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| Liberal Arts and Sciences Fund | |
|---|---|
| Name | Liberal Arts and Sciences Fund |
| Formation | 20XX |
| Type | Private foundation |
| Headquarters | City, Country |
| Leader title | Director |
| Leader name | Name Surname |
Liberal Arts and Sciences Fund
The Liberal Arts and Sciences Fund is a philanthropic foundation supporting interdisciplinary scholarship across humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. It provides grants, fellowships, and institutional support to universities, research institutes, and cultural organizations. The Fund collaborates with major foundations, governmental agencies, and international bodies to promote cross-institutional research and public engagement.
The Fund awards fellowships and research grants to scholars associated with institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Princeton University, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, University of Edinburgh, King's College London, London School of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Washington, University of Melbourne, Australian National University, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Kyoto University, Seoul National University, University of São Paulo, University of Cape Town, ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, University of Geneva, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Bologna, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Sciences Po, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, New York University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Rice University, Northwestern University, University of British Columbia, McGill University, Monash University, University of Auckland, Trinity College Dublin, National Taiwan University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, St. Petersburg State University, University of Helsinki, Uppsala University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Technical University of Munich, Karolinska Institutet, University of Oslo, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Tilburg University, University of Leiden, Charles University.
Founded in the 21st century amid dialogues involving institutions such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Wellcome Trust, MacArthur Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, the Fund emerged from conferences hosted at Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Oxford, Stanford University, and Yale University. Early supporters included alumni networks from Columbia University, University of Chicago, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Amherst College, Williams College, Wesleyan University, Swarthmore College, Pomona College, Vassar College, and museums such as the British Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Victoria and Albert Museum, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Foundation.
The Fund's mission aligns with priorities articulated by organizations like UNESCO, OECD, European Commission, European Research Council, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Arts and Humanities Research Council, AHRC, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Australian Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Wellcome Trust by promoting interdisciplinary projects at partner institutions including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Taylor & Francis, SAGE Publications, Wiley-Blackwell, Bloomsbury Publishing. Objectives emphasize collaborative inquiry between faculty affiliated with Princeton University, Columbia University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, MIT, King's College London, London School of Economics.
The Fund's endowment is managed with fiduciary oversight by trustees, auditors, and financial advisers connected to firms and institutions such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street Corporation, KPMG, Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, and legal counsel with backgrounds at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Grant disbursement policies reference models used by Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, and coordinate tax and regulatory compliance with authorities like Internal Revenue Service, Charity Commission for England and Wales, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.
Programs include postdoctoral fellowships, visiting scholar awards, seed grants for collaborative projects, and public humanities initiatives undertaken in partnership with universities and cultural sites such as Smithsonian Institution, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, Frick Collection. Grants support projects connected to research centers including Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Kennedy School, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Weizmann Institute of Science, Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society, Institut Pasteur, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Broad Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, CERN. Fellowship and residency programs echo structures used by Fulbright Program, Rhodes Scholarship, Marshall Scholarship, Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Schmidt Science Fellows, Simons Foundation.
The Fund is governed by a board comprising members with affiliations to Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, London School of Economics, Sciences Po, European University Institute, African Leadership University, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Programme, UNESCO, and civic partners including American Council of Learned Societies, Modern Languages Association, American Historical Association, Association of American Universities, Russell Group, League of European Research Universities, Ivy League, Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Impact assessments reference evaluation frameworks used by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, RAND Corporation, Pew Research Center, Brookings Institution, Overseas Development Institute, Institute of Development Studies, OECD, European Commission, and incorporate metrics similar to those employed by Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, U.S. News & World Report, while also supporting open scholarship initiatives with platforms like arXiv, SSRN, PubMed Central, Zenodo, Figshare, Open Science Framework to track citations, policy uptake, and public engagement.
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