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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1979







Approvals (Reductions) Payments (Refunds)
Pennsylvania, University of [$200,000—1973] 31,979
Princeton University [$271,000—1970] 39,605
4,867,132 6,090,596
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Development research, training, and information
American Consortium for International Public Administration 15,000 15,000
American Economic Association [$50,000—1978] 50,000
Boston University 34,700 17,350
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research [$8,750—1978] 8,750
Council on Science and Technology for Development [$225,000—1978] 92,500
Foundation-managed project: review of public management [$80,000—1973] (12,315)
Harvard University [$175,000—1978] 67,000 69,247
Independent Commission on International Development Issues [$200,000—1978] 200,000
Institute of International Education [$29,000—1977] 10,000
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 25,000 20,000
International Food Policy Research Institute 500,000 330,000
Michigan, University of [$187,000—1974] 14,938
Overseas Development Council 206,750 179,250
Society for International Development [$90,000—1978] 30,000
Yale University [$300,000—1974] 100,000
International educational development
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges [$100,000—1978] 60,258
Foundation-managed project: educational policy development studies [$50,000—1978] 3,160 25,801
Institute of International Education 8,000 7,000
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [$145,000—1977] 72,500
Linguistic and foreign-language research and training
Center for Applied Linguistics 600,000 375,000
Linguistic Society of America [$200,000—1975] 25,000
Modern Language Association 11,650 11,650
Women's rights and opportunities
Chicago, University of [$4,600—1978] 12,650 17,250
Foundation-managed project: development of women's programs [$120,000—1978] 118,300 148,502
International Women's Tribune Centre 15,000 15,000
New TransCentury Foundation 6,000 6,000
Young Women's Christian Association 1,400
1,612,295 1,900,996
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND WORLD PROBLEMS
Foundation-managed projects: small program actions, travel and study awards $284,495 $135,083
Arms control and international security research, training, and seminars
Aberdeen, University of [$220,500—1978] 20,500
Australian National University [$600,000—1978] 159,500
Brookings Institution 589,915 260,333
California Institute of Technology [$140,000—1978] 53,500
California, University of (Los Angeles) 450,000 102,270
California, University of (San Diego) 70,000 22,398
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 38,000 13,000
Chicago, University of [$184,800—1973] 29,828
Columbia University [$12,265—1978] 12,265
Cornell University 500,000 500,000
Duke University 38,700 10,000
European-American Institute for Security Research 25,000
Foundation-managed projects: consultants and research awards [$575,000—1978] (73,719) 537,710
French Institute of International Relations 84,000
Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva) 300,000 27,300
Harvard University [$1,815,000—1976] 332,234
Institute for World Order 35,750
Institute of Development Studies (England) 17,000
International Institute for Strategic Studies (London) [$650,000—1976] 100,000 163,066
Johns Hopkins University 55,000 55,000
Lancaster, University of (England) 285,000 12,500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,055,360 1,035,360
Michigan, University of 33,585 12,000
North Carolina, University of [$40,000—1976] (31,498) (18,164)
Pittsburgh, University of 34,350
Policy Studies Organization (Urbana, Illinois) 1,500 1,500
Rand Corporation 450,000 125,000
Stanford University [$500,000—1974] 1,000,000 1,041,832
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 31,498 15,748
East European and Soviet studies
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 67,000 64,150
American Association for Southeast European Studies 4,000 4,000
American Council of Learned Societies [$200,000—1978] 116,983
California, University of (Berkeley) 66,500 36,000
Council on Foreign Relations 59,000
Hebrew University of Jerusalem [$40,000—1978] 24,000
Michigan State University (East Lansing) 25,000 25,000
National Endowment for the Humanities [$35,000—1978] 35,000
New York, State University of [$6,000—1978] (15) 5,985
Oxford University [$35,000—1975] 35,000
East/West fellowships, scholarly exchanges, and conferences
American Council of Learned Societies (International Research and Exchanges Board) [$685,000—1976-1978] 125,000
College of Europe (Belgium) [$27,000—1977] 9,000
Foundation for European Intellectual Cooperation and Exchange (France) 75,000 75,000
International Council on the Future of the University 40,000 25,000
National Endowment for the Humanities (International Research and Exchanges Board) 500,000 500,000
Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies 40,000 40,000
Windsor, University of 4,500 4,500
Human rights and intellectual freedom
American Association for the International Commission of Jurists [$155,000—1977] 12,500 15,204
American Council for Emigres in the Professions [$150,000—1978] 16,667
Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights (London) [$165,000—1978] 3,750 58,600
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 4,400 4,400
Chekhov Publishing Corporation 113,000 19,900
Columbia University 150,000
Community of the Peace People (Belfast) [$47,500—1978] 32,500
Foundation-managed project: research and consultants 206,187 191,627
Freedom House [$30,000—1978] 15,000
Helsinki Watch, Inc. 400,000 95,000
Human Rights Internet 100,000 53,700
International Commission of Jurists 25,000 25,000
International League for Human Rights 101,021 73,000
Ireland Fund 25,000 25,000
Latin American Studies Association 5,200 5,200