Past Grants

Building a U.S.-Japan Special Relationship: Defense Trade and Collective Security in East Asia

Grant Year: 2015

Arthur Herman will explore how to strengthen bilateral defense and industrial cooperation between the United States and Japan. He will examine ways to strengthen the U.S.-Japan defense relationship and outline the steps necessary to conclude a defense-trade cooperation treaty. The project’s findings will be presented in a series of reports and a single-author monograph.

Hudson Institute International Security & Foreign Policy

$100,000

Innovative Approaches, Innovative Solutions: Talent Management and the Third Offset Strategy

Grant Year: 2015

Nathan Finney and Micah Murphy will lead an effort to catalyze new thinking on how to improve the effectiveness of the U.S. military through better management of its personnel. The project’s findings will appear in a series of articles and papers.

Small Wars Foundation International Security & Foreign Policy

$22,990

Many Small Steps: Using Text Messaging to Improve Parental Engagement and their Young Children’s Development

Grant Year: 2015

Susanna Loeb will examine whether text messaging technology can be used to help parents support the education and development of their preschool-aged children. She will undertake a series of experimental evaluations to test whether sending text messages that provide tips and advice for parents can be used to promote literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional learning. The project will test whether interventions had positive effects on child outcomes. The project’s findings will appear in a report and a series of papers.

Stanford University Domestic Public Policy

$210,454