and industry. This
project is conducted by SRI's Center for Technology in Learning (CTL, http://ctl.sri.com). CTL
is an interdisciplinary research center with a mission to improve learning and
teaching through research and
development on design, use, and assessment of interactive learning
environments. CTL has a unique mix of staff talent in assessment, evaluation, math and science education, learning
environments, and technology development that form multidisciplinary teams
reflecting the complex nature of learning across a wide range of contexts.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (http://mellon.org/about foundation/mission) currently makes grants in six core program areas:
* Higher Education and Scholarship
* Scholarly Communications
* Research in Information
Technology
* Museums and Art
Conservation
* Performing Arts
* Conservation and the
Environment
Within
each of its core programs, the Foundation concentrates most of its grantmaking
in a few areas. Institutions and programs receiving support are often leaders
in fields of Foundation activity, but they may also be promising newcomers, or
in a position to demonstrate new ways of overcoming obstacles to achieve
program goals.
Their grant making philosophy is to build, strengthen and sustain institutions and
their core capacities, rather than be a source for narrowly defined projects.
As such, they develop thoughtful, long-term collaborations with grant recipients
and invest sufficient funds for an extended period to accomplish the purpose at
hand and achieve meaningful results.